Handbook for Social Justice in Counseling Psychology : Leadership, Vision, and Action

by Rebecca L. Toporek

• ISBN13: 9781412910071
• ISBN10: 1412910072
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-08
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

The Handbook for Social Justice in Counseling Psychology: Leadership, Vision, and Action provides counseling psychology students, educators, researchers, and practitioners with a conceptual 'œroad map' of social justice and social action that they can integrate into their professional identity, role, and function. It presents historical, theoretical, and ethical foundations followed by exemplary models of social justice and action work performed by counseling psychologists from interdisciplinary collaborations. The examples in this Handbook explore a wide range of settings with diverse issues and reflect a variety of actions.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
David L. Blustein
Social Justice and Counseling Psychology in Context	1	(16)
Nadya A. Fouad
Lawrence H. Gerstein
Rebecca L. Toporek
Ethics and Professional Issues Related to the Practice of Social Justice in Counseling Psychology	17	(18)
Rebecca L. Toporek
Robert A. Williams
PART I: TRAINING	35	(40)
Social Justice Training in Counseling Psychology: Needs and Innovations	37	(7)
Rebecca L. Toporek
Christopher J. McNally
Incorporating Social Justice in Counselor Training Programs: A Case Study Example	44	(15)
Regine M. Talleyrand
Rita Chi-Ying Chung
Fred Bemak
Empowering Undergraduate Students to Be Agents of Social Change: An Innovative Service Learning Course in Counseling Psychology	59	(16)
Karen M. O'Brien
Sheetal Patel
Nancy Hensler-McGinnis
Jennifer Kaplan
PART II: SCHOOLS	75	(72)
Prevention Work in Schools and With Youth: Promoting Competence and Reducing Risks	77	(9)
Gargi Roysircar
Prevention and Outreach With Underserved Populations: Building Multisystemic Youth Development Programs for Urban Youth	86	(14)
Elizabeth Vera
Brian Daly
Rufus Gonzales
Melissa Morgan
Charu Thakral
Transformative Endeavors: Implementing Helms's Racial Identity Theory to a School-Based Heritage Project	100	(17)
Chalmer E. Thompson
Dorienna M. Alfred
Sherri L. Edwards
Patricia G. Garcia
Promoting Social Justice Through Preventive Interventions in Schools	117	(13)
M. Meghan Davidson
Michael Waldo
Eve M. Adams
A Theoretical and Practice Framework for Universal School-Based Prevention	130	(17)
Gargi Roysircar
PART III: MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES	147	(102)
Marginalized Communities in the United States: Oppression, Social Justice, and the Role of Counseling Psychologists	149	(6)
Tania Israel
Seeking Social Justice for Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: Real-World Struggles in Pursuit of Systemic Change	155	(15)
Margret E. Bell
Lisa A. Goodman
Achieving Social Justice for College Women With Disabilities: A Model for Inclusion	170	(15)
Barbara J. Palombi
Alisa Matteson Mundt
Environmental Racism: A Call to the Profession for Community Intervention and Social Action	185	(15)
Azara L. Santiago-Rivera
Kristin Talka
Amy W. Tully
The Unwarranted Pathologizing of Homeless Mothers: Implications for Research and Social Policy	200	(15)
Lisa Cosgrove
Diving Into the Hornet's Nest: Situating Counseling Psychologists in LGB Social Justice Work	215	(16)
David H. Whitcomb
Michael I. Loewy
Toward a Radical Feminist Multicultural Therapy: Renewing a Commitment to Activism	231	(18)
Susan L. Morrow
Donna M. Hawxhurst
Ana Y. Montes de Vegas
Tamara M. Abousleman
Carrie L. Castaneda
PART IV: CAREER AND VOCATIONAL ISSUES	249	(62)
Social Justice in Career and Vocational Aspects of Counseling Psychology: An Overview	251	(5)
Nadya A. Fouad
Tools for Remodeling the Master's House: Advocacy and Social Justice in Education and Work	256	(20)
Ruth E. Fassinger
Susanna M. Gallor
Individual, Programmatic, and Entrepreneurial Approaches to Social Justice: Counseling Psychologists in Vocational and Career Counseling	276	(18)
Rebecca L. Toporek
Robert C. Chope
Social Justice Through Self-Sufficiency: Vocational Psychology and the Transition From Welfare to Work	294	(17)
Cindy L. Juntunen
Angela M. Cavett
Rhanda B. Clow
Venessa Rempel
Rachel E. Darrow
Adam Guilmino
PART V: SOCIAL JUSTICE IN HEALTH CARE	311	(64)
Counseling Health Psychology's Collaborative Role in the Community	313	(5)
Gargi Roysircar
Working for Social Justice From Within the Health Care System: The Role of Social Class in Psychology	318	(20)
Joshua A. Hopps
William M. Liu
Community Health Promotion Curriculum: A Case Study of Southeast Asian Refugees	338	(20)
Uyen K. Huynh
Gargi Roysircar
Social Justice Related to Working With HIV/AIDS From a Counseling Health Psychology Perspective	358	(17)
Christa K. Schmidt
Mary Ann Hoffman
Nicole Taylor
PART VI: COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGISTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA	375	(112)
Counseling Psychologists as International Social Architects	377	(11)
Lawrence H. Gerstein
A Social Justice Approach to International Collaborative Consultation	388	(18)
Sharon G. Horne
Susan S. Mathews
Couples Helping Couples: Consultation and Training in Penalolen, Chile	406	(15)
Benedict T. McWhirter
Ellen Hawley McWhirter
Bringing Social Justice to International Practices of Counseling Psychology	421	(21)
Kathryn L. Norsworthy
Ouyporn Khuankaew
Counseling Psychology and Nonviolent Activism: Independence for Tibet!	442	(30)
Lawrence H. Gerstein
Doris Kirkpatrick
Moving From Contact to Change: The Act of Becoming Aware	472	(15)
Scott L. Moeschberger
Alicia Ordonez
Jui Shankar
Shonali Raney
PART VII: POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE CHANGE	487	(44)
Social Action in Policy and Legislation: Individuals and Alliances	489	(10)
Rebecca L. Toporek
Extending the Parsons Legacy: Applications of Counseling Psychology in Pursuit of Social Justice Through the Development of Public Policy	499	(15)
Sandra L. Shullman
Bobbie L. Celeste
Ted Strickland
Confessions of an Abiding Counseling Psychologist	514	(17)
Robert H. McPherson
Clare Reilly
PART VIII: FUTURE DIRECTIONS	531	(22)
Future Directions for Counseling Psychology: Enhancing Leadership, Vision, and Action in Social Justice	533	(20)
Rebecca L. Toporek
Lawrence H. Gerstein
Nadya A. Fouad
Gargi Roysircar
Tania Israel
Author Index	553	(18)
Subject Index	571	(32)
About the Editors	603	(2)
About the Contributors	605