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What is culture sensitive therapy?

Back 1

This is an outlook that views the unique aspects of each culture from a strengths perspective, and doesn’t assume the values of the therapist are ideal.

Front 2

Do we believe all people from the same culture are homogenous?

Back 2

No! Many factors influence family culture. Such as education level, social class, religion, state of acculturation

Front 3

Can different members of each family be at different levels of acculturation?

Back 3

Yes! It can even be a concern for parents who feel their children are leaving their culture behind

Front 4

Hernandez, Siegel and Ameida 2009) developed a cultural context model for working with families from different backgrounds. It’s three processes are:

Back 4

1. The development of critical consciousness

2. A depended sense of empowerment

3. Accountability

Front 5

Family therapists need to distinguish between family patterns that are:

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Universal: common to a wide variety of families

Cultural specific: common to a group (such as African Americans)

Idiosyncratic: unique to this particular family

- each family needs to be seen for its uniqueness, not defined by their ethnicity or other major element

Front 6

Women are socialized to develop Affiliation attitudes

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Affiliation: cooperative, nurturing, emotional expressiveness, compassion

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Men are socialized to develop autonomy attitudes:

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Power, aggressiveness, competitiveness, rationality.

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Feminist Family Therapy position (1980)

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Family therapy had knowingly, or unknowingly supported oppressive family roles and encourages women to take passive roles and men power ones

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The Women’s Project

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(1977) Marrianne Walters, Betty Carter, Peggy Papp, &Ulga Silverstein

Wrote a book asserting the field relied on outdated blueprints of male determined, stereotypical sex roles and functions

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How do feminists consider circular causality?

Back 10

As designed to perpetuate male-female relations in the family

-they dislike how they can’t assign blame

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Are men or women more likely to take care of their elderly family members?

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Women!!

Front 12

What is a gender sensitive family therapist?

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One who seeks to show People how their own internalized gender role stereotypes are problematic and how to liberate them.

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How does SES effect family?

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Major divider in society! Determines resources available to the family, but also shapes beliefs, values and behaviors

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What are Kilmans classes?

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Ruling class,

Professional-managerial class

Working class

Underclass

-there are long term dynamics in families and extends beyond income. Differences in attitude, perspective and interpretation based on class identity.

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What is an under organized family?

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Opposed to disorganized families, these are those that live in situations through generations that learn to view as normal their own impotence.

-any effort to equate poverty and psychological deviance must account for the harsh and confining social conditions associated with being poor.

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What is multiculturalism?

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A systematic perspective that looks at interactional patterns

-doesn’t see cultural differences as dysfunctional

Uses cultural sensitivity

-ask clients to help you understand their culture

Uses assessment

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Men experience gender role restraint

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Mixed societal messages (be macho, but your GF wants you to be sensitive)

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Who expresses more symptoms in a marriage?

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The woman