%0 Journal Article
%T Constructing Cultural Competence: Perspectives of Family Therapists Working with Latino Families
%J American journal of family therapy
%D 2006
%A Laureano, Diane
%A Rivera, Manuel
%A Gambourg, Maria Beatriz
%A Taylor, Brent A.
%V 34
%N 5
%P 429-445
%X 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 />
%G 
%I Informa - Taylor and Francis Group
%@ 0192-6187
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01926180600553779