The Integration of CBT, Multicultural and Feminist Psychotherapies With Latinas

Socorro was a 35-year-old Venezuelan woman who attempted suicide by overdose. The psychotherapeutic approach relied on identifying the social context, constructs, and working within Socorro's cultural framework. Cultural issues related to immigration, acculturation, and culturally based gender...

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Published in:Journal of psychotherapy integration 2010-09, Vol.20 (3), p.312-326
Main Authors: Diaz-Martinez, Angelica M, Interian, Alejandro, Waters, Deirdre M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attempted Suicide
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Cognitive behaviour therapy
Female
Feminism
Feminist Therapy
Feminists
Human
Immigration
Integrative Psychotherapy
Latin American people
Latinos/Latinas
Multiculturalism
Psychotherapy
Social context
Sociocultural Factors
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Summary:Socorro was a 35-year-old Venezuelan woman who attempted suicide by overdose. The psychotherapeutic approach relied on identifying the social context, constructs, and working within Socorro's cultural framework. Cultural issues related to immigration, acculturation, and culturally based gender issues were identified. The integration of cognitive-behavioral, feminist, and multicultural approaches helped to identify how migratory stressors oppressed her sense of self. Tenets of multiracial feminism were incorporated to better understand how her social context affected her perception of relationships, how she made choices and interpreted them. Future work with Latinas should address the development of models for treatment that fuse these perspectives.
ISSN:1053-0479
1573-3696
DOI:10.1037/a0020819