Managing Microaggressions

Addressing Everyday Racism in Therapeutic Spaces
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-19-087523-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

Microaggressions have been identified as a common and troubling cause of low retention and poor psychotherapy outcomes for people of color. All therapists want and intend to be helpful to their clients, but many unknowingly committing microaggressions due to unconscious biases and misconceptions about people from ethnic and racial minority groups.

Managing Microaggressions is intended for mental health clinicians who want to be more effective in their use of evidence-based practices with people of color. Many well-intentioned clinicians lack the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively engage those who are ethnoracially different. This book discusses the theoretical basis of the problem (microaggressions), the cognitive-behavioral mechanisms by which the problem is maintained, and how to remedy the problem using CBT principles, with a focus on the role of the therapist. Not only will readers learn how to avoid offending or harming their clients, they will also be better equipped to help clients navigate microaggressions they encounter in their daily lives. Managing Microaggressions will endow clinicians with a clear understanding of these behaviors and the errors that underpin them, leading to more successful therapy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williams, Monnica T

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Series Foreword

- About the Author

- 1. Understanding Racial Microaggressions

- 2. Causes of Microaggressions

- 3. How are Microaggressions Harmful?

- 4. Microaggressions in Therapy

- 5. Assessing the Impact of Microaggressions

- 6. Helping Clients Manage Microaggressions

- 7. Preventing Microaggressions in Therapy (and life in general)

- 8. Issues and Controversies

- Appendix

- Resources

- References

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Monnica T. Williams, PhD, is the Canada Research Chair for Mental Health Disparities at the University of Ottawa.