Culturally Informed Emotionally Focused Therapy with Latino/a Immigrant Couples

Parra‐Cardona, José Rubén; Córdova, David; Holtrop, Kendal; Escobar‐Chew, Ana Rocío; Horsford, Sheena

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“…Eurocentric models of therapy tend to value individual traits and independence (Rastogi, 2009) whereas Latino culture values family unity (familismo), loyalty to familial and interpersonal relationships, and one's role within the social context (Comas-Diaz, 2006;Sue & Sue, 2003). Latino clients may find their world views quite dissimilar to those of their therapists, who are using standard models of psychotherapy (Parra-Cardona, Cordova, Holtrop, Escobar-Chew, & Horsford, 2009). Since family and friends are considered a foundation for coping with mental health concerns, Latinos are likely to utilize their social networks as a preferred coping strategy (Cabassa et al, 2006;Chiang et al, 2004;Nadeem et al, 2008).…”

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Barriers to Seeking Mental Health Services in the Latino/a Community: A Qualitative Analysis

Rastogi¹,

Massey-Hastings²,

Wieling³

2012

Journal of Systemic Therapies

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Latinos underutilize mental health services (MHS) in the U.S. due to a number of socio-economic and cultural barriers that decrease their access to these services. This study explored how Latino community members view MHS, their perceived barriers for receiving MHS, as well as their recommendations to improve utilization with a specific focus on the needs of Latinos in the Midwest. Participants included a non-clinical Latino population in a large metropolitan area in the Midwest in contrast to previous studies that utilized samples from the West Coast of the U.S. Eighteen participants who self-identified as Latino were interviewed via five focus groups and one individual interview. Data were analyzed using the method of constant comparison. Results match past findings and also indicate that the Latino community in the Midwest has a great need for family/child therapists who are bilingual. Important barriers that impact utilization were stigma associated with MHS, fear about legal issues, and concerns regarding racism and/or cultural miscommunication. Participants believed that they would benefit from greater awareness about mental health conditions, as these would impact the attitude of the community as a whole. These results have implications for clinical practice, advocacy, policy, and training in MHS. The specific implications of these results for the Latino community in the Midwest are also discussed.

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Barriers to Seeking Mental Health Services in the Latino/a Community: A Qualitative Analysis

Rastogi¹,

Massey-Hastings²,

Wieling³

2012

Journal of Systemic Therapies

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“…The meaning of culture changes from context to context. Culture intersects with all other social locations of power, privilege, and oppression (Gallardo, ; Monk et al., ; Parra‐Cardona et al., ). Shared conceptions of culture are always evolving and an individual's experience of culture is fluid over time and related to the politics of space and place (Falicov, ; McDowell, ).…”

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“…Therapy is always a cultural process (Monk, Winslade, & Sinclair, ), yet most therapy approaches are developed within the values of the dominant culture (Parra‐Cardona, Códova, Holtrop, Escobar‐Chew, & Horsford, ). Practicing from a multicultural perspective requires development of mutually respectful relationships (Gallardo, ) and “being able to hear of voices of socially devalued groups in our society” (Sue, , p. 267).…”

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“…Practicing from a multicultural perspective requires development of mutually respectful relationships (Gallardo, ) and “being able to hear of voices of socially devalued groups in our society” (Sue, , p. 267). Despite the growing population in the Unites States of persons with Mexican heritage, they are among the many whose voices have been systemically excluded and under represented in the clinical literature (Parra‐Cardona et al., ; Taylor, Gambourg, Rivera, & Laureano, ).…”

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Cultural Attunement in Therapy With Mexican‐Heritage Couples: A Grounded Theory Analysis of Client and Therapist Experience

Elias-Juarez

Knudson‐Martin

2016

J Marital Family Therapy

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There is a need for culturally attuned approaches for couple therapy with Mexican/Mexican-Americans. This qualitative grounded theory study utilized interviews with 11 client couples of Mexican heritage and 14 marital and family therapists to shed light on how Latino and non-Latino therapists co-construct positive experiences of cultural attunement with Mexican and Mexican-American couple clients. Analysis identified a model of cultural connection through personal engagement with four interrelated phases: (a) mutual invitation, (b) shared engagement, (c) expanding personal connection, and (d) creating cultural connections. Clients in this study valued professionalism and expertise of the therapist, but felt attuned to and respected when therapists demonstrated humility, shared personal stories and emotion, and engaged in a collaborative process.

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“…Specifically, existing research suggests that EFT can be an effective couples‐based approach for treating the effects of childhood sexual abuse, depression (Denton, Burleson, Clark, Rodriguez, & Hobbs, 2000; Dessaulles, Johnson, & Denton, 2003), attachment injuries (Makinen & Johnson, 2006), as well as helping couples facing trauma, for example couples with a chronically ill child (Walker, 2008) or breast cancer (Naaman, 2009). Likewise, an emerging body of literature has applied EFT to specific issues confronting Latino/a immigrant (Parra‐Cardona, Córdova, Holtrop, Escobar‐Chew, & Horsford, 2009), First Nations (Berg, 2009), intercultural (Greenman, Young, & Johnson, 2009), and same‐sex (Josephson, 2003) couples. The growing interest in and proliferation of scholarship about Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy over the last decade has been astounding.…”

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Introduction to the Special Section on Learning Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy

Sandberg

2011

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

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This introductory article briefly describes the purpose and content of the special section on Learning Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, including a short description of the four manuscripts that follow and their relevance to clinicians regardless of model, training, or license.The purpose of this special section is to highlight three cutting edge articles relating to the experience of learning Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). The year 2010 marks 25 years since the initial publication regarding a new, emerging model of couples' therapy, later named EFT (Johnson & Greenberg, 1985, 1988 see Johnson, 2004 for a comprehensive description of EFT). Since that time, there has been a literal explosion of research regarding the clinical and cost-

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Culturally Informed Emotionally Focused Therapy with Latino/a Immigrant Couples

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Barriers to Seeking Mental Health Services in the Latino/a Community: A Qualitative Analysis

Barriers to Seeking Mental Health Services in the Latino/a Community: A Qualitative Analysis

Cultural Attunement in Therapy With Mexican‐Heritage Couples: A Grounded Theory Analysis of Client and Therapist Experience

Introduction to the Special Section on Learning Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy

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