Raising Multiracial Awareness in Family Therapy Through Critical ConversationsPosted in Articles, Family/Parenting, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, United States on 2011-01-07 22:15Z by Steven |
Raising Multiracial Awareness in Family Therapy Through Critical Conversations
Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
Volume 31, Issue 4 (October 2005)
pages 399–411
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2005.tb01579.x
Teresa McDowell, Associate Professor and Department Chair of Counseling Psychology
Lewis & Clark University, Portland Oregon
Lucrezia Ingoglia
Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare
Takiko Serizawa
Family Service Associates
Christina Holland
Behavioral Medicine Clinic
John Wayne Dashiell, Jr.
Tacoma, Washington
Christopher Stevens
Renton Area Youth and Family Services
Multiracial families are uniquely affected by racial dynamics in U.S. society. Family therapists must be prepared to meet the needs of this growing population and to support racial equity. This article includes an overview of literature related to being multiracial and offers a framework for working with multiracial identity development in therapy. A critical conversation approach to working with multiracial identity is shared along with case examples. The authors’ experiences developing the model via a practitioner inquiry group are highlighted.
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