Mixed-race identities

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Root, Maria P. P., presenter.

American Psychological Association, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Multiracial people.

Cross-cultural counseling.

Identity Crisis.

Cultural Diversity.

Counseling.

Medical Subjects:

Identity Crisis.

Cultural Diversity.

Counseling.

Genre:

Nonfiction films

Educational films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 streaming video file (101 min., 6 sec.))

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] American Psychological Association [2023]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

video file

Summary:

In Mixed-Race Identities, Dr. Maria P. P. Root demonstrates her approach to working with clients who are experiencing conflicts or distress because of mixed-race identity. Dr. Maria P. P. Root's multiculturally sensitive approach seeks to strengthen or find a client's own voice and validate the client's experiences and ways of belonging in the world.In this session, Dr. Maria P. P. Root works with a young woman in her mid-20s whose mother is African and whose father is Latino. Dr. Maria P. P. Root helps her client to look at various effects that her mixed-race heritage has had on her life. She illuminates the various struggles surrounding the client's identity as well as her resilience and the need for continued vigilance in discerning how society's "race rules" are causing much of the stress she is experiencing

Notes:

Recording date: 2005-05-11

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