Overcoming Unintentional Racism in Counseling and Therapy

A Practitioner's Guide to Intentional Intervention
2. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-7619-1981-0
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 196 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 736 g

Reihe: Multicultural Aspects of Counseling series

Any counselor or therapist, regardless of race, background, or motive, can engage in unintentional acts of racism. In so doing, they may inadvertently sabotage their own efforts and perpetuate the very problems they seek to overcome. Overcoming Unintentional Racism in Counseling and Therapy, Second Edition examines the dynamics and effects of racism in counseling with an emphasis on the insidiousness of unintentional racism.

Workable solutions and practical alternatives are proposed with the goal of eliminating unintentional racism. Numerous supporting clinical examples are included in order to help counselors gain new insights into their operational practices and to modify any behaviors that may interfere with a helpful intervention. The Second Edition also provides a new section on the policies and practices of agencies and other institutions in the mental health system unintentionally resulting in service disparities. Macro-system and micro-system interventions are proposed to overcome these disparities.

Key Features: - The only book that addresses unintentional racism in counseling and therapy.
- Offers a superb balance of theory and practice.
- Provides problem identification and workable solutions to individual and institutional racism.

Overcoming Unintentional Racism in Counseling and Therapy is ideally suited as a supplemental text for theoretical courses in counseling, counseling techniques, practicum, multicultural counseling, and professional seminars.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ridley, Charles R.

Ridley, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments
Preface

PART I: EXAMINING the COUNSELOR'S UNINTENTIONAL RACISM
Ch. 1. Minority Clients as Victims

Understanding the Victim
Racism in Counseling and Therapy
Factors Contributing to Counselor Racism
Chapter Summary
Ch. 2. Fifteen Propositions

Propositions
Chapter Summary
Ch. 3. What Is Racism?
Racism Defined
A Behavioral Model
Chapter Summary
Ch. 4. Models of Mental Health
The Deficit Model
The Medical Model
The Conformity Model
The Biopsychosocial Model
Chapter Summary
Ch. 5. Judgmental and Inferential Errors
Why Is Clinical Decision Making Difficult?
Four Types of Decisions
Prevalent Judgmental Errors
Chapter Summary
Ch. 6. Defensive Racial Dynamics
Ten Race-Related Defense Mechanisms

Chapter Summary
PART II: OVERCOMING THE COUNSELOR'S UNINTENTIONAL RACISM
Ch. 7. Counseling Idiographically
Five Principles
The Case of Ricardo Garcia
The Case of Ricardo Garcia
Chapter Summary

Ch. 8. Setting Culturally Relevant Goals
Process Goals
Outcome Goals
Chapter Summary
Ch. 9. Making Better Clinical Decisions

General Decision-Making Strategies
Personal Debiasing Strategies
Chapter Summary
Ch. 10. Managing Resistance

Understanding Resistance
Client Responses in Counseling
Strategies to Manage Resistance
Chapter Summary
Ch. 11. Terminating Effectively
Reducing the Chances of Premature Termination
Concluding Each Session Effectively
Recycling or Referring When Appropriate
Evaluating Counseling Outcomes
Recommending Alternative Modalities
Following Up When Counseling Is Over
Preventing Relapse
Chapter Summary
PART III: EXAMINING AND OVERCOMING THE UNINTENTIONAL RACISM OF THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM
Ch. 12. Racist Practices of Institutions
Consequences of Unintentional Institutional Racism
Causes of Unintentional Institutional Racism
Categories of Unintentional Institutional Racism
Chapter Summary
Ch. 13. Macrosystem Interventions
Practice-Based Minority Research
Mental Health Care Reform
Multicultural Training
Chapter Summary
Ch. 14. Microsystem Interventions
A Core Ideology That Embraces Diversity
Integrated Service Networks
Consultation
Prevention and Health Promotion
Action Research
Affirmative Action
Chapter Summary
Chapter Summary
References
Index
About the Author