Diverse Populations (Clinical)

Multisystems Model

This model, pioneered by Boyd-Franklin, is an example of an ecostructural/ ecological systemic approach to working with Black clients; it addresses multiple systems, intervenes at multiple levels, and empowers the family by utilizing its strengths

Network Therapy

This therapy, pioneered by LaFromboise and colleagues, situates psychological problems in the context of family, workplace, community, and other social systems; it incorporates family and community members into treatment and is often used with Native American clients

Internalized Homophobia

This occurs when a person accepts heterosexual society’s negative evaluations of them and incorporates these into their self-concepts

Coming Out

This occurs when a person accepts heterosexual society’s negative evaluations of them and incorporates these into their self-concepts