Diversity-Friendly Therapy
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I resonate well with people of different ethnicities, cultures, and nationalities, as well as with people of different sexual orientations and alternative lifestyles. I am upfront about my own values and any biases I may have, and I invite feedback and dialogue around sensitive issues where my knowledge and experience may be limited.
Despite having a highly clinical approach to this work, I think people experience me as very “human,” inviting of difference and of that which is unique in each of us.
Though I would attribute the greater part of my cultural sensitivity and competency to life experience (how I grew up, where I have lived, relationships I have had, etc.), it is worth mentioning that a significant portion of my graduate work was done at Cal State Hayward, itself a very diverse campus and program, where I was fortunate to study intensively under Derald Wing Sue, who literally wrote the book on Cross Cultural Counseling, and who now is part of a “think tank” on race-relations in the U.S. at Columbia University (his involvement and that program are a spin-off of the advisory committee assembled by President Clinton in the mid-90’s).
I spent six years facilitating groups in diverse and marginalized communities in the Bay Area. Our progress was always grounded in mutual respect, compassion, and interest.
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Aaron J. Feldman, LMFT is a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist offering individual and couples counseling & psychotherapy. His offices are in Walnut Creek and Pinole, easily accessible to Antioch, Bay Point, Benecia, Clayton, Concord, Crockett, Danville, El Cerrito, Hercules, Lafayette, Martinez, Orinda, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, Point Richmond, Richmond, Rodeo, San Pablo, and San Ramon. He specialized in working with clients on anger management, high conflict and abusive relationships (including domestic violence), communication, intimacy, and other significant personal and relationship problems.
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