Why Culture Matters in Child Counselling: Supporting Multicultural Children
Lina is nine and was born to a Japanese Dad and a Chinese mom. At home, she speaks Japanese and Chinese. She goes to an international school as her parents relocated to the US from Asia. In class, she loves science and talks to her classmates in English. Whenever she is with her grandmother, she […]
Play and Belonging as Children’s Culture
For many children, culture is not just background—it is woven into the way they communicate, relate, and play. In play therapy, acknowledging and integrating a child’s cultural identity can be deeply healing, especially for children navigating the complexities of bicultural or immigrant experiences. Take, for instance, a 7-year-old Chinese Singaporean girl living in Nigeria who […]