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Making Difference Matter: An Exploration of Culture and Identity in the Therapeutic Domain
Author(s) -
McIlwaine Fiona
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1467-8438.2002.tb00480.x
Subject(s) - identity (music) , context (archaeology) , perspective (graphical) , bridge (graph theory) , sociology , cultural identity , project commissioning , democracy , power (physics) , psychology , epistemology , publishing , social psychology , aesthetics , social science , political science , medicine , law , politics , philosophy , art , paleontology , negotiation , physics , quantum mechanics , visual arts , biology
This paper examines a number of dimensions which the author believes are pivotal to a feminist perspective in working with clients from linguistically and culturally diverse communities. Definitions of culture and identity are examined in the context of power, followed by a discussion of the therapist's relationship with her/his frameworks of knowledge. Finally, the place of ethics is considered, drawing on a recent analysis of democracy. Through this discussion and analysis, therapists may reflect more fully on their own culture and identity, without which it is not possible to do therapy which can bridge cultural difference.