The Role of a Visible/Visual Disability in the Clinical Dyad: Issues of Visibility/Invisibility for the Client and Clinician.

This article discusses disability as a neglected aspect of cultural competency in the diversity literature. It identifies some of the sociocultural concepts that contribute to the avoidance of people with disabilities in the general population, the psychodynamic and psychoanalytic profession, litera...

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Published in:Psychoanalytic Social Work Vol. 21; no. 1/2; pp. 121 - 133
Main Author: Chalfin, Fanny
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan-Dec2014
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        Patient-professional relations
        Psychodynamics
        Therapeutic alliance
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          Medical personnel with disabilities
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        attunement
        cultural competency
        disability
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      ab: This article discusses disability as a neglected aspect of cultural competency in the diversity literature. It identifies some of the sociocultural concepts that contribute to the avoidance of people with disabilities in the general population, the psychodynamic and psychoanalytic profession, literature, and discourse. Personal and cultural aspects of unanalyzed countertransference and transference are examined. The impact of those internalized sociocultural concepts on the clinical dyad is also explored. Through anecdote, parallel processing, and the literature, it will be shown how some of the transference issues toward the disabled clinician can become assets in the therapeutic alliance.
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