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Culturally adapted Family Intervention (CaFI): case examples from therapists’ perspectives

Part of: Being an Anti-Racist CBT therapist

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2018

Katherine Berry ,
Christine Day ,
Lee D. Mulligan ,
Tara Seed ,
Amy Degnan  and
Dawn Edge
Katherine Berry*
Affiliation:
Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
Christine Day
Affiliation:
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
Lee D. Mulligan
Affiliation:
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
Tara Seed
Affiliation:
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
Amy Degnan
Affiliation:
Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
Dawn Edge
Affiliation:
Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
*
*Author for correspondence: Dr Katherine Berry, Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, 2nd Floor, Zochonis Building, Brunswick Street, Manchester M13 9PL, UK (email: Katherine.Berry@manchester.ac.uk).
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Abstract

This paper describes three case examples from a recent trial of family intervention specifically designed for people of African-Caribbean descent. These examples, told from the therapists’ perspectives, highlight key components of the intervention and issues that arose in working with this client group. Findings from the study suggest that it is possible to engage this client-group in family therapy similar to traditional evidenced-based family interventions, although as illustrated in the paper, it is important that therapists pay attention to themes that are likely to be particularly pertinent for this group, including experiences of discrimination and mistrust of services. The use of Family Support Members, consisting of members of the person's care team or volunteers recruited from the community, may also help support people to engage in therapy in the absence of biological relatives.

Keywords

psychosisfamily approachesCBTclinical trial

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the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist , Volume 11 , 2018 , e13
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2018 

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