Social Justice, Multicultural Counseling, and Practice: Beyond a Conventional Approach

✍ Scribed by Heesoon Jun

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 489
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Until now, an important aspect of multicultural counseling has been long overlooked amid the profusion of literature—the practical application of multicultural theory. Social Justice, Multicultural Counseling, and Practice: Beyond a Conventional Approach fills this void and tackles some of the top challenges in multicultural counseling including how to implement multicultural theory and how to practice social justice and equity. This groundbreaking work takes a multilayered and multidimensional approach that will help practitioners “walk the talk” of multicultural competency. It introduces a new model that will give practitioners a clearer understanding of the client’s worldview for culturally appropriate assessment, diagnoses, and treatment.

Key Features

• Provides Concrete Strategies boxes for introduced concepts
• Emphasizes self-reflection and self-awareness for practitioners
• Contains exercises to help practitioners better understand ethnocentrism, types of thinking styles, and automatic thought patterns
• Examines the complexities of the intersection of multiple identities and sociocultural contexts
• Includes a unique organization style that groups topics by various “isms” (ageism, classism, racism, etc.)

Intended Audience
Based on holistic thinking and transformative learning styles, this core text is ideal for graduate courses in counseling, psychology, or social work.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 14
1 - Introduction......Page 18
Part I: A Practitioner’s Awareness of Her Own Worldview......Page 34
2 - Intrapersonal Communication (Inner Dialogue)......Page 36
3 - Assessment of a Practitioner’s Values, Beliefs, and Biases......Page 76
Part II: A Practitioner’s Awareness of Systematic Oppression/Privilege and Internalized Oppression/Privilege......Page 114
4 - Racism......Page 118
5 - Sexism......Page 144
6 - Heterosexism......Page 168
7 - Classism......Page 192
8 - Ableism......Page 216
9 - Other “Isms” Due to Age, Language, Religion, and Region......Page 240
10 - Deconstructing Inappropriate Hierarchical, Dichotomous, and Linear Thinking Styles/Patterns......Page 278
Part III: A Practitioner’s Awareness of the Client’s Worldview......Page 300
11 - Identity Development......Page 302
12 - Multiple Identities......Page 322
13 - Culturally Appropriate Assessment......Page 340
14 - Culturally Appropriate Treatment/Healing......Page 394
References......Page 434
Index......Page 468
About the Author......Page 486