在具有文化敏感性与文化回应性的心理治疗中,心理治疗师对患者个体的社会文化元素的理解非常重要。母亲的意义作为个体身份形成中的关键要素,在心理治疗中绝不会被忽视。现有心理治疗理论对于母亲角色的研究,主要基于母亲在婴儿早期作为照顾者的角色,例如客体关系理论;然而,在不同的文化情境中,母亲可能意味着更多的角色与意义,进而影响一个人的心理发展与身份认同形成。本文以印度尼西亚的米南加保母系氏族中独特 In psychosocial cultures that are culturally sensitive and culturally responsive, it is important that psychotherapists understand the socio-cultural elements of the patient’s individual. The meaning of the mother as a key element in the formation of an individual’s identity is never overlooked in psychotherapy. Existing psychotherapeutic theories of motherhood research are based primarily on mothers’ role as caregivers in early infancy, such as object-relational theory; however, in different cultural contexts, mothers may imply more roles and meanings and thus influence A person’s psychological development and identity formation. This article is unique in Malaya clan malaysia of Indonesia