@article{ref1,
title="Constructing Cultural Competence: Perspectives of Family Therapists Working with Latino Families",
journal="American journal of family therapy",
year="2006",
author="Laureano, Diane and Rivera, Manuel and Gambourg, Maria Beatriz and Taylor, Brent A.",
volume="34",
number="5",
pages="429-445",
abstract="This article focuses on developing an understanding of how nine therapists working with Latino families construct the idea of cultural competence in the counseling room. In-depth interviews were conducted and analyzed yielding five themes in cultural competence from the therapists' perspectives: the use of language in therapy; the impact of social class, gender, and power on the therapeutic relationship; immigration and culture clash; definitions of family; and unique constructions of cultural competence. The therapists'narratives in this study are best understood through a postmodern paradigm suggesting that the field of psychotherapy needs to move beyond a “checklist” modernistic approach to developing cultural competency.<p />",
language="",
issn="0192-6187",
doi="10.1080/01926180600553779",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01926180600553779"
}