Final exam - SW roles, Multicultural family therapy Flashcards
The role of the therapist:
The therapist is neutral and detached; he/she makes interpretations of individual and family behavior patterns.
Psychodynamic
The therapist actively encourages the family’s potential for growth and offers the family new experiences.
Experiential/Humanistic
The therapist is directive; he/she teaches or models desired behaviors, and often negotiates contracts with family members.
Behavioral
The therapist acts asa director and alters dysfunctional patterns by manipulating the family structure.
Structural
The therapist is very active, manipulative, and focused on the problem; he/she is also prescriptive and paradoxical.
Strategic/Communication
African-American Family Therapy:
SW must be knowledgeable with psychological impact of ? .
racial inequality, oppression, and prejudice on daily life experiences
African-American Family Therapy:
Some may have difficulty trusting anyone whom they consider ? Reluctance/un-comfortableness in engaging in ? should be thoughtfully addressed.
“authority”.
treatment with non-minority therapist/social worker
African-American Family Therapy:
SW must be aware of their ? they may have before they can effectively address ?
own prejudice
racial issues.
African-American Family Therapy:
Not just looking at the individual’s issue, the oppressions ? that suffer and how they affect the individual currently or while growing up.
older generation (parents and grandparents)
African-American Family Therapy:
The importance of ? in maintaining ? needs to be taken into consideration.
extended family and kin
family cohesion
Latino-American Family Therapy:
? is extremely important.
Family affiliation including extended family
Latino-American Family Therapy:
There is often a large extended family network, which could involve ? , and ? could burden the family sw is working with.
friends and neighbors
the demands from the network
Latino-American Family Therapy:
Family needs often come first over? . The concept of ?? is very important one for a family therapist to understand as it affects family ?? .
individual needs
“Machismo” and “Marianismo”
power structure and roles
Latino-American Family Therapy:
Issues around residency status are very sensitive yet very influential on ?, and the trust must be established between client and therapist/sw first before it can be addressed.
family dynamics
Latino-American Family Therapy:
Espeically SW should be aware of different levels of power structure surrounding parents and children’s ?
linguistic abilities
