Psykologen og den fremmedkulturelle klienten - en kvalitativ studie
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2008-11-24Metadata
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Abstract
The present study attempts to provide a better understanding of the psychologists experience and expectations when meeting clients from foreign cultures in therapy. A qualitative approach was used. Six private psychologist specialists in Bergen were interviewed about their experiences with multicultural clients. The interviews were analyzed, and three main points were identified: How do the informants experience the conductance of therapy with clients from other cultures? To what degree is the concept of therapeutic alliance experienced as applicable cross-culturally? How is the level of experienced uncertainty affected by the therapist's knowledge of, versus his or her expectations of cultural differences? The informants emphasize the work as time-consuming with many challenges. Informants in its approach to the multicultural client show culturally sensitiveness, but also see its limitations in being trained in a psychology based in the western culture. Denne studien setter fokus på psykologers opplevelser og forventninger til det å ha fremmedkulturelle klienter i terapi. Studien er basert på en kvalitativ metode med dybdeintervju av seks privatpraktiserende psykologspesialister i Bergen. Gjennom analyse av resultatene utpekte det seg tre sentrale problemstillinger: Hvordan opplever informantene terapi med klienter fra andre kulturer? I hvilken grad oppleves alliansebegrepet som tverrkulturelt anvendbart? Hvordan påvirker kjennskap versus forventninger til kulturforskjeller grad av opplevd usikkerhet? Informantene gir uttrykk for at dette arbeidet er tidkrevende og utfordrende. De er i sin tilnærming til den flerkulturelle klient kulturelt sensitive, men ser også sine begrensninger i å være opplært i en psykologi, fundamentert i den vestlige kultur.
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