Psych 222 Feminist/Culturally Competent Practice

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Psych 222 Feminist/Culturally Competent Practice

• Overview of assessment interview
• Exploring heritage and history
• Working in context

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Overview of Contextual Assessment Interview

• What brings you to therapy?
• What kind of support do you have in coping with
  this situation?
• Home? Work? Family? Friends? Culture?
• What are some of the main challenges you face in
  coping with this situation?
• Health? Home? Work? Family? Friends? Culture?
• What were things like for you in the past?
• As a child? As a teen? Before the problem began?
• Are there times you have felt afraid or scared of
  someone, or something that was happening to you?
• Are there times you have felt unable to cope?
• If you could make the current situation better,
  what would it look like?

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Exploring Heritage History

• How do govt policies affect clinical concerns
  for immigrants?
• What does it mean if we go beyond racial
  categories in identifying/discussing ethnicity?
• How can we acknowledge/honor/discuss the
  complexity of racial/ethnic heritage beyond broad
  categories?
• How can we acknowledge/honor/discuss immigration
  experience in clinical settings?
• What is the role of historical trauma in client
  concerns?

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Working in Context

• What role does policy play in interethnic strife?
• How do cultural stereotypes contribute to
  clinical problems?
• What role does internalized oppression play in
  interethnic strife?
• How can cultural pride be fostered in ways that
  support individual and community development?
• How can we counteract racial antagonisms as
  therapists?
• How can we best work with clients whose value
  systems differ from our own?