Empirical Research For Treatment Of Intercultural Marriage

A therapist will face problems, issues and client troubles everyday. The professional must understand how their client relates to the world around them. These feelings and ideas affect how the client sees the problem and how they respond to their situation. Their actions, in turn, have bearing on individual thoughts, needs, and emotions. The therapist must be aware of the client's history, values, and culture in order to provide effective therapy. This paper will outline and provide information as to the importance of cultural competence and diversity in family therapy.

Interracial marriage has traditionally been viewed as a means of expressing a hatred of oneself, of escaping something in one’s culture or self that one no longer wants to identify with. Jacki Thompson Rand describes the outcome of this phenomenon in an essay on her experience as the child of an interracial marriage. She explains how her mother married a white man in an effort to make herself more white, and therefore more legitimate: “My mother 's marriage to my father was a racial love

Proponents of relational-cultural therapy (RCT) reject an intrapsychic explanation of distress and instead operate based on an understanding that external social structures and interpersonal relationships have a significant effect on emotional and psychological well-being. In addition, a non-deterministic view of human development is taken and special attention is paid to the influence of various socialization processes, such as gender-role socialization (Miller, 1976). According to Miller and Stiver (1997), a person 's sense of self develops in the context of their interpersonal relationships. Growth is achieved through interacting with others and developing meaningful connections, rather than through striving for independence. While traditional theories typical focus on independence as an indicator of mature functioning and psychological health, RCT emphasizes the importance of interdependence. From Miller 's (1976) perspective, personal growth

According to the classic assimilation theory, intermarriage between an immigrant group and the dominant population reduces social boundaries and eventually leads to a reduction in the salience of an ethnic identity. Because the offspring of intermarried couples may opt out of defining themselves as members of an ethnic group, intermarriage may affect the future size and shape of an ethnic population. Among Hispanics, intermarriage with non-Hispanic whites or non-Hispanic blacks may ultimately lead to a blurring of racial/ethnic boundaries. At the same time, intermarriage between members of different Hispanic subgroups may strengthen pan-ethnicity, or the adoption of a “Hispanic” identity instead of an identity as a member of a specific national-origin

Derald (2013) stated, “The adage “counselor or therapist, know thyself” is the basic building block to cultural competence in the helping professions.” (P.6) Part of connecting with clients includes the separation and awareness of the helping professional versus the other person. The helping profession has not always embraced the awareness of self in regards to culture. To be culturally competent the helping professional should conceptualize the issue with the understanding of the cultural background of their client. In this paper I will summarize significant historical changes in society that influenced

The purpose of this paper is to examine the field of marriage and family counseling beginning with the history and development of the profession and its importance in the field of counseling. This paper will also evaluate five major themes relevant to Marriage and Family Therapy which include: roles of Marriage and Family Therapists; licensure requirements and examinations; methods of supervision; client advocacy; multiculturalism and diversity. The author will discuss significant aspects to the field of Marriage and Family Therapy such as MFT identity, function, and ethics of the profession. This paper will assess biblical values in relation to Marriage and Family Therapists and to the field

Generic counseling, outside of the culturally competent scope, is predominately seen as a standard way of practice. According to Sue and Sue (2013), generic counseling practices are closely aligned with majority, or White, mainstream cultural characteristics, attitudes, and beliefs. Furthermore, the generic characteristics of counseling assumes a particular way of being that impacts how culture, class, and language, are viewed; and all of these elements influence methods and practices of psychotherapy (Sue & Sue, 2013). First, generic counseling’s underlying assumption about culture includes the belief that an individual’s social network is comprised of the nuclear family and is centered on the individual (Sue & Sue, 2013); and there is an underlying bias of middle class values. Another characteristic of generic counseling is the

Kevin Rodney Sullivan's 2005 movie is an overt comedy that, while not ignoring the race issues altogether, uses them more frequently for humor than to illustrate serious points. Both film’s premises are about the same situation of an interracial marriage.

To begin with, interracial marriage is defined as “a form of exogamy that involves a marriage between spouses who belong to

The two articles used were “Understanding the Occurrence of Interracial Marriage in the United States through Differential Assimilation” (Lewis, Ford- Robinson, 2010) and “Marital Dissolution among Interracial Couples” (Zhang, Van Hook, 2009). The first article “Understanding the Occurrence of Interracial Marriage in the United States through Differential Assimilation”, spoke about the unprecedented changes that our society is going though in the 21st century.

Interpersonal conflict can arise in couples that are from very different racial and cultural backgrounds. Each culture/race is unique and have there own customs and traditions that individuals grow up with. Individuals have a need to categorize and tend to associate their judgments based on these categories that are made. Stereotypes and biases formed can increase interpersonal conflict in the couple’s relationship. Implicit biases can play a role in this couples relationship. Individuals tend to favor their own in-group. The couple can be facing the same problem. Both may not want to change the way they think and want to follow the customs that they are familiar with. They might not agree to some of the traditions or viewpoints that the others

In this paper, I will be discussing the relevance of narrative therapy pertaining to its use in social work. I will discuss the background and current use of this intervention as well as the intended use of this strategy with client populations and its cultural sensitivity. Overall, this practice has numerous studies which have evaluated its use with individuals, families, and groups and have validated the effectiveness of this practice with various client populations.

A constant struggle of incorporating western mentality and remaining true to my Punjabi culture has been at the root of many dilemmas throughout my life and has caused me to engender my own set of values, which reflect a unique blend of western culture and Punjabi culture. As a future marriage and family therapist who will be assessing a diverse population, I foresee this amalgamation becoming an issue when I receive clients who come from a similar background and have a certain expectation of what I should say, or when I receive clients who come from a different background and have different values than I do. If one is not consciously aware of these values and biases, then it is very likely that these concerns will impede the therapeutic relationship and the work of the therapist.

The success of an interracial marriage, to withstand all the prejudices in society, needs one major ingredient, and that is love. One of the hardest things an interracial couple has to deal with is acceptance from both their families and society. Interestingly, though, Interracial marriages tend to last longer than same race ones because people going into interracial marriages are prepared for a rocky road and are prepared to stick with it, while same race couples may have not experienced that same adversity, and at the first sign of struggle, back out of the marriage. This obviously tells us that whether the marriage is a success or not does not depend upon the races of the partners, or at least not in the way everyone thinks it does. It is obvious that people in general are becoming more open minded and accepting of interracial marriages, however, there still are many social taboos that prevent people from being in such a marriage. Society tends to concentrate on skin color when

Those who are the Intercultural marriage argue that the Intercultural marriage will bring about serious consequences. According to the relevant media reported online: the Intercultural marriage is not for