Full Description
Clients in psychodynamic therapy come from all ethnic and cultural backgrounds, as do therapists, yet cross-cultural issues are often oversimplified or ignored in clinical practice and training. This volume helps therapists incorporate awareness of diversity into all phases of treatment, from referral and assessment to working through and termination. Using extensive case material, Judith Mishne illuminates the ways that differences in ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, class background, and age enter into both the personal identity of client and therapist and the moment-to-moment process of therapy. She offers clear guidance for understanding and navigating the intersubjective issues that arise, drawing from the literatures of multicultural therapy, self psychology, and object relations. Demonstrating how to build and sustain a strong, empathic treatment alliance--one based on openness, self-awareness, curiosity, and specific cultural knowledge--this book is a vital resource for contemporary clinicians. Winner--Gradiva Award, National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
Contents
PrologueOf Cross-Cultural Treatment Considerations. Views from the 1950s to the 1990s. Conceptions of Culturally Responsive Clinical Practice for the 2000s. Part II: The Beginning Phase Of The Treatment Process. Referral, Assessment, and Diagnosis. Engagement and Therapeutic Alliance. Part III: The Middle Phase Of The Treatment Process. The Treatment Relationship: Transference, Countertransference, and the Real Relationship. Resistance. Fixation, Regression, and Defense. Part IV: The End Phase Of The Treatment Process. Working Through. Termination. Epilogue.
