The Utility of Social Class, Race, and Gender in Clinical Practice

A Case Study Involving Intraracial Dyads

Bibliographic Data

ID2168464
AuthorsSamuel R Aymer
Year2012
Volume22
Issue8
Pages1033-1049
Publication date2012-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1091-1359 • E-ISSN: 1540-3556
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10911359.2012.720908
OpenAlexW2004610849
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited27

This article focuses on clinical work involving a male Black practitioner and a male Black client in which issues of social class, race, and gender were prominent in the treatment process. Three questions raised by the client early in the therapeutic encounter informed assessment, treatment, and the clinician's countertransference. Tenets from self-psychology, relational theory, intersubjectivity, and sociocultural factors relative to Black men are used to ground the discussion. Finally, the article illustrates why intraracial therapy should be understood in the context of the delivery of culturally competent services, highlighting how the intersection of a client's psychological issues, social class, race, and gender can emerge as functional features in psychotherapeutic work. KEYWORDS: Social classBlack mencountertransferencepsychotherapy

Class (philosophy · Clinical social work · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Intersubjectivity · Psychotherapist · Race (biology · Social science · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Work · Gender Studies · Social Psychology

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