Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Preface
Part I Interrogating Social Justice as a Guiding Premise
Chapter 1 Social Justice Activism and Therapy
Addressing Power and Privilege
Resisting Neutrality and Taking Overt Positions for Justice-Doing
Problematizing Our Relationship with Social Control and Doing Social Change Work
Resisting Competition as an Affront to Our Solidarity
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 Counseling and Social Justice: What Are We Working For?
“Social Justice” or Simply “Justice”?
Cautions about Emancipation
Emancipation Should Not Be Abandoned
Ethical Principle or Millenarian Goal?
Is Social Justice a Goal for Counseling Itself or Does It Lie Outside of Counseling?
What Are We Working For?
Redistribution or Subjectivation?
Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 3 Challenging Conversations
Embracing the Complexity and Situatedness of Privilege—We Are Products
Grappling with the Reality of Cultural Oppression—It Is Not About Me … , But It Is All About Me!
Navigating Complex Values Conflicts—Challenging the Myth of Neutrality
Re-Defining Boundaries and Ethical Responsibilities—Enacting Social Justice
Conclusion
Reflection Questions
Note
References
Part II Training and Supervising from a Social Justice Perspective
Chapter 4 Social Justice and Advocacy: Critical Issues in Counselor Education
Situating Social Justice within Counselor Education
Challenges to Integrating Social Justice in Counselor Education
Ethnocentricity and the Challenge of Getting Personal
Minimal Educational Opportunities in Critical Perspectives
Incorporating Social Justice in Counselor Education Programs
Social Justice and Professional Standards
Equitable Representation Among Students and Educators
Social Justice as Policy and Mission
Developing a Social Justice Curriculum
Pedagogical Positioning
Managing the Conversation
Conclusion
Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 5 Just Supervision: Thinking about Clinical Supervision That Moves towards Social Justice
Being Deliberate
Setting the Context: Ours and the Location of this Story
Starting Out: Exploring Values
Social Justice Praxis
Bridging Therapy and Activism
Putting the Pieces Together
Case Example 1: Amy
Case Example 2: Nick
Conclusion
Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 6 Counseling as Post-Colonial Encounter: Hospitality and Ethical Relationship
Arriving and Being Welcomed
Before We Arrived
Settling In: Guests Invited to Make Ourselves at Home
The Embrace of the Wharenui: Our First Evening
Day 2: Student Presentations and Responses to Each Other
Huia
Brent
Adri
Ako: Reciprocal Learning
Reflection Questions
Glossary
Notes
References
Part III Accessing Local Knowledge
Chapter 7 The Therapist as Second Author: Honoring Choices from Beyond the Pale
Overview
Narrative Practices
Externalization
Mapping a Statement of Position
Situating
Taking It Back Practices
Therapist Roles
Interviewer
Recording Secretary
Archivist
Documentarian
Audience
Editor
Spreader of News
Conclusion
Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 8 Finding Ways Forward
NTSG Origins and Evolution
Resisting Constraints—NTSG in Transition
The Narrative Therapy Study Group in 2016
Centering the Knowledge of Group Members
Conclusion
Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 9 “Social Justice” as Relational Talk
Social Justice Challenges in Clinical Work: Therapy as Colonizing
Social Justice as Relationally Nested
Building Social Justice into Therapeutic Conversations
Following Up On Justice/Injustice Language
Asking about Burdens
Discussing the “Isms”
Exploring the Influence of Societal Discourses
Conclusion
Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 10 Collaborative-Dialogic Practices: A Socially Just Orientation
Locating Ourselves and Our Writing
My Name Is No Longer Vanilla, My Name is Manuel
Collaborative-Dialogic Practices: A Philosophical Stance
Epistemological Construction of Social Justice
Language, Discourse, and Reality
Collaborative-Dialogic Orientation Promotes Socially Just Practices
All Human Acts Are Political
Privileging Local Knowledge: History, Culture, and Language
Suspending Our Pre-Knowing
Reflecting on the Processes of Co-Creating
Conclusion
Reflection Questions
Notes
References
Part IV Justice and Gender
Chapter 11 Reimagining the Intersection of Gender, Knowledge
Knowing and Not Knowing
Shared Stories
Eating Disorders: Talking Body Talk
Men’s Use of Violence
Conclusion
Reflection Questions
Note
References
Chapter 12 Queer Informed Narrative Therapy
Transgender Oppression in Therapy
Queer Informed Narrative Therapy
Queer Theory
Narrative Therapy
Drew
Jasper
Zack
Conclusion
Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 13 Coming Out
Coming Out as a Cultural Construction
Reflections on Coming Out: The Problem with “Pride”
Case Scenario: Hamad
Reflection Questions
Notes
References
Part V Anti-Pathologizing
Chapter 14 Social Justice for Young People in the Youth Justice System
Counseling, Power, and Social Justice
Power
Separating Persons and Problems
Externalizing and Personal Agency
Counterviewing and Deconstruction
Shedding the Weight of Systems and Social Conditions
Grounding Questions and Comments to Avoid Hollow Praise
Beyond Custody
Conclusion
Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 15 DSM Diagnosis and Social Justice:: Inviting Counselor Reflexivity
Social Justice and the DSM-5: Reflexively Creating Room for Both
Dialogical Reflexivity
The Diagnostic Interview as a Conversational Process and Accomplishment
Four Conversational Practices that Privilege DSM-Centered Outcomes
Practice 1: Medicalizing
Practice 2: Checklisting
Practice 3: Individualizing
Practice 4: Pathologizing
Conclusion
References
Chapter 16 Narrative Practice and the De-Pathologizing of Children’s Lives at a Walk-In Therapy Clinic
The “Science-ifying” of the Helping Profession
Walk-In as a Just Alternative
A Collaborative, Competency-Focused Curiosity
Collaborating On the Session Agenda
Getting to Know the Person “Away From” the Problem
Externalizing Practices
Collaborative Documentation Practices
Conclusion
Reflection Questions
References
Chapter 17 Rosie Had Wings They Could Not See
Consultation Setting
Getting to Know Rosie Away from the Problem
Rosie Uses Her Voice to Take a Stand
Developing a Subordinate Story Line: Panning for Gold
Outsider Witnessing Team
Post-Outsider Witnessing Team Reflection
Post-Consultation Reflections and Conclusion
Reflection Questions
Notes
References
Chapter 18 Creating Safety and Social Justice for Women in the Yukon
Situating Violence and Response-Based Practice
Categories of Response-Based Contextual Analysis
An Example of Response-Based Analysis
Activism within Response-Based Practice
Context and Background
Reconceptualizing Offender Actions
Creating a Positive Social Response for Women in the Yukon
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Reflection Questions
Appendix 18.1 Example of Canadian Professionals Profiting from Aboriginal Suffering
Notes
References
Index