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Culture is often viewed as ‘“other,” and black as unusual, exotic, and “cultural.” In this way, white/whiteness is the dominant, privileged norm and becomes both neutral and strangely invisible. This article challenges notions of cultural neutrality and encourages white practitioners to reflect on and engage with their own colors and cultures. With privilege and freedom come responsibilities. Drawing on ideas about whiteness, cultural identity, cultural scripting, and cultural intentionalit–as well as their own experiences, which include facilitating a workshop on the subject–the authors explore the impact of culture on the white therapist and of the white therapist on culture.

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Keith Tudor

Marie Naughton is a Provisional Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (Psychotherapy) based in Manchester, United Kingdom, where she runs a counseling service in an inner-city girls' high school. She has a privatepsychotherapypractice and also works as afreelance supervisor and trainer. She can be contacted at Quest Psychotherapy and Training, 15 Ellesmere Road, Chorlton, Manchester, M21 OSG, UK, or bye-mail at .
Keith Tudor, CTA(P), TSTA(P), isa qualified social worker andpsychotherapist. He has an independent/privatepractice in Sheffield where he is also a director of Temenos. He is a widely published author, having written over 20 chapters/articles on transactional analysis and seven books, three ofwhich are on TA. He is the series editor of “Advancing Theory in Therapy” (published by Routledge) and an Honorary Fellow in the School of Health, Liverpool John Moores University. He can be contacted at 13A Penrhyn Road, Sheffield S11 8UL, UK, or bye-mail at .
 

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