Counseling & Family Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loa Linda, CA 92350, USA.
Fam Process. 2010 Sep;49(3):369-84. doi: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2010.01328.x.
This paper introduces Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy (SERT), an approach designed to intervene in socio-cultural processes that limit couples' ability to develop mutually supportive relationships, especially within heterosexual relationships. SERT integrates recent advances in neurobiology and the social context of emotion with social constructionist assumptions regarding the fluid and contextual nature of gender, culture, personal identities, and relationship patterns. It advances social constructionist practice through in-session experiential work focused on 4 conditions foundational to mutual support--mutual influence, shared vulnerability, shared relationship responsibility, and mutual attunement. In contrast to couple therapy models that mask power issues, therapist neutrality is not considered possible or desirable. Instead, therapists position themselves to counteract social inequalities. The paper illustrates how empathic engagement of a socio-culturally attuned therapist sets the stage for new socio-cultural experience as it is embodied neurologically and physically in the relationship and discusses therapy as societal intervention.
本文介绍了社会情感关系疗法（SERT），这是一种旨在干预限制夫妻发展相互支持关系的社会文化过程的方法，特别是在异性恋关系中。SERT 将神经生物学和情感的社会背景与关于性别、文化、个人身份和关系模式的流动性和情境性的社会建构主义假设相结合。它通过关注相互支持的 4 个条件——相互影响、共同脆弱性、共同关系责任和相互协调——的体验式工作来推进社会建构主义实践。与掩盖权力问题的夫妻治疗模式不同，治疗师的中立性被认为是不可能或不可取的。相反，治疗师要为自己定位以抵消社会不平等。本文说明了富有同理心的、对社会文化有共鸣的治疗师的参与如何为新的社会文化体验奠定基础，因为这种体验在关系中从神经和身体上得到体现，并讨论了作为社会干预的治疗。
