Education as a culture-specific process. Childhood is shaped by cultural patterns. How can child psychotherapists, kindergarten teachers, educators, and parents actively engage with the cultural diversity in our society? Research and application on the topic: Professor Heidi Keller and her team have identified two fundamental cultural patterns that are established through social experiences in the first year of life, and understanding these patterns has proven to be extremely helpful in practice. They are presented in this book in a clear and practical manner: recognizing one's own cultural lens and perceiving the practices of other cultures as equally valid ways of life. What does this mean in concrete terms? And how can this knowledge be utilized in therapy, education, and counseling? The acceptance of different cultural patterns is a necessary prerequisite for successful integration.