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ReviewFrontiers in psychology2025

Culturally sensitive psychotherapy-technique or attitude?

Markus Stingl, Bernd Hanewald

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Review in Frontiers in psychology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Markus StinglCenter for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Bernd HanewaldCenter for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Culturally sensitive psychotherapy is essential in increasingly diverse societies, where cultural, religious, and linguistic differences shape how distress is experienced and communicated. This article conceptualizes culturally sensitive psychotherapy not only as a set of techniques, but as a reflective professional attitude. Drawing on models of intercultural competence and clinical examples, the article explores how culture affects the expression of symptoms, help-seeking behavior, and therapeutic relationships, especially among migrants. Integrating the cultural contexts enhances diagnostic accuracy, therapeutic alliance, and treatment outcomes. The approach balances awareness of cultural influence with the risk of stereotyping, urging clinicians to adopt a self-reflective stance. Culturally sensitive psychotherapy thus fosters effective and respectful care across diverse populations.

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cultureintercultural awareness and competencemental healthmigrationpsychotherapy

Identifiers

PMID41112539
PMCPMC12529938

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