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Culturally Sensitive Treatment of Anger in African American Women: A Single Case Study

Wayne State University, aa3232{at}wayne.edu

Shirley A. Thomas

Wayne State University

Culturally sensitive clinical practice challenges practitioners to recognize the cultural significance and importance of clients’ behaviors and belief systems.This article reports a case study of the treatment of anger in an African American woman. Presented within a framework of cognitive-behavioral theory, the case illuminates three important issues that influence experience and expression of anger in African American women: the influence of gender role socialization on the mode of anger expression; the experience of powerlessness, rooted in historical and contemporary discriminatory and oppressive realities; and culture-related messages that create unrealistic expectations of strength.The article addresses conceptualization, assessment, treatment processes,and clinical strategies,as well as limitations of a single case study, implications for practice and recommendations for future research.

Key Words: African American women • anger treatment • cultural sensitivity • cognitive-behavioral

Clinical Case Studies, Vol. 8, No. 5, 383-402 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1534650109345004


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