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Psychotherapy (Chic). 2010 Jun;47(2):186-97. doi: 10.1037/a0019759.
Despite the presence of some literature that has addressed the characteristics of the African American female therapist, most psychotherapy training proceeds with the assumption that therapists are members of dominant groups, and most of the psychological and psychotherapy literature has been written by therapists and psychologists who come from dominant cultural perspectives. Not as much has been written about psychological paradigms or the process of psychotherapy from the perspective of the therapist who is not a dominant group member. This article explores both the common and divergent experiences that we, the authors, share as African American female therapists and the different reactions we frequently elicit in clients. We also explore how individual differences in our physical appearances, personal backgrounds, and different characteristics of our respective practices elicit distinct responses from clients that we believe are based on differences between us, despite the fact that we are both African American women. We believe that many of the stereotypes that affect perceptions of African American female clients also exist for African American female therapists. We will address how the intersection of gender, race, and sexual orientation of the client highlights the complexity of culturally competent practice.
尽管有一些文献探讨了非裔美国女性治疗师的特点，但大多数心理治疗培训都是基于治疗师是占主导地位的群体成员这一假设进行的，而且大多数心理和心理治疗文献都是由来自主导文化视角的治疗师和心理学家撰写的。关于非主导群体成员的治疗师的心理范式或心理治疗过程，并没有太多的著述。本文探讨了我们两位作者作为非裔美国女性治疗师所共有的共同和不同的经历，以及我们在客户中经常引起的不同反应。我们还探讨了我们的外貌、个人背景和各自实践的不同特征如何引起客户的不同反应，我们认为这些反应是基于我们之间的差异，尽管我们都是非裔美国女性。我们相信，影响对非裔美国女性客户看法的许多刻板印象也存在于非裔美国女性治疗师身上。我们将讨论客户的性别、种族和性取向的交叉如何突出文化能力实践的复杂性。
