Breaking the ‘culture of silence’: exploring therapist perspectives of culturally sensitive systemic psychotherapy in contested sociopolitical contexts – a Northern Ireland case study

IF 0.7 4区 心理学 Q4 FAMILY STUDIES
Christiana Young, Suzanne Mooney
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Recent national and international events have shone a spotlight on structural inequalities and institutionalised racism, igniting a contemporary struggle for equality and evoking the UK systemic community to affirm its commitment to social justice and anti-racism. This article sets the scene by examining how systemic theory and research have historically addressed racial inequality and cross-cultural practice, before describing a small but pioneering qualitative study which explored the practice of cultural sensitivity via in-depth interviews with five experienced systemic psychotherapists in Northern Ireland (NI). While confirming some similarities with other UK regions, tentative but important nuanced differences emerged in the NI context given its protracted history of sectarian division, political conflict, and more limited immigration. Self-imposed ‘silence’ with regard to one's own religious/cultural identity in the context of the NI political conflict emerged as a key theme, alongside therapist under-explored Whiteness; theoretical paradoxes influencing therapist reticence; and perceived therapeutic benefits of exploring cultural differences and lived experience of racism. Study limitations and implications are discussed, identifying the need for further research and renewed efforts (in theory, training, and practice) to assist therapists to break the ‘culture of silence’ in their local sociopolitical context and address wider social inequities.

打破 "沉默文化":探索在有争议的社会政治背景下治疗师对文化敏感的系统心理疗法的看法--北爱尔兰案例研究
最近发生的国内和国际事件使人们聚焦于结构性不平等和制度化种族主义,点燃了当代争取平等的斗争,并唤起了英国系统团体对社会正义和反种族主义的承诺。本文首先探讨了系统理论和研究在历史上是如何解决种族不平等和跨文化实践问题的,然后介绍了一项小型但具有开创性的定性研究,该研究通过对北爱尔兰(NI)五位经验丰富的系统心理治疗师进行深入访谈,探讨了文化敏感性的实践问题。这项研究证实了北爱尔兰与英国其他地区的一些相似之处,但同时也发现了一些微妙但重要的差异,因为北爱尔兰在历史上长期存在教派分裂、政治冲突,而且移民数量有限。在北爱尔兰政治冲突的背景下,对自身宗教/文化身份的自我 "沉默 "成为一个关键主题,同时出现的还有治疗师未充分探讨的白种人问题;影响治疗师保持沉默的理论悖论;以及探讨文化差异和种族主义生活经历所带来的治疗益处。本文讨论了研究的局限性和影响,指出有必要开展进一步研究,并重新努力(在理论、培训和实践方面)协助治疗师打破当地社会政治背景下的 "沉默文化",解决更广泛的社会不平等问题。
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CiteScore
1.60
自引率
14.30%
发文量
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期刊介绍: The ANZJFT is reputed to be the most-stolen professional journal in Australia! It is read by clinicians as well as by academics, and each issue includes substantial papers reflecting original perspectives on theory and practice. A lively magazine section keeps its finger on the pulse of family therapy in Australia and New Zealand via local correspondents, and four Foreign Correspondents report on developments in the US and Europe.
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