Overview

Isabel, a 29-year-old second-generation Cuban American cisgender woman, is married to Manuel, also Cuban American, with two children, David (8) and Carmen (4). Seeking therapy on her cousin’s advice, Isabel expresses feelings of discouragement, constant tiredness, and stress, yet she continues to prioritize caring for her family. She identifies her marriage as a significant source of unhappiness, but her husband refuses counseling.

Cultural Differences

Relevant Biases

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• Marital status bias
• Religious bias

Best Practice for Working With Cuban-Americans

Culturally sensitive therapy emphasizes understanding and considering a client’s background, ethnicity, and belief system.

PSY FPX 5110 Assessment 1 Outside Looking In: The Case Study of Isabel

American Psychological Association. (1990). APA guidelines for providers of services to ethnic, linguistic, and culturally diverse populations. https://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/policy/provider-guidelines

Best Practice for Working With Catholic Clients

Solution-focused counseling is a comprehensive and strategic approach that allows therapists to consider addressing a variety of issues while considering clients’ worldviews and values.

Guterman, J. T., & Leite, N. (2006). Solution-Focused Counseling for Clients With Religious and Spiritual Concerns. Counseling and Values, 51(1), 39-52. http://library.capella.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fscholarly-journals%2Fsolution-focused-counseling-clients-with%2Fdocview%2F207565424%2Fse-2%3Faccountid%3D27965

Best Practice for Working With Married Clients

Integrative Relational Psychotherapy includes elements of behavioral, family systems, and experiential systems to help clients mainly dealing with anxiety and depression.

American Psychological Association. (2014, October 4). Cyclical psychodynamics: A new therapeutic approach. https://www.apa.org/pubs/highlights/spotlight/issue-26

References

Guterman, J. T., & Leite, N. (2006). Solution-Focused Counseling for Clients With Religious and Spiritual Concerns. Counseling and Values, 51(1), 39-52. http://library.capella.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fscholarly-journals%2Fsolution-focused-counseling-clients-with%2Fdocview%2F207565424%2Fse-2%3Faccountid%3D27965

İme, Y. (2019). Solution-focused brief therapy and spirituality. Spiritual Psychology and Counseling, 4(2), 143-161. https://doi.org/10.37898/spc.2019.4.2.0065

Kugelmann. (2011). Psychology and Catholicism: contested boundaries. Cambridge University Press.

Plante, T. G. (2015). Six principles to consider when working with Roman Catholic clients. Spirituality in Clinical Practice, 2(3), 233-237.

Wachtel, P. L. (2014). An integrative relational point of view. Psychotherapy, 51(3), 342–349. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037219

PSY FPX 5110 Assessment 1 Outside Looking In: The Case Study of Isabel