Deters K A
Community Service Office, Menninger Clinic, Topeka, KS 66601-0829, USA.
Bull Menninger Clin. 1997 Summer;61(3):368-84.
Few therapists are trained to work with multiracial individuals. Most have little knowledge of the process of identity development in this ever-increasing population. In this article, an examination of how the social construction of race impacts identity development is followed by a review of current theories regarding multiracial identity development. Interviews of clinicians illustrate how therapists understand their work with multiracial clients as well as the issues they have personally confronted. The challenges faced by therapists working with this population center on understanding how oppression affects identity development, supporting racial ambiguity as a part of normal identity development, working from a nonoppressive theoretical perspective, and examining their own internalized rules about racial and ethnic stereotypes. This preliminary examination indicates the need for further research. A controlled study in this area would be of benefit to the field.
很少有治疗师接受过与多种族个体合作的培训。大多数人对这个不断增长的群体中的身份认同发展过程知之甚少。在本文中，首先探讨了种族的社会建构如何影响身份认同发展，随后回顾了当前关于多种族身份认同发展的理论。对临床医生的访谈表明了治疗师如何理解他们与多种族客户的工作，以及他们个人所面临的问题。与这一群体合作的治疗师所面临的挑战集中在理解压迫如何影响身份认同发展、支持种族模糊性作为正常身份认同发展的一部分、从非压迫性的理论视角开展工作，以及审视他们自己关于种族和民族刻板印象的内化规则。这项初步研究表明有必要进行进一步的研究。在这一领域进行对照研究将对该领域有益。
