title: Empowerment psychotherapy with adolescent females of color.
abstract: We present an empowerment model that fosters strengths and promotes positive identity development among adolescent females of color. Race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status are integrated in an African American context. A case study illustrates a strength-based approach to conceptualizing and treating a young, Black adolescent female in her cultural context. We conclude with clinical implications for using an empowerment-based approach in psychotherapy with culturally diverse adolescent females.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. dquerimi@uhs.berkeley.edu
authors.forename: Dara S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Querimit
authors.forename: Latoya C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Conner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012923:Social Class