I can’t tell you how many times women have literally exhaled when they realized that I, as their therapist looked like them or had a commonality, like being a mom. This allows them to avoid or bypass the time it takes to explain what you mean when you use a certain tone or phrase and when your joking versus when there is pain behind the humor. We call it the “translation tax” and it can be draining to have to navigate how you says things in addition to what to you. It is so important to be guided by culturally-attuned therapists. For any woman looking for a Black female therapist in Delaware County, now is the time start bypassing the translation tax.