Assimilative psychodynamic integration with a female African American unemployed client (Session 1 of 5)

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Stricker, George

American Psychological Association

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Depression, Mental--Treatment.

Depression, Mental.

Depression in women.

African Americans--Mental health.

African Americans.

Psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Depression--therapy.

Black or African American--psychology.

Medical Subjects:

Depression--therapy.

Black or African American--psychology.

Genre:

Nonfiction films

Educational films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 streaming video file (44 min., 58 sec.))

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] American Psychological Association 2011

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Clinical psychologist George Stricker conducts the first of five sessions with an African American middle-age single mother. The client presents with depressive symptoms following divorce and a year of unemployment. The therapist works from an assimilative psychodynamic perspective to forge a therapeutic alliance, which gives ample space and time for the client to tell her story and express her emotions. He validates the client's expression of sadness and anger. The therapist judiciously asks questions only as they arise in the context of the client's story and responds in a way that mirrors her emotional experience. When she discusses her children, the therapist responds in support of her parenting efforts but keeps the focus on the client. While working from a relational perspective, the therapist intimates the intrapsychic work that will be facilitated in the therapeutic work, as the client seeks relief from her depression, greater emotional stability, and a return to work life

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