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Mixed race, mixed racism and mental health

Mixed race, mixed racism and mental health. Strengthening the child and the family The mixed race couple experience: a personal perspective Sharon Evans People in Harmony, and Relate Counsellor. The Mixed Race Couple Experience - a personal perspective. Sharon Evans

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Mixed race, mixed racism and mental health

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  1. Mixed race, mixed racism and mental health Strengthening the child and the family The mixed race couple experience: a personal perspective Sharon Evans People in Harmony, and Relate Counsellor

  2. The Mixed Race Couple Experience- a personal perspective Sharon Evans sharonevans90@yahoo.co.uk

  3. “Race is not only significant in terms of how we see ourselves, but is also a powerful prism through which we are ‘seen’ and perceived by others.” Kenneth V Hardy; Race, Reality and Relationships In Revisioning Family Therapy (2008:77) McGoldrick, M and Hardy, K (Eds)

  4. My Couple Therapy MA research “Exploring Issues in the Mixed Race Couple Experience” -Views and experience of 12 mixed race couples

  5. Mixed Marriage Mixed Race Couple Multicultural Relationship Blended Family Interracial Couple Bi-racial Couple Dual Heritage Mixed Heritage Relationship

  6. Mixed race couples felt that they had to deal with these issues, firstly as a couple: • Racism • Race and Ethnicity • Culture, Religion, Language • Family pressure and expectations • Understanding customs and etiquette • Others’ perception of the relationship

  7. Mixed race parents also had to deal with: Giving children a sense of identity Equipping children for racist remarks Others’ curiosity, questions and comments about the children’s appearance

  8. Mixed race couples / families Impact of relationship breakdown

  9. In summary • Impact of racial and cultural differences on the mixed race couple relationship • Uniqueness of each couple’s mixed race experience • The need to explore mixed race meaning and experience with couples and families

  10. Further reading M McGoldrick and KV Hardy (Eds) (2008), Revisioning Family Therapy, Race, Culture and Gender in Clinical Practice I Krause (1998) Therapy Across Culture KV Hardy and TA Laszloffy (1995) Cultural Genogram: Key to Training Culturally Competent Family Therapists, Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 21(3)

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