Abstract
Our group of Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy (SERT) clinicians studied our process of attuning to clients’ unique social, cultural, and emotional experience; i.e., sociocultural attunement (SCA). The aims were to operationally define SCA, identify therapist and client indicators of SCA, and outline a model of how we socioculturally attuned. Over the course of four months, 13 therapists focused on five heterosexual couples and 25 therapy sessions. Through the process of action research and grounded theory analysis, we arrived at a working model for our process of SCA which involves three recursive phases: (1) a beginning guiding lens; (2) sociocultural interpretation, including both internal dialogue and observable actions; and (3) client resonance that could be observed by how partners responded and continued to expand the conversation. This chapter outlines our process of becoming socioculturally attuned, with examples and suggested guidelines for clinicians.
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