Yzaguirre Melissa M, Holtrop Kendal
Department of Counseling and Marital and Family Therapy, University of San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
J Marital Fam Ther. 2025 Jan;51(1):e12755. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12755.
Persistent ethnic-racial discrimination in the lives of minoritized clients requires a better understanding of effective practices for family therapists working with Latino families. Ethnic-racial socialization (ERS) can help mitigate the adverse effects of discrimination; however, ERS practices are less known as a therapeutic tool, resulting in a critical gap in the existing literature and limiting the support that family therapists can provide to Latino families. In response, the current study investigated family therapists' lived experiences facilitating ERS practices with Latino parents in therapy. Semi-structured interviews with family therapists (n = 20) from 10 US states were conducted. A rigorous thematic analysis revealed two key themes related to the approaches used by family therapists for explicitly naming and navigating ERS-related conversations when working with Latino parents and families. The results can inform recommendations for promoting conversations related to race, ethnicity, culture, ethnic-racial discrimination, and immigration with Latino parents in family therapy.
少数族裔客户生活中持续存在的族裔-种族歧视，要求我们更好地理解家庭治疗师与拉丁裔家庭合作时的有效做法。族裔-种族社会化（ERS）有助于减轻歧视的不利影响；然而，ERS做法作为一种治疗工具鲜为人知，导致现有文献存在重大空白，并限制了家庭治疗师为拉丁裔家庭提供的支持。作为回应，当前的研究调查了家庭治疗师在治疗中促进与拉丁裔父母进行ERS做法的实际经历。对来自美国10个州的家庭治疗师（n = 20）进行了半结构化访谈。一项严格的主题分析揭示了两个关键主题，这些主题与家庭治疗师在与拉丁裔父母和家庭合作时明确提及和引导与ERS相关对话所采用的方法有关。研究结果可为在家庭治疗中促进与拉丁裔父母进行有关种族、族裔、文化、族裔-种族歧视和移民的对话提供建议。
