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Strengths Perspective (strength + perspective)
Selected AbstractsAfrican American Therapists Working With African American Families: An Exploration of the Strengths Perspective in TreatmentJOURNAL OF MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPY, Issue 3 2009LaVerne Bell-Tolliver With the exception of Hill's (1971, 1999) work, historically much of the literature on African American families has focused more on pathology than strengths. This study used interviews with 30 African American psychotherapists, self-identified as employing a strengths perspective with African American families, to investigate which strengths they identified in the families and how they use those strengths in therapy. Themes emerging from data analysis confirmed the continued importance of the five strengths Hill noted. In addition, two new strengths were identified by the participants: a willingness of a greater number of families to seek therapy, and the importance of family structure. Strategies used in engaging the families in therapy and practice implications for family therapists are discussed. [source] Couples with Schizophrenia "Becoming like Others" in South Korea: Marriage as Part of a Recovery ProcessFAMILY PROCESS, Issue 3 2009MYUNG-YEE YU PH.D. Very little is known about the married life of couples with schizophrenia. In this paper, authors report perceptions and experiences of 5 married couples with schizophrenia on their strategies in forming and maintaining healthy marriage. Our data reveal that participants had realistic expectations of marriage, and recognized benefits as well as obstacles in their marriages with respect to their recovery. This paper examines the importance of extended family members, mental health professionals, and the larger society's attitudes toward marriage as a factor in the recovery process for persons with schizophrenia. The authors identify implications for mental health professionals regarding the respect of client dignity and the applicability of a strengths perspective when working with couples with schizophrenia. The authors argue that mental health professionals' decisions regarding the balance between respecting a client's self-determination and protecting a client from risks associated with cohabitation and marriage should no longer be a dilemma for those working with people with mental illness. RESUMEN Se sabe muy poco de la vida matrimonial de las parejas que padecen esquizofrenia. En este trabajo, los autores informan sobre las percepciones y las experiencias de 5 parejas casadas que padecen esquizofrenia y sus estrategias para constituir y mantener un matrimonio sano. Nuestros datos revelan que los participantes tuvieron expectativas realistas en relación con el matrimonio, y reconocieron los beneficios y los obstáculos de sus matrimonios con respecto a su recuperación. Este artículo analiza la importancia de los familiares, de las actitudes de los profesionales de la salud mental y de la sociedad en general hacia el matrimonio como factor en el proceso de recuperación para las personas con esquizofrenia. Los autores identifican las implicancias para los profesionales de la salud mental con respecto a la dignidad del paciente y la aplicabilidad de una perspectiva de énfasis en las virtudes cuando se trabaja con parejas que padecen esquizofrenia. Los autores sostienen que las decisiones de los profesionales de la salud mental con respecto al equilibrio entre respetar la autodeterminación de un paciente y proteger a un paciente de los riesgos asociados con la convivencia y el matrimonio ya no debería ser un dilema para aquellos que trabajan con personas que tienen enfermedades mentales. Palabras clave: preservación del matrimonio, esquizofrenia, coreano, recuperación, dignidad del paciente, perspectiva de énfasis en las virtudes [source] Best practices in community-based prevention for youth substance reduction: towards strengths-based positive development policyJOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY, Issue 6 2008Jeong Woong Cheon Substance use among youth remains a major public health and safety concern. One fundamental way to address youth substance use prevention is to keep young people on a positive trajectory by engaging them in positive activities from early years of their childhood. In this article, the author offers a best practice analysis of systematic review about 12 selected community-based preventions, and proposes policy changes towards incorporating a strengths perspective. A substantive, methodological, and value-based critical analysis of the strongly effective preventions was conducted. A strengths-based positive youth development perspective is specified as one feasible needed improvement and subsequent policy changes in the school district as well as in the local, state, and federal levels are proposed along with the suggestion of a mandated community youth participation strategy. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [source] African American Therapists Working With African American Families: An Exploration of the Strengths Perspective in TreatmentJOURNAL OF MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPY, Issue 3 2009LaVerne Bell-Tolliver With the exception of Hill's (1971, 1999) work, historically much of the literature on African American families has focused more on pathology than strengths. This study used interviews with 30 African American psychotherapists, self-identified as employing a strengths perspective with African American families, to investigate which strengths they identified in the families and how they use those strengths in therapy. Themes emerging from data analysis confirmed the continued importance of the five strengths Hill noted. In addition, two new strengths were identified by the participants: a willingness of a greater number of families to seek therapy, and the importance of family structure. Strategies used in engaging the families in therapy and practice implications for family therapists are discussed. [source] | ||||||||||