Multicultural Theories Flashcards

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Freire’s education for the oppressed model (1973)

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exists to recreate culture/maintains status quo

develop critical consciousness of how they engage with systems and work towards changing them

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reevaluation counseling (1998)

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individuals listen to each other to recover from effects of racism, classism, sexism, and other types of oppression

co-counseling (listen and give advise to each other)

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terms influenced by culture

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beliefs

emotions

behaviors

attitudes

expectations

treatment selection

interpersonal style

treatment response

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stages of minority identity development

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  1. conformity
  2. dissonance
  3. resistance-immersion
  4. introspection
  5. synergistic

some stages cause more distress than others, not everyone experiences all stages!

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stages of minority identity development: conformity

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role models come from dominant group

see internalized racism

opportunity for distress

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stages of minority identity development: dissonance

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begin to question the dominant groups values

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stages of minority identity development: resistance-immersion

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shift in thinking/aligning with minority groups’ beliefs

getting rid of internalized racism

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stages of minority identity development: introspection

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develop flexibility to establish identity without conforming to all cultural norms

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stages of minority identity development: synergistic

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we fell self-fulfilled on who we are without categorizing one culture or another

take beliefs from different culture to make your own

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stages of white american identity development

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  1. contact (“I don’t see color”)
  2. disintegration (prejudice)
  3. reintegration
  4. pseudo-independence
  5. autonomy (respect and appreciate)
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stages of sexual orientation identity development

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  1. confusion
    -distress
  2. comparison
    - start to accept but not fully claiming identity
  3. tolerance
  4. acceptance
    - increase contact with other sexual minorities
  5. pride
    - proudly stand to say I prefer to be the way I am
  6. synthesis
    - reach out to other side/hetero’s to help them understand my culture
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worldviews

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define what it is to be a person

help therapist recognize behaviors

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2 types of worldviews

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collectivistic
- define personhood in relation to other people
- connected to relationships with others, main goal to maintain
- emphasis on interdependence

individualistic
- define people based on own attributes
- less emphasis on relationships, more on individual success
- competition (USA/americans are viewed this way)

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intersectionality and ADDRESSING framework

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more than one identity:

Age
Developmental
Disabilities (acquired)
Religion
Ethnicity
Socioeconomic status
Sexual orientation
Indigenous heritage
National origin
Gender

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stakeholder input

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input who would be patients in potential treatment

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cultural adaption for therapy

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involve diverse people in development

include collectivistic values

attend to religion

pay attention to relevance of acculturation

acknowledge effects of oppression on minoritized groups

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cultural competence

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set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that reflect an understanding in cultural and socio-political influences that effect worldviews and related health behaviors

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cultural destructiveness

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1

actively engaged in policies/behaviors that are actively harming other cultures

rare but exists

ex. conversion therapy

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cultural incapacity

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2

paternalistic way of looking at minority groups

believe in hierarchy

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cultural blindness

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3

culture makes no difference

major culture is most acceptable

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cultural pre-competence

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4

desire to provide ethical and fair treatment but don’t have resources to do so

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cultural competence (stage)

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5

have genuine values, resources and appreciation for culture and congruent set of behaviors and values that align

culture matters and can influence/shape world and ways we experience distress

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cultural competence (2 types)

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ethnocentric
- typically held by members of dominate culture
- “my culture is universal”
- seeks to deny that others exist

ethnorelative
- value cultural differences and shift perspectives to understand other view points
- how they define themselves in terms of other cultures as well

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goals of multicultural therapy

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address cultural trauma

experience is valuable knowledge

healing results from:
- empowerment
- sharing multiple perspectives
- anchored in meaningful and relevant contexts

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therapeutic alliance in multicultural therapy

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recognize client’s expectation for therapists role (KEY)

respond according to client’s needs

work towards cultural congruence in worldviews

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steps of multicultural assessment

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  1. explanatory model of distress
    - ask people “why do you think this is happening to you/feel this way?”
    - shows what is normal in cultures
  2. cultural formulation and analysis
  3. cultural genogram
    - understanding more family history, go back generations to try to understand context of culture/identify trauma
  4. ethnocultural assessment
    - how one views own culture
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cultural empathy

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learned ability to understand experiences of culturally diverse individuals
- informed by cultural knowledge and interpretation
-empathic witness (working to affirm your experiences/reality)

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steps of dialogue on cultural differences and similarities

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  1. suspend
    - suspend preconceptions/stereotypes (remember more variability within than between groups)
  2. recognize
    - recognize clients may be different from other members of their group
  3. consider
    - consider how client-therapist differences may affect therapy (mindful of pitfalls and how to capitalize on them, cultural transference/counter-transference)
  4. acknowledge
    - acknowledge that power, privilege, and oppression might affect interactions
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how did the therapist start the session with Annie?

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“What were your hopes for coming?”

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interethnic transference

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different cultures between therapist and client

client –> therapist, views therapist through their schemas

wants to trust therapist but years of oppression stands in way

overcompliance, mistrust, denial, ambivalence

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intraethnic transference

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same culture between therapist and client

views therapist as omniscient or omnipotent(because of same identity, client thinks therapist as all knowing)

traitor (betrayal of culture)

autoracist (projection of internalized racism)

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interethnic countertransference

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therapist –> patient, different cultures

deny cultural differences, become overly curious about differences at the expense of psychological needs, guilt or pity

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intraethnic countertransference

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therapist –> patient, same culture

overidentification (seeing your experiences in patient can cloud judgement/make job hard)

shared victimization

distancing (therapist trying too hard to not see themselves as patient)

survivor’s guilt

cultural myopia (can’t see clearly)

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mechanisms of multicultural therapy

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cultural consciousness
- reaffirmation of minoritized culture

develop resilience

meaning making

manage cultural trauma

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does multicultural therapy have a high or low evidence base?

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low; but culturally competent therapists are seen to enhance client satisfaction with treatment

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4 remaining questions for multicultural therapy

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what are the effects of language?

what are the ethnic and cultural contexts of therapist self-disclosure?

what are the effects of cultural resilience on mental health?

what kinds of treatments work best for which clients?