P R A X I S Where Reflection & Practice Meet VOLUME 15 In Honor of the Advocates, Teachers, Clients, and Scholars from Whom We Have Come by This Knowledge Editorial Sam Foist Swart .........................................................................….......….................................................................3 Articles Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy with HIV Patients Zoya Abdikulov …............................................................................................................................……..................4 Meeting the Torture Survivor and Asylum Seeker: Directions for Clinical Treatment and Political Advocacy Margaret J. Hunter, Brittany Austin, and Garrett Gundlach, SJ.…….……………………....................................11 Treating Borderline Personality in Adolescence Using CAT: Adapting HYPE into an Interprofessional Model Alyssa Jesberger, Kathy Moriarty, Nicole Weinstein, and Rebecca Witheridge ………..............………................ 21 Clinical Implications for Working with Couples Experiencing Infidelity Kristen Okrzesik………………………………………………………………………..........……......................................30 A Theological Reclamation of Feminine Icons in Latin@ Culture: An Empowerment Model Lorena Ornelas …...……………............................…........…….…………………...…………………… ………...36 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Bobbi Marie Pollard ............................................................................…….......….................................................44 Polyamory: The Clinical Importance of Understanding this Community Roslyn Turner …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..51 A Question of Reason: Testing the Ashley Treatment Hilary White …..................................................................................……...............................................................56 P R A X I S Where Reflection & Practice Meet VOLUME 15 In Honor of the Advocates, Teachers, Clients, and Scholars from Whom We Have Come by This Knowledge Editor-in-Chief Sam Foist Swart Editorial Board Santiago Delboy, MBA, MSW, LSW Zoe Klein Curtiss Dixon Louann Lopez Paige Gesicki Erin M. Malcolm, MSW Cordelia Grimes Amy Sandquist Margaret J. Hunter, MSW, LSW Cate Tambeaux, MSW Alyssa Jesberger, MSW Faculty Liaison Janice Matthews Rasheed, Ph.D. Mission Statement The School of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago created Praxis: Where Reflection & Practice Meet to give voice to the scholarly work of students and alumni. Our mission is to encourage and support the development of social work knowledge that will enhance the lives of the clients we serve, embody the humanistic values of our profession and promote social justice and care for vulnerable populations. Praxis respects and welcomes all viewpoints. Editorial Policy Praxis is published by students in the School of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago. The Editorial Board is composed of masters and doctoral social work students and alumni. 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Telephone: (312) 915-7005; website: http://luc.edu/socialwork/praxis/contactus.html © Loyola University Chicago 2015 Fall 2015 • Volume 15 2 PRAXIS PRAXIS Fall 2015 • Vol. 15 EDITORIAL A Tribute to Those Who Have Come Before Us This edition of Praxis is dedicated to all Ferguson, you are not invisible. Leelah Alcorn, who have taken the time to offer their wisdom Eric Garner, Senator Clementa Pinckney, victims and knowledge, in hopes of creating a society and survivors of war, and our friends to the built upon respect for the inherent dignity, value, South, you are not invisible to us. and worth of each person. We honor the The articles presented in Volume 15 individuals who have assisted us in becoming represent the different ways we as advocates advocates and scholars in the field of social reveal that we see and care for our clients. With work. Above all else, the work of our forbearers topics such as mindfulness, balancing the has given us insight into the ways in which we medical and social model, exploring ways to can provide better care for one another. assist couples in creating trust and Clinicians, therapists, and advocates communication, advocating for survivors of from around the globe have been asked the torture, reclaiming sexual agency, and partnering following question, “What is it that social with clients to treat insomnia, the field of social workers actually do?” Some responses to this work is given innovative ideas for how to expand question include political advocacy or violence our definitions of what it means to care for an prevention; others include caring for individuals entire person and the larger community. impacted by mental illness or facilitating a This edition is for our teachers, discussion on best practice for one-on-one mentors, families, colleagues, and kin- the rabble therapy. Each of these avenues of social work rousers who refuse to sit down while racism, practice provide evidence of ways in which we sexism, ableism, and classism remain unchecked. seek to affect change in the micro, mezzo, and These individuals have shown us the power of macro levels of societal institutions. However, stepping forward to advocate with others, for we each of these practice methods also reveals each possess the talent and information another aspect about the role of social workers. necessary to enact change in our world. We As advocates and agents for social change, one cannot wait for someone else to step forward to of our overarching goals is to say, “You are not make this world a more compassionate and invisible”. We see you, we care, and we want to beautiful place to live in. collaborate with you to make our neighborhoods and communities fun, safe, and equitable places to thrive. Sam Foist Swart Our client’s needs are not invisible to MSW/MA in Women’s Studies and Gender us. Those who came before us and those who Studies Candidate, May 2016 will fill our shoes after we are gone are not Editor-in-Chief invisible. Social change is upon us, whether we open the door to those changes or not. Social workers are continually mediating change, advocating for social justice and the tearing down of intersecting systems of oppression. Fall 2015 • Volume 15 3 PRAXIS PRAXIS Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy with HIV Patients Fall 2015 • Vol. 15 Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy with HIV Patients Zoya Abdikulov Abstract and coping is applicable to all types of patients irrespective of religious orientation. As Dr. This research paper aims to explore the Pargament, an expert in the field of religion and effects of mindfulness-based psychotherapy on mental health, states: “You don’t have to be patients living with HIV. The goal of this paper religious to meditate” (APA, 2013, p.2). In other is to suggest that a positive link may exist words, an individual does not need to be between incorporating religious and spiritual- religious in order to potentially benefit from inspired interventions into therapy and seeing spiritually-inspired interventions in psycho- improvement in physiological and psychological therapy. Likewise, those who are religious and health of patients, particularly those diagnosed follow non-secular traditions may benefit in a with HIV. This review first examines the conne- similar fashion because “research has shown that ction between religious and spiritual-based mantra-based meditation to a spiritual phrase is treatments and patients’ mental health, then more effective in reducing physical pain than proceeds to elaborate further on the specific meditation to a secular phrase” (APA, 2013, p. types of religious and spiritual-based intervent- 2). Perhaps this is the most unique aspect of ions that exist and how exactly those such religious and spiritual based treatments interventions impact the health and overall well- after all, that they can be applicable to both being of patients living with HIV. believers and non-believers and still have the same positive outcomes in the end. In fact, “the Keywords: mindfulness, psychotherapy, HIV, role of religion and spirituality in psychotherapy patients, religious, spiritual, treatment has received growing attention in the last two decades, with a large focus on understanding the Introduction ways that religion and spirituality relate to therapists, clients, and treatment methods” (Post This literature review aims to examine & Wade, 2009, p.131). both the nature and effect of mindfulness-based This captivating trend can be attributed psychotherapy on patients living with HIV. to recent research that has shown a positive More specifically, the purpose of this review is correlation between religion and health