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Relational ethics in immigrant families: The contextual therapy five-dimensional framework.

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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.

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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.