ABSTRACT
There is a healthy development in the human service professions these days. At community clinics, private practices, and universities around the country mental health professionals and service providers are working with increased awareness of the toxic effects of social inequities in the lives of people they aim to help. Quietly, by acting out thei
Part I: Steps Toward a Social Justice Therapeutic Practice. Rekindling the Reformist Spirit in the Mental Health Professions. Counseling for Wellness and Justice: Foundations and Ethical Dilemmas. Social Justice Concerns and Clinical Practice. Part II: Liberating Visions of Clinical Practice. Radical Psychiatry: An Approach to Personal and Political Change. Ethnopolitical Psychology: Healing and Transformation. Gay and Lesbian Couples in Therapy: A Social Justice Perspective. Risk Reduction and the Micropolitics of Social Justice in Mental Health Care. Foundation Concepts for Social Justice-Based Therapy: Critical Consciousness, Accountability, and Empowerment. Narrative Practice and Culture. Part III: Community Building for Wellness and Justice. Families and Therapists as Citizens: The Families and Democracy Project. The Practice of Community Family Therapy. Applying Feminist Theory to Community Practice: A Multilevel Empowerment Intervention for Low-Income Women with Depression. Toward a Community Psychology of Liberation. Striving for Social Justice Through Interprofessional University-School Collaboration. The Psychology of Working and the Advancement of Social Justice. Mental Health Policy and Social Justice. Part IV: Teaching and Training for Social Action. Advocacy, Outreach, and Prevention: Integrating Social Action Roles in Professional Training. Grounding Clinical Training and Supervision in an Empowerment Model. Applying Principles of Multicultural Competencies, Social Justice, and Leadership in Training and Supervision. Educating for Social Change in the Human Service Professions.
