Searching twitter, I came about to see a twitt and then report that startled me for a moment. Not that there was anything wrong with this report: no, it was painfully true. Who does not know about the ugly reality of censorship in our home country? Who does not know about our young people doing…
Category: Iranian Psychology
One day we learn to define our own take of psychology.
Present Yourself With Dignity
There are many people who either exaggerate in presenting the self or at times mislead people in creating an image that may be their ideal yet not the reality. This is an existing problem in our community and at times concerning. In our filed: There are some people who walk around and call the self…
Psychology For Us Iranians
Psychology is a subsystem within a larger socially, politically and historically constructed reality. This is at least my understanding of psychology. In my mind we need a psychology for us Iranian that enables us comprehend our everyday life, behaviors, thoughts, and emotions. Every culture has their own cultural psychology to define the most significant aspect…
Mental Health and Oppression
How do we therapists see the conditions our clients live with? In our daily contacts with people, it is important to have a clear understanding of why people suffer from what they report being challenging for them. For me, health and dysfunction are discourses that are intertwined with the politics by which human life is…
Couple Counselling
In my position as a clinical counsellor, I often meet Iranian men and women who are stressed out due to a difficult marriage. Martial issues are occurring for all people; however the cultural understanding of how to resolve conflicts is remarkable in the case of our fellow Iranians who are challenged in their marriages.…