Question

Imagine that you are a family therapist and a couple comes to see you for help. They are a lesbian couple who have been together for about a year. One partner is white and was raised Protestant and the other is Puerto Rican and was raised Catholic. Their presenting complaint is “communication problems.” Given what you already know about this couple, what curiosities and questions might you want to explore during your assessment that would consider relational dynamics within the context of sociocultural factors?

Answer 1

I would ask how they had interacted with each other to express their feelings to each other when initially they met. I would ask the Protestant girl, what she like about the Catholic culture and and what Catholic girl like about Protestant culture. I would also like to know about their family reaction, when they came to know about their relationship. Did they allow them after knowing they are from different culture and they are of same gender. In order to communicate with each other, I would suggest them that, if they both know any common language then they can talk in that language like English. If no, then either of them has to learn others language.