Cultural Competence and Psychotherapy: Applying Anthropologically Informed Conceptions of Culture Export

@article{citeulike:4133047, abstract = {The authors apply two contemporary notions of culture to advance the conceptual basis of cultural competence in psychotherapy: Kleinman's (1995) definition of culture as what is at stake in local, social worlds, and Mattingly and Lawlor's (2001) concept of shared narratives between practitioners and patients. The authors examine these cultural constructs within a clinical case of an immigrant family caring for a young boy with an autism-spectrum disorder. Their analysis suggests that the socially based model of culture and the concept of shared narratives have the potential to broaden and enrich the definition of cultural competence beyond its current emphasis on the presumed cultural differences of specific racial and ethnic minority groups.}, author = {Lake, Kimberley and L\'{o}pez, Steven R. and Garro, Linda C.}, citeulike-article-id = {4133047}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0033-3204.43.4.380}, doi = {10.1037/0033-3204.43.4.380}, journal = {Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training}, keywords = {anthropology, autism, culturalcompetence, culture, narrative, psychology, psychotherapy}, number = {4}, pages = {380--396}, posted-at = {2009-03-04 19:56:43}, priority = {2}, title = {Cultural Competence and Psychotherapy: Applying Anthropologically Informed Conceptions of Culture}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0033-3204.43.4.380}, volume = {43}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4133047 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4133047 N2 - The authors apply two contemporary notions of culture to advance the conceptual basis of cultural competence in psychotherapy: Kleinman’s (1995) definition of culture as what is at stake in local, social worlds, and Mattingly and Lawlor’s (2001) concept of shared narratives between practitioners and patients. The authors examine these cultural constructs within a clinical case of an immigrant family caring for a young boy with an autism-spectrum disorder. Their analysis suggests that the socially based model of culture and the concept of shared narratives have the potential to broaden and enrich the definition of cultural competence beyond its current emphasis on the presumed cultural differences of specific racial and ethnic minority groups. IS - 4 JF - Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training EP - 396 TI - Cultural Competence and Psychotherapy: Applying Anthropologically Informed Conceptions of Culture VL - 43 SP - 380 KW - anthropology KW - autism KW - culturalcompetence KW - culture KW - narrative KW - psychology KW - psychotherapy AU - Lake, Kimberley AU - López, Steven AU - Garro, Linda PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0033-3204.43.4.380 ER -