ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a worksheet reproduced with permission from Nancy Genero. It explores the relationship of the interviewee with his/her spouse or partner. The questionnaire examines certain aspects of their relationship, such as discussing things that matter to both of them, and each one's feelings on them. The interviewee is asked to rate the answers using a scale. Practice models in the 1960s and 1970s recognized the need of oppressed groups to feel a sense of empowerment in their relationships with others and in relation to the economic, political, and social realities of their lives. Relational-cultural theory seeks to integrate the person (inner psyche) and environment (external events), guiding the clinical process of assessment and intervention toward the interpersonal realm of people's lives. The relational cultural approach to clinical social work practice incorporates psychodynamic theories such as object relations, interpersonal, intersubjective, and self-psychology, and adds to the already existing literature on therapeutic relationship-building skills, cultural diversity, and practice interventions.
