I have a very dear friend who is Venezuelan, but now living in Chile. He has achieved a lot of personal and professional success since leaving Venezuela, but is facing a lot of internal struggle over his relationship with his homeland, the trauma of leaving it behind, and the guilt/worry he feels for the people he loves that are still there.
He’s very on-board with going to therapy to deal with this, but has struggled to find a therapist with any level of experience in this specific type of situation, and has found that most of the therapists he’s tried have a “well you’re doing well, so you should be happy” approach.
Does anyone have any recommendations I can pass along to help him find a qualified therapist for this specific kind of trauma? He’s in Santiago de Chile, but I figured asking a larger community may be helpful in case there are online options, or even recommendations people might have for what kind of therapist he should be looking for to find better results.
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I suggest to your friend to move back to Venezuela, is the only watt
>most of the therapists he’s tried have a “well you’re doing well, so you should be happy” approach.
Wait what the fuck? Lol those are just shitty therapists. They dont need one specialized in what they are going through, they just need a good one. What kind of approach is that lmao
Find a venezuelan therapist. I’m Chilean but I see a venezuelan psychiatrist in public health, it’s not the same but there’s probably psychologists too.
This might be just another rage-bait post but i’ll bite anyway
Please stop bringing up topics related to the venezuelan immigration in latinoamerica in this subreddit. You will not garner any simpathy for venezuelans as they are currently the most hated group in the american continent. Theses posts make for the perfect containers people can deposit their hatred into, and i believe we have enough of that in other social media platforms like Twitter. Isn’t Reddit supposed to be the one App in which theses disingeneous outrage-aiming posts are tonned down a little?