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A grammar of power in psychotherapy: Exploring the dynamics of privilege.Similarity of privilege.

A grammar of power in psychotherapy: Exploring the dynamics of privilege.: Similarity of privilege. This chapter discusses how similarity of privilege can affect the therapeutic relationship. It argues that some situations present a greater risk for the acting out of dominance. In psychotherapy, interesting problems may arise when something about a patient makes one feel a strong parallel to one's own situation or a strong identification with the person. Sharing a position of privilege with the patient brings up issues of mutual privilege blindness and the potential danger of not addressing issues of privileges at all. One problem in working with people of a similar level of privilege is that they often assume that the therapist has the same prejudices. The assumption of sharing the same level of prejudices can infect whole systems and organizations in privilege enactments. Situations in which external factors seem to make the relationship of therapist and patient more equal are associated with normative privilege belonging to both parties. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A grammar of power in psychotherapy: Exploring the dynamics of privilege.Similarity of privilege.

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American Psychological Association
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Copyright © 2018 American Psychological Association
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39 –55
DOI
10.1037/0000086-003
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Abstract

This chapter discusses how similarity of privilege can affect the therapeutic relationship. It argues that some situations present a greater risk for the acting out of dominance. In psychotherapy, interesting problems may arise when something about a patient makes one feel a strong parallel to one's own situation or a strong identification with the person. Sharing a position of privilege with the patient brings up issues of mutual privilege blindness and the potential danger of not addressing issues of privileges at all. One problem in working with people of a similar level of privilege is that they often assume that the therapist has the same prejudices. The assumption of sharing the same level of prejudices can infect whole systems and organizations in privilege enactments. Situations in which external factors seem to make the relationship of therapist and patient more equal are associated with normative privilege belonging to both parties. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: May 28, 2018

Keywords: mutual privilege blindness; patient; prejudices; privilege; psychotherapy; therapeutic relationship; therapist

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