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Managing microaggressions : addressing everyday racism in therapeutic spaces

By:

Williams, Monnica T

Series: ABCT clinical practice series | Oxford clinical psychologyPublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020Description: viii, 179 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780190875237

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

WM 55.

Available additional physical forms:

Also issued online.

Contents:

1. Understanding Racial Microaggressions -- 2. Causes of Microaggressions -- 3. How Microaggressions Are Harmful -- 4. Microaggressions in Therapy -- 5. Assessing the Impact of Microaggressions -- 6. Helping Clients Manage Microaggressions -- 7. Preventing Microaggressions in Therapy (and Life in General) -- 8. Issues and Controversies -- Appendix A: Demographics Questionnaire -- Appendix B: Demographics Questionnaire (Canada) -- Resources

Summary: Microaggressions have been identified as a common and troubling cause of low retention and poor psychotherapy outcomes for people of color. All therapists want and intend to be helpful to their clients, but many unknowingly committing microaggressions due to unconscious biases and misconceptions about people from ethnic and racial minority groups. Managing Microaggressions is intended for mental health clinicians who want to be more effective in their use of evidence-based practices with people of color. Many well-intentioned clinicians lack the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively engage those who are ethnoracially different. This book discusses the theoretical basis of the problem (microaggressions), the cognitive-behavioral mechanisms by which the problem is maintained, and how to remedy the problem using CBT principles, with a focus on the role of the therapist. Not only will readers learn how to avoid offending or harming their clients, they will also be better equipped to help clients navigate microaggressions they encounter in their daily lives. Managing Microaggressions will endow clinicians with a clear understanding of these behaviors and the errors that underpin them, leading to more successful therapy.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Microaggressions have been identified as a common and troubling cause of low retention and poor psychotherapy outcomes for people of color. All therapists want and intend to be helpful to their clients, but many unknowingly committing microaggressions due to unconscious biases and misconceptions about people from ethnic and racial minority groups.

Managing Microaggressions is intended for mental health clinicians who want to be more effective in their use of evidence-based practices with people of color. Many well-intentioned clinicians lack the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively engage those who are ethnoracially different. This book discusses the theoretical basis of the problem (microaggressions), the cognitive-behavioral mechanisms by which the problem is maintained, and how to remedy the problem using CBT principles, with a focus on the role of the therapist. Not only will readers learn how to avoid offending or harming their clients, they will also be better equipped to help clients navigate microaggressions they encounter in their daily lives. Managing Microaggressions will endow clinicians with a clear understanding of these behaviors and the errors that underpin them, leading to more successful therapy.

Also issued online.

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