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Relational ethics in immigrant families: The contextual therapy five-dimensional framework.
Tatiana Glebova1, Arpita Lal2, Rashmi Gangamma3
1Couple & Family Therapy Program, California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, Sacramento, California, USA.
Family Process
|October 28, 2024
Summary
Contextual family therapy provides a framework for understanding immigrant family trauma across generations. It emphasizes social justice, loyalty, and entitlement to address overlooked transgenerational issues.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Family Therapy
- Immigration Studies
Background:
- Immigrant families face unique multigenerational challenges due to cumulative migration-related traumas.
- Existing therapeutic frameworks may not fully address these complex dynamics.
Purpose of the Study:
- To extend the five-dimensional contextual therapy framework for immigrant families.
- To conceptualize immigrant family generational dynamics, focusing on overlooked transgenerational processes.
Main Methods:
- Literature review within the five-dimensional contextual therapy framework.
- Conceptual expansion of the framework applied to immigrant families.
- Illustration with a clinical example.
Main Results:
- Identified key transgenerational processes: social and relational justice, loyalty, entitlement, and parentification.
- Highlighted the impact of migration-related traumas on different generations.
- Proposed clinical guiding principles for addressing these issues.
Conclusions:
- Contextual family therapy offers a valuable lens for understanding immigrant family trauma.
- The extended framework provides practical guidance for clinicians working with diverse generations of immigrant families.
- Addressing loyalty conflicts and promoting constructive entitlement are crucial for healing.
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