Indigenizing health psychological practices in the background of cultural diversity in India needs to address the tremendous resources of healing practices embedded in the Indian traditions. Looking for cultural imprints in mental health has received attention among academicians and researchers in the last two decades significantly. Teaching, training and practice of counseling and psychotherapy has also greatly been benefitted and progressed eventually. Several academic and research initiatives have been taken to build a culturally informed counseling and psychotherapy in India. There is need to internalize cultural differences and incorporating them consciously in the training and practice of therapy. A cultural sensitive approach in counseling and psychotherapy is mindful of the observance of a community-oriented perspective.
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Thomas, T. M., Gopal, B., & Sasidharan, T. (2018). Towards a culturally-informed counselling and psychotherapy. In Psychosocial Interventions for Health and Well-Being (pp. 241–252). Springer India. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3782-2_17
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