Helping Beyond the 50-Minute Hour (eBook, PDF)

Therapists Involved in Meaningful Social Action
Redaktion: Kottler, Jeffrey A.; Carlson, Jon; Englar-Carlson, Matt

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

"Slacktivism" is a term that has been coined to cynically describe the token efforts that people devote to some cause, without long-term or meaningful impact. We wear colored wristbands, pins, or ribbons proclaiming support for a particular organization. We might post something on social network sites or send messages to friends about causes dear to our hearts. We might even volunteer our time to work on behalf of marginalized, oppressed, or neglected groups-or donate money to a charity. Yet the key feature of significant social action is follow through-continuing efforts over a period of time so as to build meaningful relationships, provide adequate support, and conduct evaluations to measure results and make needed adjustments that make programs even more responsive.

This book is intended as an inspiration for practicing psychotherapists and counselors, as well as students, to become actively involved in a meaningful effort. The authors have searched far and wide to identify practitioners representing different disciplines, helping professions, geographic regions, and social action projects, all of whom have been involved in social justice efforts for some time, whether in their own communities or in far-flung regions of the world. Each of them has an amazing story to tell that reveals the challenges they've faced, the incredible satisfactions they've experienced, and what lessons they've learned along the way. Each story represents a gem of wisdom, revealing both questions of faith, as well as of sustained action. The authors have been encouraged to dig deeply in order to talk about the honest realities of their work. After reading their stories, you will be ready to pick a cause that speaks to you and begin your own work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136659966
• Artikelnr.: 39042336

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey A. Kottler, PhD, is Professor of Counseling at California State University, Fullerton, and the author of over 80 books. He is the founder and CEO of the Empower Nepali Girls foundation. Matt Englar-Carlson, PhD, is Professor of Counseling and the Co-Director of the Center for Boys and Men at California State University, Fullerton. Jon Carlson, PsyD, EdD, is Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Counseling at Governors State University, University Park, Illinois and a psychologist with the Wellness Clinic in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Re-Visioning Clinical Practice Kottler
The Power of Transcendent Empathy: Empowering Lower Caste Girls in Nepal. Doherty
The Citizen Therapist and Social Change. Part II: The Dreamers: What Change Could Be Gold
When Work is Not Enough: Searching for Greater Satisfaction and Meaning. Brew
Marginalized No More. Sheer
A Wannabe Therapist¿s Journey to Make a Difference. Sibbing
Social Justice and the Part-Time Counselor. Part III: Community Action Bosch
Cervantes
Sacred Advocacy: Assisting At-Risk Boys and Girls to Find Meaning in Violent
Unjust Communities. Walker
Real-Life Social Action in the Community. Monk
Walking the Tight Rope of Change: Building Trust and in a Diverse Urban Community. Stout
Stout
Two Roads Leading to One. Pyles
Moving beyond the Professional Response to Gender-Based Violence: Community Organizing with Women Survivors. Yznaga
I am Your Future
You are My Past: Reaching Back to Move Forward. Bethea
A Call from My Ancestors: Honor
Responsibility
Commitment
Reciprocity
Propriety
and the Illumination of the Human Spirit. Codrington
When Your Liberation is Tied-Up with Mine: Social Justice Work as a Tool for Resistance
Empowerment
and Nation Building for African Descended Peoples. Ellis
No One Gets Left Behind. Bemak
Counselors without Borders: Community Action in Counseling. Part IV: Global Outreach Emavardhana
Life Task in a Life Time. Edwards
Rodriquez
Counseling Internationally: Caring for the Caregiver. Norsworthy
Khuankaew
Feminist Border Crossings: Our Transnational Partnership in Peace and Justice Work. DeLoach
Bon Kouraj: Learning Courage through Service. West-Olantunji
Kicking and Screaming: My Social Action Journey. Guay
Please Do Not Forget Me Nepal. Part V: Closure and Reflection Kottler
Twenty Intensely Personal Motives for Involvement in Social Justice Projects: Saving the World or Saving Myself? Carlson
A Life Devoted to Service. Englar-Carlson
Paying for Our Place in the World: A Reflection on the Personal Meaning of this Book and Its Stories.