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- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Copyright
- Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
- ISSN
- 1541-0315
- eISSN
- 0270-3149
- DOI
- 10.1080/02703149.2012.720906
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Research with ethnically diverse women has found that friendships can enhance women's health and mental wellbeing (Greif & Sharpe, 2010). Sister friends can be crucial in assisting African American women and women of ethnically diverse backgrounds to face, address, and overcome, major transitions including stress and traumatic stress. Through a reflection and analysis of the relationship with a sister friend, the author explores the strength and challenges of sister friendship as well as therapeutic value. Recommendations are provided for sisterhood as a clinical intervention as well as for women therapist's self care. A case study of an African American woman in need of mutual sister friends is summarized. This exploration is shared through a womanistic psychology.
Journal
Women & Therapy – Taylor & Francis
Published: Jan 1, 2013
Keywords: African American women; sister friends; womanist psychology; women therapists