Social Justice and Systemic Family Therapy Training

The book explores the lived experiences of systemic family therapy educators and addresses issues of power and justice in family therapy training programs. It describes how family therapy programs attempt to incorporate cultural awareness with mixed results and explores the ways in which family therapy educators with intersecting marginalized identities continue to be oppressed across different areas of academia. The book offers concrete suggestions for intervention, including teaching experiences, meaningful interactions with students, relationships with colleagues, and needed changes or challenges to the larger structure of academia.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 114 pages
Publication date: 01 June 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

The book examines the lived experiences of systemic family therapy educators, addressing issues of power and justice in family therapy training programs. It explores how family therapy programs attempt to incorporate cultural awareness with mixed results and how family therapy educators with intersecting marginalized identities continue to be oppressed across different areas of academia. The book addresses power issues at three different levels: personal interactions with students, professional interactions with colleagues, and political interventions aimed at changing the larger academic institution. Chapters focus on countering unjust practices in academic settings and offer concrete suggestions for intervention, including teaching experiences, meaningful interactions with students, relationships with colleagues, and needed changes or challenges to the larger structure of academia. Social Justice and Systemic Family Therapy Training is an essential resource for clinicians, therapists, practitioners, researchers, professors, and graduate students in family studies, clinical psychology, and public health.

Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031299292
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023