This is SO important to the therapy I provide. All the services I (and frankly every therapist whether they say it or not) provide are framed through a multicultural lens. I consider the many rich dimensions of identity and systemic social inequities, as well as our shared humanity. In other words, I conceptualize whatever my clients are going through, through the lens of history and this social world of bias, privilege, and power. Historical context is important because in the past “science” was used as a rationale for racially categorizing groups and then oppressing them and privileging white culture. It can be understandable to mistrust science. The way I review and evaluate science today is through the acknowledgment of the subjective lens through which we observe human phenomena, including my own. I also engage in constant self-reflective work on my own subjective lenses to ensure I am doing right by my clients. 

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There are so many intersecting systems at play that impact how we see the world and ourselves, like colonialism, imperialism, racism, sexism, homophobia, ethnocentrism, capitalism, Islamaphobia, privilege, power, etc. It would be a huge miss if I ignored them.