Clinical Applications with Individuals of Multiracial Descent

Case Study:   

Case Description

“I Can Make It On My Own”, The Story of David J.

Questions: 

1. How do you understand Dr. Navarro’s reactions to David’s statements about his experience of life with his father and growing up on a reservation? Although Dr. Navarro shares David’s racial heritage, how might their identities differ in terms of racial identity development and internalized racism.

2. What approach would you take in working with David? How would you have conducted the intake? What recommendations would you have made and how would you have followed up on these?