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CHAPTER 8 MULTICULTURAL FAMILY COUNSELING AND THERAPY

CHAPTER 8 MULTICULTURAL FAMILY COUNSELING AND THERAPY. Family Systems Approaches and Assumptions. Communications Approach: Family problems are communication difficulties Structural Approach: Emphasizes interlocking roles Assumptions: Separation/individuation is healthy

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CHAPTER 8 MULTICULTURAL FAMILY COUNSELING AND THERAPY

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  1. CHAPTER 8MULTICULTURAL FAMILY COUNSELING AND THERAPY

  2. Family Systems Approaches and Assumptions • Communications Approach: Family problems are communication difficulties • Structural Approach: Emphasizes interlocking roles Assumptions: • Separation/individuation is healthy • Egalitarian spousal relations • “Be your own person”

  3. Issues in Working with Ethnic Minority Families • Many Black families are poor and suffer from racism and more Black males are single • Latinos emphasize the extended family • Biculturalism stressors • Strength through slavery • Native Americans—alcohol abuse • Language structures vary • Social class issues

  4. Machismo vs. Marianismo • Machismo is a term used in many Latino cultures to indicate maleness, virility, and the man’s role as provider and protector • Marianismo derived from the cult of the Virgin Mary in that women are seen as morally and spiritually superior and capable of enduring greater suffering

  5. Value Preference Considerations • Time Dimension • Relational Dimension • Activity Dimension • People-Nature Relationship • Nature of people Dimension

  6. Implications for Practice • Different cultural conceptions of family • Families cannot be understood apart from the culture • Learn the definition of family for specific groups • Extended ties may be very important • Do not prejudge patriarchal relations • Mother role may be most important • Helping can take many forms—be creative

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