Pub Date : 2021-06-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2021.40.2.43
Laura Boileau
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Pub Date : 2021-05-01DOI: 10.1521/JSYT.2021.40.1.75
B. Muruthi, Emily Janes, Jessica L. Chou, Shaquinta L. L. Richardson, Jamie M. West, Meagan Chevalier
Hybrid identity theory was utilized to understand how race and ethnicity were perceived from the perspective of Afro-Caribbean women living in the U.S. Thematic analysis revealed four themes: (1) inability to understand African Americans’ experiences, (2) feelings of racial and gender bias, (3) racial pride in the Black community, and (4) ethnic pride in the Caribbean community as a protective factor. Findings indicate that women's observed racial role distancing was a fluid process where women moved freely between ethnic difference and racial togetherness depending on their perceptions of racial stereotypes among the African American community. Clinical implications are offered.
{"title":"“First Thing When I Walk Through the Door, I Am a Black Woman”: Pilot Study Examining Afro-Caribbean Women's Racial and Ethnic Identity","authors":"B. Muruthi, Emily Janes, Jessica L. Chou, Shaquinta L. L. Richardson, Jamie M. West, Meagan Chevalier","doi":"10.1521/JSYT.2021.40.1.75","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1521/JSYT.2021.40.1.75","url":null,"abstract":"Hybrid identity theory was utilized to understand how race and ethnicity were perceived from the perspective of Afro-Caribbean women living in the U.S. Thematic analysis revealed four themes: (1) inability to understand African Americans’ experiences, (2) feelings of racial and gender bias, (3) racial pride in the Black community, and (4) ethnic pride in the Caribbean community as a protective factor. Findings indicate that women's observed racial role distancing was a fluid process where women moved freely between ethnic difference and racial togetherness depending on their perceptions of racial stereotypes among the African American community. Clinical implications are offered.","PeriodicalId":245719,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Systemic Therapies","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115071856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-01DOI: 10.1521/JSYT.2021.40.1.1
W. Talbot
Humor has been a focus of therapy literature for over a century and is considered an essential communication tool and important component of therapeutic relationships. Yet couple therapy literature does not feature humor as a relational practice or strategy for couples’ relationship development. When humor presents in a therapy conversation it offers opportunities for therapists to explore the implications and meanings for the couple relationship, potentially contributing to new and enhanced relationship experience. This article provides vignettes from one couple therapy conversation to illustrate therapeutic possibilities for exploration of couples’ humor. Therapists are encouraged to pay attention to humor as a complex, dynamic, discursive practice with therapeutic benefits for couples’ therapy.
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Pub Date : 2021-05-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2021.40.1.36
Jamie-Lyn Richartz, N. Smith, Kayleigh Sabo, Maria Angelica Mejia
Recent changes in federal and state laws, largely brought on because of the novel coronavirus, have underscored the need for revolutionizing the clinical training experience for Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) programs and their implementation of telehealth services. This article addresses the current telehealth training in MFT programs, featuring the process of teletherapy training at Nova Southeastern University's (NSU) Department of Family, including adaptation to current policies and procedures. This study utilized semistructured interviews with eight graduate- and post-graduate–level MFT students at NSU who received telehealth training prior to participating in a teletherapy-based clinical practicum at NSU's Brief Therapy Institute. The emergent themes from the analysis included crisis management, flexibility, and self-care. Lastly, we discuss the implications and limitations of our study and suggest areas of future research. The information provides knowledge on necessary training topics and expands the literature on teletherapy.
最近联邦和州法律的变化主要是由于新型冠状病毒引起的,这些变化强调了彻底改变婚姻和家庭治疗(MFT)项目的临床培训经验及其远程医疗服务实施的必要性。本文介绍了目前MFT项目中的远程医疗培训,重点介绍了Nova Southeastern University (NSU)家庭部门的远程治疗培训过程,包括对当前政策和程序的适应。本研究采用半结构化访谈的方式对8名NSU研究生和研究生水平的MFT学生进行访谈,这些学生在参加NSU简短治疗研究所基于远程治疗的临床实习之前接受了远程医疗培训。从分析中出现的主题包括危机管理、灵活性和自我保健。最后,我们讨论了本研究的意义和局限性,并提出了未来研究的领域。该信息提供了必要培训主题的知识,并扩展了远程治疗的文献。
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Pub Date : 2021-05-01DOI: 10.1521/JSYT.2021.40.1.59
M. polanco
{"title":"Introduction to “Rethinking Narrative Therapy: An Examination of Bilingualism and Magical Realism”","authors":"M. polanco","doi":"10.1521/JSYT.2021.40.1.59","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1521/JSYT.2021.40.1.59","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":245719,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Systemic Therapies","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121752442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2021.40.1.17
Maria Angelica Mejia
{"title":"Introduction: The Technological Evolution Triggered by COVID-19: How We Adapted, Coped, and Thrived When Asked to Survive","authors":"Maria Angelica Mejia","doi":"10.1521/jsyt.2021.40.1.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.2021.40.1.17","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":245719,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Systemic Therapies","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127372120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-01DOI: 10.1521/jsyt.2021.40.1.21
D. Hurford
The impacts of COVID-19 may exacerbate existing client difficulties, propelling clients into simultaneous crises which impact multiple dimensions of daily life, while diminishing self-agency and hope. Expressive arts approaches, embedded in a traditional solution-focused teletherapy framework, were utilized in this clinical case study with a high functioning adult male as a portal to explore exceptions, personal resilience, and benefits of loss over time. This creative solution-focused approach provided the client with salient somatic, intellectual, and spiritual experiences which invited him to reframe crises as opportunities for growth and change, while inspiring a greater sense of hope and personal agency.
