Using Hair-Combing Interactions to Enhance Relationships between Black Women and Girls Impacted by Homelessness

Byrd, Nola M. Butler; Rowe-Odom, Michelle J.; Bushfan, Ojore L.; Gill, Ava; Baca, Kathleen; Lewis, Marva L.

doi:10.1080/02703149.2019.1622912

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“…Common therapeutic goals can include improving communication, increasing positive activities, and reestablishing trust. Some effective cultural adaptations have included incorporating hair combing, that is an important bonding ritual within African American families, into parent–child dyadic work for attachment repair (Byrd et al, 2019; Lewis, 1999) and utilizing drumming with a Native American father and his son for practicing reflective listening, positive communication, and attunement (Dickerson, Robichaud, Teruya, Nagaran, & Hser, 2012). Additionally, parents and their children may benefit from the therapist introducing poems, music, and readings from preferred genres or relevant folklore specific to their cultural group in order to build the parent–child relationship through more meaningful sharing, discussion of shared memories and goals, and reflection on cultural and family experiences.…”

Section: Cultural Adaptations At the Intervention Levelmentioning

confidence: 99%

One Size Really Does Not Fit All: The Importance of Incorporating Culturally Relevant Adaptations in Reunification Therapy

Harris-Britt¹,

Paces-Wiles²,

Wax³

2021

Family Court Review

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Reunification therapy is specialized family therapy to address parent–child relational disruption (i.e. child resistance to or refusal of parent contact), typically during or following a high‐conflict divorce or custody dispute. The literature discussing reunification therapy interventions with families involving racial diversity, SES, religiosity, and other socio‐cultural aspects is limited to non‐existent. In the move towards being culturally sensitive to the ever‐present multitude of identities that exist within family systems, professionals are challenged to develop a balanced approach between providing competent practice that is culturally sound and considering empirical evidence. This paper offers suggestions for enhancing evidence‐informed interventions to address parent–child contact problems within diverse populations by incorporating culturally specific interventions to increase parenting skills, reduce parent and child distress, and repair attachments through therapeutic experiences.

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Section: Cultural Adaptations At the Intervention Levelmentioning

confidence: 99%