On Pan-Africanism, Feminism, and Psychotherapy: The Perspectives of Three Black Scholar-Practitioners from the U.S., Uganda, and St. Kitts/U.S

IF 1.1 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Women & Therapy Pub Date : 2020-07-19 DOI:10.1080/02703149.2020.1775980

Chalmer E. Thompson, Jane Namusoke, Khym Isaac De Barros

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Abstract

Abstract Three African-descended psychologists discuss the case of a psychotherapy dyad in which the first author, a U.S. national, and a Caribbean student who had immigrated to the U.S. served respectively as therapist and client. We discuss the relevance of Helms’ racial identity development theory to the cultivation of psychological health among African-descended women, proposing that this form of health is intimately tied to our association with other African-descended people. With particular focus on the client’s disclosures about certain groups of Black people in stereotypical ways, what we term “othering by the other,” we offer a conceptualization that knits together issues of personal vulnerability, the reproduction of structural violence, and racial identity development. We conclude by presenting our views on the process and outcome of the therapeutic case and the significance of the theory to addressing the violence that continues to disrupt the lives of Black men and women around the world.

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论泛非主义、女权主义和心理治疗：来自美国、乌干达和圣基茨/美国的三位黑人学者的视角

摘要三位非洲裔心理学家讨论了一个心理治疗二人组的案例，第一作者是一名美国公民，一名移民到美国的加勒比海学生分别担任治疗师和客户。我们讨论了赫尔姆斯的种族认同发展理论与非洲后裔妇女心理健康培养的相关性，提出这种形式的健康与我们与其他非洲后裔的联系密切相关。我们特别关注客户以刻板的方式披露的某些黑人群体，即我们所说的“他者”，我们提供了一种概念化，将个人脆弱性、结构性暴力的再现和种族认同发展等问题结合在一起。最后，我们介绍了我们对治疗案例的过程和结果的看法，以及该理论对解决继续扰乱世界各地黑人男女生活的暴力问题的重要性。

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Women & Therapy Multiple-

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4.40

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4.80%

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期刊介绍： Women & Therapy is the only professional journal that focuses entirely on the complex interrelationship between women and the therapeutic experience. Devoted to descriptive, theoretical, clinical, and empirical perspectives on the topic of women and therapy, the journal is intended for feminist practitioners as well as for individuals interested in the practice of feminist therapy. The journal focuses on a wide range of content areas, including: •issues in the process of therapy with female clients •problems in living that affect women in greater proportion than men, such as depression, eating disorders, and agoraphobia •women"s traditional and nontraditional roles in society and how these affect and can be affected by therapy.