ABSTRACT
Human beings have an enormous need to belong, to be accepted by peers and/or the group. Perhaps for some of the people there were points in their lives, when they felt the need to blend in, be seen as normal and accepted by peers and/or the group. Jaffar Kareem argued that a therapeutic approach that does not fully take into accounts the person's identity, ethnicity, culture and social values would fragment that person. In working with some clients from a non-British cultural background, the author has had to modify the Western psychoanalytic approach. She have had to look outside of the confines of psychotherapy to understand the significance of the client's perspective and mode of operation to provide understanding and to value where the client is coming from culturally. Other factors might include an understanding of the social and political history and construction of the client's society.
