Cultural Considerations for using Emotionally Focused Therapy with African American Couples

IF 0.4 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Jennifer Young, Eman Tadros, Alexis M. Gregorash
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Abstract

ABSTRACT Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a theoretical approach that is considered widely effective in decreasing relationship distress among couples. Emotionally Focused Therapy uses deepening of the clients’ emotions to facilitate change to break negative interactional patterns within couple relationships. However, African American men have developed some behaviors and attitudes about emotions that may present challenges to them receiving Emotionally Focused Therapy. Some of those behaviors and beliefs include alexithymia and emotion ideologies which include restricting emotion based on their experience with societal stressors (e.g., race-based trauma, system racism). Given this emotional discrepancy, there are social and cultural considerations that need to be addressed between African American individuals in order to conduct effective couple work. This paper discusses emotional expressiveness and culturally sensitive approaches that EFT therapists will need to consider when counseling African American men in couples therapy.
对非裔美国夫妇使用情感聚焦疗法的文化考虑
情感聚焦治疗是一种理论方法,被广泛认为可以有效减少夫妻关系中的痛苦。以情感为中心的治疗利用加深客户的情绪来促进改变,以打破夫妻关系中的负面互动模式。然而,非裔美国男性对情绪产生了一些行为和态度,这可能会给他们接受以情绪为中心的治疗带来挑战。其中一些行为和信念包括述情障碍和情绪意识形态,其中包括基于他们对社会压力源(例如,基于种族的创伤、系统种族主义)的经历来限制情绪。鉴于这种情感差异,非裔美国人之间需要考虑社会和文化因素,才能进行有效的夫妻工作。本文讨论了EFT治疗师在为非裔美国男性进行夫妻治疗时需要考虑的情感表达和文化敏感方法。
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