Addressing Mental Health Across Cultures

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🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

For children of immigrants who are straddling two worlds, mental health can be a unique struggle.

According to a 2020 study, children of immigrants had nearly double the rate of psychological distress than their immigrant parents. And this population is only growing, with one in four children in the U.S. currently being a child of immigrants.

Therapy is bound by many Western ideas and rooted in whiteness. How to deal with the expectations, guilt, and dialogues of the bicultural experience can be a difficult road. That's where Sahaj Kaur Kohli comes in. She's the creator of Brown Girl Therapy, an online mental health space for children of immigrants and those in BIPOC communities.

We discuss her experiences and what guidance and tools she gives to those navigating their bicultural identity.

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0:14.4	It's all part of the new equation from PWC. For children of immigrants who are straddling two worlds, mental health can be a unique struggle.
0:31.0	According to a 2020 study, children of immigrants have nearly
0:34.7	double the rate of psychological distress as their immigrant parents. And this population is
0:39.8	only growing. One in four children in the US is a child of immigrants, as according to a survey by
0:44.8	KFF and the L.A. Times. How to deal with the expectations, guilt, and dialogues of the bi-cultural
0:51.2	experience can be a difficult road to navigate.
0:54.0	That's where Sahech Korkoli comes in.
0:56.0	She's the creator of Brown Girl Therapy.
0:59.0	That's an online mental health space for children of immigrants, black people, and other people of color.
1:04.3	When we return, Sahesh gets personal about her own journey and gives guidance to others navigating
1:09.7	the bi-cultural experience.
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