College of Management Academic Studies, Israel.
Transcult Psychiatry. 2012 Apr;49(2):323-39. doi: 10.1177/1363461511435803. Epub 2012 Feb 21.
This paper suggests that elaborating Winnicott's idea of "potential space" can provide a conceptual approach to psychotherapy across the cultural divide. The first part of the paper discusses the general problematic of intercultural psychotherapy. This is illustrated with an account of therapeutic work with Ethiopian Jews who have migrated to Israel. There is a significant gap between the Ethiopian cultural codes relevant to psychotherapy and those of the Israeli therapist, who is usually trained in the Western psychotherapeutic tradition. A meaningful and effective therapeutic process can take place if psychotherapist and client cocreate a "mutual creative space."
本文提出，详细阐述温尼科特的“潜在空间”概念，可以为跨文化心理治疗提供一种概念方法。文章的第一部分讨论了跨文化心理治疗的一般性问题。这一部分通过对移民到以色列的埃塞俄比亚犹太人的治疗工作的描述来说明。在与心理治疗相关的埃塞俄比亚文化规范与以色列治疗师（通常接受西方心理治疗传统的培训）的文化规范之间存在显著差距。如果心理治疗师和客户共同创造一个“相互创造性空间”，那么一个有意义且有效的治疗过程就可以进行。
