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Assessing the Coherence of Parents' Short Narratives Regarding their Child Using the Five-Minute Speech Sample Procedure
Published on: September 19, 2019
"Co-constructing" stigma and the therapist-parent alliance
1Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of Denver, Ammi Hyde, 2460 South Vine Street, Denver, CO 80208, USA. jufox@du.edu
Abstract:
Just as many relationships are susceptible to the distorting and distancing effects of stigmatization, so are therapist-parent relationships, particularly in instances where children/youth present with significant mental illness. Therapist awareness and attunement to the dynamics of stigma are critical to the development of engaged therapist-parent alliances, and therapist-parent alliances are key to successful child/youth psychotherapy. Intersubjectivity theory offers a useful lens by which to understand stigma dynamics as mutually reinforced, "co-constructed" experiences between therapists and parents. Applying this perspective provides direction for therapists to work in ways that recognize and reduce the negative impact of stigma dynamics on this important alliance.
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