I was sent to - however, I would hope whoever sent me to the loony bin did make sure that shrink had SOME idea of my cultural and religious or whatever roots, otherwise even for a really qualified psychiatrist it wouldn't be so easy to equate to my personal problems.
My mother always insisted on seeing a Catholic psychiatrist, as it happens, and I know why. It's fairly obvious, I think, that we would prefer to know that the person we are entrusting our deepest fears and worries to, may have some real idea of what we are anxious about.
I was sent to - however, I would hope whoever sent me to the loony bin did make sure that shrink had SOME idea of my cultural and religious or whatever roots, otherwise even for a really qualified psychiatrist it wouldn't be so easy to equate to my personal problems.
My mother always insisted on seeing a Catholic psychiatrist, as it happens, and I know why. It's fairly obvious, I think, that we would prefer to know that the person we are entrusting our deepest fears and worries to, may have some real idea of what we are anxious about.