Antiracism as an Ethical Imperative: An Example From Feminist Therapy

Brown, Laura S.

doi:10.1207/s15327019eb0102_4

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“…If we conceive the problem of developing ethical standards as one of group dynamics, an approach more original than the committeerecommendation technique is indicated. (p. 82) responsibility that should be explicitly addressed by the formal code (Brown, 1991).…”

Section: Ethnicitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Ethical dilemmas encountered by members of the American Psychological Association: A national survey.

Pope¹,

Vetter²

1992

American Psychologist

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Section: Ethnicitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Ethical dilemmas encountered by members of the American Psychological Association: A national survey.

Pope¹,

Vetter²

1992

American Psychologist

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“…When therapists rely on Black/African-American clients to facilitate the work of building their own antiracist knowledge, it places the client in a double bind by obligating the client to care for the therapist, develop the therapist's antiracist competency, while also tolerating the therapist's ignorance, all in an effort to reduce the client's risk of being uncared for in therapy. Furthermore, the client cannot challenge the therapist's errors too strongly or with apparent (justified) anger for fear of being pathologized (Brown, 1991).…”

Section: Antiracist Adaptations To Dbtmentioning

confidence: 99%

“You Didn’t Cause Racism, and You Have to Solve it Anyways”: Antiracist Adaptations to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for White Therapists

Pierson¹,

Arunagiri²,

Bond³

2021

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There are currently no published studies that investigate or discuss the cultural responsiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to the needs of Black/African-American patients. In addition, no published scholarly works offer guidance to therapists on how to practice antiracism within the context of delivering evidence-based treatment. Methods for developing culturally responsive treatment are discussed within a dialectical framework. We propose that an antiracist adaptation to DBT is needed to correct for context minimization errors in the DBT model that create an invisibility of racism. Recommendations are made for an additional DBT Therapist Agreement that encourages labeling and targeting therapist treatment-interfering racist behavior. An additional Therapist Consultation Agreement is also proposed to guide therapist antiracist advocacy and functional validation for Black/African-American patients. The DBT technology is used in conjunction with other multicultural theoretical models to recommend strategies for developing White DBT therapists’ antiracist competencies. Future directions for qualitative research and applications to DBT supervision are discussed.

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“…The final step looks toward an ongoing pursuit of greater racial consciousness and racial literacy. Within the context of therapy, this can look like ongoing psychotherapy and psychoeducation related to race, bibliotherapy, and encouragement to engage in relationships and experiences that expand their racial consciousness (Brown, 1991 ; Maker, 2005 ). The therapist may have to initially suggest or encourage these concepts at the beginning of the client’s journey before they begin undertaking them on their own.…”

Section: Clinical Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Talking With white Clients About Race

Drustrup

2021

J Health Serv Psychol

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Most white people do not believe that race is an important feature of their lives, and this belief continues into the therapy room where race is rarely a topic of conversation, especially for all-white dyads. However, research shows that race and racism are highly salient for white people’s mental health, and this gap in understanding has negative effects on the well-being of both white people and people of color. This paper argues to embrace the ethical and moral call to actively address race and racism in therapy between white therapists and white clients. This embrace can be particularly challenging for white therapists who believe themselves to be social justice-oriented people, but who nevertheless contribute to racism in both conscious and unconscious ways. A model is offered for how psychotherapists can bring up and work with the topics of race and racism during the course of therapy. The model includes ways for white therapists to engage in the long-term process of self-critique, ways to introduce the salience of race in the white client’s life, and how to connect race and racism to the client’s explicit goals for therapy. Finally, a case example is explored using a well-meaning, self-defined liberal white client.

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Antiracism as an Ethical Imperative: An Example From Feminist Therapy

Cited by 21 publications

References 11 publications

Ethical dilemmas encountered by members of the American Psychological Association: A national survey.

Ethical dilemmas encountered by members of the American Psychological Association: A national survey.

“You Didn’t Cause Racism, and You Have to Solve it Anyways”: Antiracist Adaptations to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for White Therapists

Talking With white Clients About Race

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