Working with Difference and Diversity in Counselling and Psychotherapy

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Author: Rose Cameron

ISBN: 9781526436658

Publisher: Sage Publishing

Publishing Year: 2020

Pages: 176

Category: PSYCHOLOGY & PSYCHOTHERAPY

DESCRIPTION

This book guides you through the complexities of working with difference and diversity in counselling and psychotherapy. It introduces you to contemporary thinking on the construction of difference, social identity and culture, and applies the theory to therapy practice. With reflective exercises and case examples, it will help you to work more confidently and sensitively with difference.

Rose Cameron is a practitioner and a trainer in counselling and psychotherapy. She is currently a Teaching Fellow at the University of Edinburgh.

SECTION I: THE IMPACT OF 'DIFFERENCE'

Chapter 1: The Psychological Impact of Hostility

Chapter 2: The Social Construction of Difference: Race, Ethnicity, Nationality and Religion

Chapter 3: The Social Construction of Difference: Gender, Sex, Sexuality, Disability, Age and Class

Chapter 4: Reclaiming Identity in the 1970s and 1980s

Chapter 5: Contemporary Identities

SECTION II: BRIDGES AND BARRIERS TO THERAPEUTIC WORK

Chapter 6: Cultural Arrogance

Chapter 7: Cultural Humility

Chapter 8: Demonising and Romanticising the ‘Other’

Chapter 9: Power and Prejudice

Chapter 10: Power and Privilege

Chapter 11: Challenges to Communication

Conclusion: The Therapeutic Relationship