Social Justice and Counseling: Discourse in Practice

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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