title: Perspectives of an Iranian psychologist practicing in America.
abstract: My experience as a male psychologist who was born and raised in Iran has had a tremendous impact on my professional practice in the United States. After providing a brief history of Iran to put this article in context, I explore 5 elements of that impact: Description of my diversity status, key practice issues raised for me as an Iranian therapist, my background and its impact on case formulation, key clinical issues raised for my clients given my diversity status, and effective strategies for addressing my diversity status and its impact on the treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, Georgia School of Professional Psychology, Argosy University, Atlanta, GA 30328. hmirsalimi@argosy.edu
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mirsalimi
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D004645:Empathy; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D007492:Iran / Q000208:ethnology; D007514:Islam / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011287:Prejudice; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D014481:United States