EMBRACE MODEL
The EMBRACE model helps guide mental health professionals through affective polarization and builds a path towards connection. Move through the slides below for a detailed description of each domain. Watch the video to tie it all together.
Ethics
Mindfulness
Belief Diversity
Regulated Affect
Authenticity
Connection
Empathy
Ethics
Polarization may prompt the clinician to avoid working with those with contrasting political beliefs. If there is a sense of rushing towards termination or referral, or just feeling stuck, mental health providers can consult ethical practice guidelines and professional values as guides. For example, social workers are ethically bound not to discriminate on the basis of "political belief." The social work value of the client's right to self-determination can help set boundaries in the cross-partisan therapeutic alliance.
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EMBRACE MODEL
The EMRACE model draws on the hallmarks of quality psychotherapy, connecting theory to practice.
Based on the EMBRACE model, we have selected three interventions that will help you build and maintain a cross-partisan therapeutic alliance