ABSTRACT
This chapter describes work with a woman of African descent who is a psychotherapy client at an urban community health center. This particular woman is also an immigrant, highly educated, professional and married. It attends particularly to the work together as it relates to her, and, African descent. It demonstrates how the liberation health model may be used to formulate, assess, and intervene with client, who identifies as African-American. The chapter also focuses on historical legacy, kinship, collectivism and the way that she sees and understands her life. It highlights aspects of the work that contribute to her emerging critical consciousness, liberation, collectivism and political activism to respond to the stressors that brought her to therapy. Behavioral health services at the Community Health Center aims to provide quality care to adult and child consumers who are chronically mentally ill and who may be experiencing moderate to severe emotional, developmental, and environmental difficulties.
