The mental health profession is predominantly made up of white people. If you’re a person of color and you are seeing a white therapist, you should ask as many questions as possible in order to feel like the therapist is culturally competent. You might consider asking:

Have you worked with a person of color before?

What makes you qualified to work with a person of color?

What have you done to learn about my specific culture?

How are you continuing to learn about my culture?

As a person of color, why should I trust you?

Do you believe that we live in a white supremacy culture?

Do you operate from a racial justice framework? How did you learn about that framework?

What are your thoughts on white privilege?

How do you experience and handle your own white fragility?

Do you believe that racism exists?

Would you feel uncomfortable if I talked about how white people have been racist to me?

How would you feel if I talked bout how much I can’t stand white people sometimes? Would you be offended?

Do you have supervisors or therapists of color that you consult with?

Do you support BLM?

What are you doing to support the protestors?

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