Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations, University of Iowa.
School of Professional Psychology, Spalding University.
Psychotherapy (Chic). 2018 Mar;55(1):39-44. doi: 10.1037/pst0000142.
Multicultural group work has received growing attention over the past two decades; however, there is a lack of conceptual frameworks to guide therapists' cultural processes within group therapy at present. As such, we extend the multicultural orientation (MCO) to group therapy in an effort to provide a conceptual framework for group therapists to effectively engage multicultural group work. The MCO framework was developed in an effort to operationalize therapists' cultural processes of cultural humility, cultural comfort, and cultural opportunity. Although the MCO framework has been empirically tested within an individual psychotherapy context, application to alternative therapeutic modalities is needed. Given the inherent multicultural nature of group therapy and calls for group therapist to be culturally competent in the delivery of group-based services, we extend the MCO framework to the practice of group therapy. In this article, we provide a rationale for the application of the MCO framework to the practice of group therapy, and illustrate how group therapists' cultural humility, comfort, and opportunities can assist in establishing a multicultural group orientation throughout the development of the group. (PsycINFO Database Record
多元文化群体工作在过去二十年中受到越来越多的关注；然而，目前缺乏指导治疗师在团体治疗中文化过程的概念框架。因此，我们将多元文化取向（MCO）扩展到团体治疗中，以努力为团体治疗师提供一个有效的参与多元文化团体工作的概念框架。MCO 框架的制定是为了使治疗师的文化谦逊、文化舒适和文化机会等文化过程具有可操作性。尽管 MCO 框架已经在个体心理治疗环境中进行了实证检验，但需要将其应用于替代治疗模式。鉴于团体治疗固有的多元文化性质，以及呼吁团体治疗师在提供基于团体的服务时具有文化能力，我们将 MCO 框架扩展到团体治疗实践中。在本文中，我们为将 MCO 框架应用于团体治疗实践提供了一个理由，并说明了团体治疗师的文化谦逊、舒适和机会如何有助于在团体的发展过程中建立一个多元文化的团体取向。
