Luchando Junt@s Por Una Familia Unida (Fighting Together for a United Family): Rebuilding the Cohesive Self of Immigrant Parents and Community Healing after a Family Separation in the United States – A Self Psychology Perspective

This article draws from the literature, my clinical experience with immigrants and refugees, and my work with Central American asylum-seeking families impacted by the “zero tolerance” immigration policy to argue that se lf psychology provides a lens for understanding the impact of the government’s empathic failure on parents upon entering the United States that led to a blow to parents’ cohesive self. Parents’ cohesive self can be restored with sufficient collectivetwinship,mirroring, andidealizing experiences, which in self-psychology are paramount psychological needs to be met for building and maintaining a strong self.

http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10615-024-00923-4

Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - February 17, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research