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Barriers to Empathy

Awareness of countertransference reactions.

Jacqueline Garrett is a physician assistant.  She works in a hospital setting on an inpatient mental health unit.  Although not a social worker, Jacqueline experiences the challenges of providing care to White patients who express racial bias.  

Mohanraj (Rick) Rahiman is a psychotherapist who works in an outpatient mental health clinic.  Rick believes that confronting racial bias is essential to effective mental heath treatment.  

Confronting racial bias.

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