Abstract:Many families come to therapy struggling with the negative consequence of social inequity. Family therapy modalities have been developed to address these negative consequences and attend to power and social equity (Transformative family therapy: Just families in a just society. Boston, MA: Pearson Education; Socio-emotional relationship therapy. New York, NY: Springer). We argue that many family therapy modalities can be adapted to include social equity (Applying critical social theory in family therapy practi… Show more
“…Increasingly, family therapists are considering how to responsibly integrate larger contextual awareness and commitment to social justice into training and clinical work (e.g., Baumann, Domenech Rodíguez, & Parra‐Cardona, ; D'Arrigo‐Patrick, Hoff, Knudson‐Martin, & Tuttle, ; Parker & McDowell, ; Sutherland et al., ). Supervisors and training programs are looking for ways to promote cultural sensitivity, global awareness, and equity (e.g., Allan & Poulsen, ; Falender, Shafranske, & Falicov, ; Hernández & McDowell, ; McGeorge, Carlson, Erickson, & Guttormson, ; Platt & Laszloffy, ; Tohidian & Quek, ; Winston & Piercy, ).…”
Section: Equitable Practice Is Good Practicementioning
confidence: 99%
“…He helped Geneva recognize the source of self‐defeating thoughts in societal schemas that valued independence and privileged patriarchy and heterosexuality. They identified how these social stigmas were triggered and envisioned possible alternative societal schemas through which she could respond (e.g., Parker & McDowell, ):…”
Section: Anviet–guidelines For Socioculturally Attuned Practicementioning
Family therapists know that clinical concerns are not separate from larger sociopolitical contexts. Attunement to clients' sociocultural experience is foundational to good practice, yet few guidelines integrate attention to the larger societal processes or address social equity. The purpose of this article is to help therapists move from knowing about sociocontextual issues to doing socioculturally attuned practice. We offer an overarching framework that returns to Bateson and the roots of family therapy through a call for third order transformation. The approach is responsive to societal context and an analysis of power while working through enduring concepts of major family therapy models. Transtheoretical guidelines that can be integrated across practice models to promote third order change are illustrated with case examples.
“…Increasingly, family therapists are considering how to responsibly integrate larger contextual awareness and commitment to social justice into training and clinical work (e.g., Baumann, Domenech Rodíguez, & Parra‐Cardona, ; D'Arrigo‐Patrick, Hoff, Knudson‐Martin, & Tuttle, ; Parker & McDowell, ; Sutherland et al., ). Supervisors and training programs are looking for ways to promote cultural sensitivity, global awareness, and equity (e.g., Allan & Poulsen, ; Falender, Shafranske, & Falicov, ; Hernández & McDowell, ; McGeorge, Carlson, Erickson, & Guttormson, ; Platt & Laszloffy, ; Tohidian & Quek, ; Winston & Piercy, ).…”
Section: Equitable Practice Is Good Practicementioning
confidence: 99%
“…He helped Geneva recognize the source of self‐defeating thoughts in societal schemas that valued independence and privileged patriarchy and heterosexuality. They identified how these social stigmas were triggered and envisioned possible alternative societal schemas through which she could respond (e.g., Parker & McDowell, ):…”
Section: Anviet–guidelines For Socioculturally Attuned Practicementioning
Family therapists know that clinical concerns are not separate from larger sociopolitical contexts. Attunement to clients' sociocultural experience is foundational to good practice, yet few guidelines integrate attention to the larger societal processes or address social equity. The purpose of this article is to help therapists move from knowing about sociocontextual issues to doing socioculturally attuned practice. We offer an overarching framework that returns to Bateson and the roots of family therapy through a call for third order transformation. The approach is responsive to societal context and an analysis of power while working through enduring concepts of major family therapy models. Transtheoretical guidelines that can be integrated across practice models to promote third order change are illustrated with case examples.
“…The cognitive and behavioral aspects of family interactions are emphasized in CBFT. When a family's schemas are impairing their functioning and resulting in unsatisfactory relationships, those schemas must be modified (Parker & McDowell, 2017; Spillane-Grieco, 2000). Parker and McDowell (2017) state that family schemas help in the structure and make meaning in families.…”
Section: Cognitive Behavioral Family Therapymentioning
Each year, millions of marriages end up in divorce which can cause teenagers to experience multiple physiological and psychological issues. Cognitive Behavioral Family Therapy (CBFT) has become increasingly popular among family therapists in recent decades, who utilize it either as a stand-alone technique within a system perspective or integrated into other approaches with couples and family therapy. There is a gap in the literature regarding the utilization of CBFT to a divorced family of Hispanic/Latinx descent with an adolescent who developed an eating disorder. The overall aim of this article is to provide insight for marriage and family therapists (MFTs), other mental health professionals, professors/teachers, researchers, and virtually everyone. The researchers hope to provide the ability to conceptualize eating disorders in a way that promotes empathy, compassion, and awareness. Barriers unique to Hispanic/Latinx families, clinical implications, and future directions will be discussed.
“…People also suffer from injustice in larger social contexts, as indicated earlier in this article. Some therapists state that family therapy should also explicitly address or at least integrate such issues concerning human rights and social justice (Almeida, Dolan-Del Vecchio, & Parker, 2008;Imber-Black, 2011;McDowell, 2015;Parker & McDowell, 2017). In this context, Nagy stated that contemporary therapy has a broader mandate than only its microfocus on individual families.…”
This article presents a model for conducting contextual therapy with the aim of contributing to the further development of contextual therapy. Its founder, Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, introduced the core of this approach, relational ethics, as a new paradigm for family therapy, which has been received well. The authors presume that the training of (upcoming) contextual therapists and conducting contextual therapy itself can benefit from more concrete guidelines and a phased structure. It can also enhance the further development, research, and accountability of this approach. Therefore, using a design-oriented method, the authors developed a model that helps to shape a contextual therapy process and the applicable contextual interventions. It is based on strengthening connectedness in close relationships, using relational ethics as its compass. The framework of the model consists of three phases: exploring connectedness in close relationships, modifying connectedness in close relationships, and reinforcing connectedness in close relationships, whereby the goals of each of these phases are defined as process elements and expanded into guidelines for 19 interventions. The ingredients for these interventions are derived from two recent studies on the practice of Nagy and on the practice of current contextual therapists. The model is explained and substantiated based on contextual theory and therapy. Final remarks are presented in the conclusion. Acknowledgements: We would like to acknowledge the Dutch National Scientific Foundation (NWO) for funding this project (project number 023.004.047). Furthermore, we are grateful for the cooperation of an international group of senior contextual therapists who were prepared to discuss this model and its elaboration with us, which led to several valuable adjustments.
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