Chapter 3 Gladding Marriage and Family
Therapy
acceptance -
the therapist's personal and professional comfortableness with a family.
acculturation -
the modification of a culture as a result of coming into contact with another culture. In many
instances, minority cultures incorporate many traditions and mores of majority cultures in attempts to
"fit in."
acculturation gap -
different rates of acculturation between immigrant parents and U.S.-raised children that complicates
the normal generation gap. The results of this gap may result in greater misunderstandings,
miscommunications, and eventual conflicts among family members than would otherwise happen.
commitment ambiguity -
a situation usually in gay and lesbian couple relationships where one partner is not sure about his or
her place in the affiliation.
culturally encapsulated counselors -
professional therapists who treat everyone the same and, in so doing, ignore important differences.
culture -
the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group.
cultural competency -
sensitivity to such factors as race, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and sexual orientation as
well as the ability to respond appropriately in a therapeutic manner to persons whose cultural
background differs one's own.
culture -
specific model of multicultural counseling a model of counseling that emphasizes the values,
beliefs, and orientation of different ethnic cultural groups
ESCAPE -
an acronym that stands for four major investments therapists must make: (1) engagement with
families and process, (2) sensitivity to culture, (3) awareness of families' potentials, and (4) knowledge
of the environment.
Hispanic or Latino -
a person born in any of the Spanish-speaking countries of the Americas (Latin America), Puerto
Rico, or the United States who traces his or her ancestry to either Latin America or to Hispanic people
from U.S. territories that were once Spanish or Mexican.
Therapy
acceptance -
the therapist's personal and professional comfortableness with a family.
acculturation -
the modification of a culture as a result of coming into contact with another culture. In many
instances, minority cultures incorporate many traditions and mores of majority cultures in attempts to
"fit in."
acculturation gap -
different rates of acculturation between immigrant parents and U.S.-raised children that complicates
the normal generation gap. The results of this gap may result in greater misunderstandings,
miscommunications, and eventual conflicts among family members than would otherwise happen.
commitment ambiguity -
a situation usually in gay and lesbian couple relationships where one partner is not sure about his or
her place in the affiliation.
culturally encapsulated counselors -
professional therapists who treat everyone the same and, in so doing, ignore important differences.
culture -
the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group.
cultural competency -
sensitivity to such factors as race, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and sexual orientation as
well as the ability to respond appropriately in a therapeutic manner to persons whose cultural
background differs one's own.
culture -
specific model of multicultural counseling a model of counseling that emphasizes the values,
beliefs, and orientation of different ethnic cultural groups
ESCAPE -
an acronym that stands for four major investments therapists must make: (1) engagement with
families and process, (2) sensitivity to culture, (3) awareness of families' potentials, and (4) knowledge
of the environment.
Hispanic or Latino -
a person born in any of the Spanish-speaking countries of the Americas (Latin America), Puerto
Rico, or the United States who traces his or her ancestry to either Latin America or to Hispanic people
from U.S. territories that were once Spanish or Mexican.
