Beschreibung:
The impetus for this volume is the growing awareness within the mental health and larger community of a culturally affirmative model for understanding and assisting deaf people. In contrast to the "medical-pathological" model which treats deafness as a disability, the "cultural" model guides us to view deaf persons in relation to the deaf community--a group of people with a common language, culture, and collective identity. A primary tenant of culturally affirmative psychotherapy is to understand and respect such differences, not to eradicate them.
Contents: Preface. N.S. Glickman, What Is Culturally Affirmative Psychotherapy? H. Lane, Cultural Self-Awareness in Hearing People. R. Hoffmeister, M.A. Harvey, Is There a Psychology of the Hearing? T. Humphries, Of Deaf-mutes, the Strange, and the Modern Deaf Self. N.S. Glickman, The Development of Culturally Deaf Identities. M.A. Harvey, Utilization of Traumatic Transference by a Hearing Therapist. G. Isenberg, Storytelling and Use of Culturally Appropriate Metaphors in Psychotherapy With Deaf People. S. Zitter, Report From the Front Lines: Balancing Multiple Roles of a Deafness Therapist. T.M. Wax, Mental Health Service and the Deaf Community: Deaf Leaders as Culture Brokers. L.R. Lytle, J.W. Lewis, Deaf Therapists, Deaf Clients, and the Therapeutic Relationship. N.S. Glickman, M.A. Harvey, Concluding Thoughts.