{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,14]],"date-time":"2026-09-14T16:42:09Z","timestamp":1789404129840,"version":"build-2803163510"},"reference-count":53,"publisher":"Wiley","issue":"4","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,17]],"date-time":"2025-12-17T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1765929600000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":16,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["onlinelibrary.wiley.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Family Process"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2025,12]]},"abstract":"<jats:title>ABSTRACT<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Inter\u2010ethnoracial relationships have increased in the United States since anti\u2010miscegenation laws were repealed over 58\u2009years ago. While public approval has grown, it remains a marginalized relationship structure. Inter\u2010ethnoracial partners tend to experience stigma, stress, or trauma from discrimination, lower relationship quality, and negative mental health. Inter\u2010ethnoracial research literature also reflect that these relationships are at risk for separation or dissolution. Applying critical race theory (CRT) and intersectionality can help relational therapists understand the marginalization of this relationship structure and the disadvantages faced by inter\u2010ethnoracial partners. In this article, I discuss relational therapists using CRT and intersectionality as a means to fully understand the racialized sociocultural context of this relationship. I propose a conceptual framework for applying CRT and sociocultural attunement (SCA) to the practice of emotionally focused therapy (EFT) with the aim of strengthening attachment bonds by addressing the intersectional influence of racialization, racism, and social power on inter\u2010ethnoracial relational dynamics. I provide a case vignette to illustrate how a racially conscious sociocultural attuned EFT therapist of color might apply the guidelines of SCA to an EFT intervention.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/famp.70099","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,17]],"date-time":"2025-12-17T14:47:54Z","timestamp":1765982874000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Racially Conscious Sociocultural Attuned Emotionally Focused Therapy With Inter\u2010Ethnoracial Couples"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"64","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-7447-1261","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Karen A.","family":"Neri","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Relational Therapy Division Antioch University New England  Keene New Hampshire USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_10_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/josi.12142"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/15332691.2022.2052391"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_4_1","first-page":"225","volume-title":"The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy: Volume 1. The Profession of Systemic Family Therapy","author":"Almeida R. V.","year":"2020"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_5_1","volume-title":"Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology","author":"Bateson G.","year":"1972"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/10892680211046507"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/jftr.12504"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ssresearch.2005.09.001"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1741\u20103729.2008.00491.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/9781108600569.021"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/jmft.12363"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1066480711399723"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/978-3-319-96160-6_5"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/pro0000116"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_15_1","volume-title":"Measuring the Effects of Racism: Guidelines for the Assessment and Treatment of Race\u2010Based Traumatic Stress Injury","author":"Carter R. T.","year":"2020"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0886260511430392"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/amp0000442"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_18_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/aap0000033"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_19_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1540\u20106237.2011.00809.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_20_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/01926187.2021.1958269"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_21_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4324\/9780429355127"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_22_1","unstructured":"Hernandez N. andP.Hemez.2023.\u201cSome Demographic and Economic Characteristics of Male and Female Same\u2010Sex Couples Differed.\u201dCensus.gov.https:\/\/www.test.census.gov\/library\/stories\/2023\/11\/same\u2010sex\u2010couple\u2010diversity.html."},{"key":"e_1_2_10_23_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1353\/sof.0.0151"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_24_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1545\u20105300.2011.01358.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_25_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/23780231221124852"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_26_1","volume-title":"Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy With Trauma Survivors: Strengthening Attachment Bonds","author":"Johnson S. M.","year":"2002"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_27_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4324\/9781351168366"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_28_1","volume-title":"The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection","author":"Johnson S. M.","year":"2020"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_29_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/0033\u2010295X.110.2.265"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_30_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1752\u20100606.2001.tb01137.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_31_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/13557858.2018.1514453"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_32_1","volume-title":"A Step\u2010By\u2010Step Guide to Socio\u2010Emotional Relationship Therapy","author":"Knudson\u2010Martin C.","year":"2024"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_33_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/jmft.12299"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_34_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/josi.12149"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_35_1","unstructured":"Livingston G. andA.Brown.2017.\u201cIntermarriage in the U.S. 50\u2009Years After Loving v. Virginia.\u201dPew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends Project.https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/social\u2010trends\/2017\/05\/18\/intermarriage\u2010in\u2010the\u2010u\u2010s\u201050\u2010years\u2010after\u2010loving\u2010v\u2010virginia\/."},{"key":"e_1_2_10_36_1","unstructured":"\u201cLoving v. Virginia388 U.S.\u201d1967 1\u201313."},{"key":"e_1_2_10_37_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/978-3-319-15633-0"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_38_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1752\u20100606.2004.tb01224.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_39_1","volume-title":"Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy: Guidelines for Equitable Theory and Practice","author":"McDowell T.","year":"2023"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_40_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/08975353.2019.1666497"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_41_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/jftr.12535"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_42_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0265407518822"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_43_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/fam0000116"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_44_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.18574\/nyu\/9780814723944.001.0001"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_45_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/14344-015"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_46_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/cfp0000233"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_47_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/pere.12489"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_48_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0265407506060178"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_49_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0011000019892329"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_50_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/13674676.2019.1620189"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_51_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/famp.12427"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_52_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/famp.12955"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_53_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/famp.13008"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_54_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1741\u20103737.2008.00582.x"}],"container-title":["Family Process"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1111\/famp.70099","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,29]],"date-time":"2025-12-29T02:12:01Z","timestamp":1766974321000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/famp.70099"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2025,12]]},"references-count":53,"journal-issue":{"issue":"4","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2025,12]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1111\/famp.70099"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/famp.70099","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["0014-7370","1545-5300"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0014-7370","type":"print"},{"value":"1545-5300","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2025,12]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2025-02-26","order":0,"name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2025-11-03","order":2,"name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2025-12-17","order":3,"name":"published","label":"Published","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}],"article-number":"e70099"}}