By Frank X. Acosta Ph.D., Joe Yamamoto M.D., Leonard A. Evans Ph.D. (auth.)
Psychotherapy contains a deep moral dedication to self-knowl aspect, own switch, and mutual admire by way of either the therapist and the sufferer. regrettably, therapists haven't continuously lived as much as that dedication in realizing and treating low source of revenue and minority sufferers. Too usually they lack the abilities to appreciate and comply with the patient's neighborhood and cultural studies. the outcome has been useless and inaccurate therapy. powerful Psychotherapy for Low-Income and Minority sufferers is a guide for psychotherapists and devoted to right ing this case and pursuing potent therapy options. This booklet relies at the author's ongoing cutting edge learn venture on the college of Southern California college of Medicine's grownup Psy chiatric Outpatient hospital. positioned in East l. a., the medical institution serves this nation's biggest Hispanic American group and has carrier commitments to citizens of the valuable la area. through the years the authors have famous not just a marked have to increase psychological wellbeing and fitness prone, but additionally a necessity to cause them to extra obtainable to minority and occasional source of revenue sufferers. more often than not those pa tients have very destructive rules approximately therapy of emotional prob lems. they often react to therapy with skepticism: not anyone has quite listened to them or understood them before-why should still this therapist achieve this now? In describing this pessimism the authors speak about the necessity to take heed to and appreciate every one other.
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They were expecting to discuss personal and emotional issues with the therapist. These findings strongly suggest that even patients who are not well educated, who lack economic stability, and who have no general ~xperience with therapists nonetheless have positive attitudes toward therapy and, if presented with the need and the opportunity, are interested in talking about their problems. Unfortunately, such patients are more accustomed to seeing physicians rather than psychotherapists for problems that have an emotional basis.
It is important for a naive patient to know what specific services are available to him or her, as in the following example: How can I help you? I don't know, man. You tell me. I see this place is a psychiatric THERAPIST: PATIENT: Effective Psychotherapy for Low-Income and Minority Patients 17 clinic. I'm not crazy or mentally disturbed. I don't know why I'm even here. THERAPIST: Well, why do you think? PATIENT: Like I say, I don't know. All I know is that I'm following my doctor's orders. You know, he told me to come over here and even made me this appointment with you.
This requires the mental health professional to be viewed not only as a psychotherapist but at times as an adviser or an advocate who helps patients deal with individuals and agencies involved in their problems of living. Such comprehensive therapy requires that therapists become familiar with the real-life situation of their patients. In addition, therapists must become aware of and utilize the available paraprofessional staff, for example, medical case workers, community workers, or community aides, who have been trained to help therapists deal with patients' multiple problems of living.