{"title":"Creative Approaches in Solution-Focused Teletherapy: A COVID-19 Renaissance Man","authors":"D. Hurford","doi":"10.1521/jsyt.2021.40.1.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.2021.40.1.21","url":null,"abstract":"The impacts of COVID-19 may exacerbate existing client difficulties, propelling clients into simultaneous crises which impact multiple dimensions of daily life, while diminishing self-agency and hope. Expressive arts approaches, embedded in a traditional solution-focused teletherapy framework, were utilized in this clinical case study with a high functioning adult male as a portal to explore exceptions, personal resilience, and benefits of loss over time. This creative solution-focused approach provided the client with salient somatic, intellectual, and spiritual experiences which invited him to reframe crises as opportunities for growth and change, while inspiring a greater sense of hope and personal agency.","PeriodicalId":245719,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Systemic Therapies","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133308963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-01DOI: 10.1521/JSYT.2021.40.1.52
Nicole Linardi, C. Herrera, C. Cacace
Due to the state of the COVID-19 in Florida, a community-based agency serving children and families had to transition abruptly to teletherapy. This agency adapted to pandemic-related challenges by transitioning from in-person to virtual therapy, which played a key role in safely serving community members. This article explores the unique benefits and difficulties of the transition to teletherapy under those circumstances. The agency clinical staff utilized their brief therapy skills and strengths-oriented perspective to aid in this abrupt transition, as illustrated by a case study. Ultimately, the agency's transition was a successful one as evidenced by a survey of both agency clinicians and clients, and by uninterrupted services at the same volume of cases and level of care. Suggestions are made for other providers seeking to cope with similar transitions.
{"title":"A Nonprofit's Transition to Teletherapy Due to the COVID-19 Crisis: Learning How to Adapt","authors":"Nicole Linardi, C. Herrera, C. Cacace","doi":"10.1521/JSYT.2021.40.1.52","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1521/JSYT.2021.40.1.52","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the state of the COVID-19 in Florida, a community-based agency serving children and families had to transition abruptly to teletherapy. This agency adapted to pandemic-related challenges by transitioning from in-person to virtual therapy, which played a key role in safely serving community members. This article explores the unique benefits and difficulties of the transition to teletherapy under those circumstances. The agency clinical staff utilized their brief therapy skills and strengths-oriented perspective to aid in this abrupt transition, as illustrated by a case study. Ultimately, the agency's transition was a successful one as evidenced by a survey of both agency clinicians and clients, and by uninterrupted services at the same volume of cases and level of care. Suggestions are made for other providers seeking to cope with similar transitions.","PeriodicalId":245719,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Systemic Therapies","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115047084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-12-01DOI: 10.1521/JSYT.2020.39.4.1
Andrew E. Roffman
My intention in writing this paper is to outline the different effects of active and passive language use in psychotherapy when it comes to the expression and description of emotion. I will argue for the value of helping clients shift from passive to active language as they describe their emotional experience; that this shift deepens a client's engagement in the moment, allowing for embodiment, ownership, and accountability especially regarding distressing emotion. I will describe how mindfulness adds a further step in deepening this process. I will offer exceptions for the promotion of active over passive language, as well as an exercise so that readers may experiment with similar shifts in their own emotional expression as a means of having a direct experience of the effects of active language.
{"title":"“I Am Tensing”: Thoughts on Active and Passive Language in the Description and Expression of Emotion in Psychotherapy","authors":"Andrew E. Roffman","doi":"10.1521/JSYT.2020.39.4.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1521/JSYT.2020.39.4.1","url":null,"abstract":"My intention in writing this paper is to outline the different effects of active and passive language use in psychotherapy when it comes to the expression and description of emotion. I will argue for the value of helping clients shift from passive to active language as they describe their emotional experience; that this shift deepens a client's engagement in the moment, allowing for embodiment, ownership, and accountability especially regarding distressing emotion. I will describe how mindfulness adds a further step in deepening this process. I will offer exceptions for the promotion of active over passive language, as well as an exercise so that readers may experiment with similar shifts in their own emotional expression as a means of having a direct experience of the effects of active language.","PeriodicalId":245719,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Systemic Therapies","volume":"99 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128384540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-12-01DOI: 10.1521/JSYT.2020.39.4.56
J. Freedman, G. Combs
{"title":"Classic Article Introduction: “Relationships, Not Boundaries”","authors":"J. Freedman, G. Combs","doi":"10.1521/JSYT.2020.39.4.56","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1521/JSYT.2020.39.4.56","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":245719,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Systemic Therapies","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129575604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}