A Child-Parent Psychotherapy Case Vignette With Discussion From an Antiracist Perspective.

This article explores a case vignette of a child with complex trauma from an antiracist perspective, in the transforming spirit of family therapy as referenced in the Galveston Declaration. The case presents a boy within child-parent psychotherapy (CPP), a model that centers intergenerational attachment, trauma transmission, and play therapy. Through examination of the therapist's tolerance for integrating racism and its nuanced impact on the child's mental health presentation, we come to central assertions that improve the quality of care for all treatment relationships. We assert that families and children will receive higher quality mental health care when providers (1) acknowledge the ubiquity of racism on all people, (2) name their internalized racial reactions, (3) recognize the unique realities of racism in Black clients' lives, (4) choose to use their power in the service of the client, and (5) create trust for dialogue about the impact of racism on the client. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]