Rooyesh-e- Ravanshenasi Journal(RRJ)

Abstract

Culture is defined of knowledge systems, concepts, rules and activities that is learned and passed down from generation to generation that influence to clinical symptoms show, etiology, expect of treatment, coping with illness and the process of psychotherapy.Culture at different levels affect of psychotherapy. Including motivation for treatment, the problems, treatment goals, therapist-client relationship style. In recent years, cultural competence as a solution that provides the possibility to all cultural and ethnic groups benefit from effective treatment, attentioned by psychologists and mental health professionals in the world. In this article we have tried to be clear cultural influences on psychotherapy process and characteristics are expressed the competent psychotherapy and psychotherapists be implications for improving cultural competence.