Stephanie Winkeljohn Black

When I was a teen, The House of the Spirits shaped my undertandings of what it can mean to be a woman. Allende conveys intersectionality (of nationality, ethnicity, gender, and spirituality) through storytelling. It wasn't until I returned to the book as an adult and saw that powerful storytelling is key to being curious and humble about intersecting identities, two things sychotherapists must be to build authentic and culturally and spiritually affirming relationships with their clients.