Whiteness and White Privilege in Psychotherapy

This unprecedented interdisciplinary collection focuses on gender whiteness and white privilege and sheds light on this understudied subject matter in the context of clinical psychology in both theories and applications. Psychologists especially therapists are often trained to look for issues that are not readily visible cannot be spoken and that are commonly taken for granted. Feminist and multi-cultural researchers and practitioners further seek to expose the power structures that benefit them or that unfairly advantage some groups over others. Whiteness has been investigated by sociologists and critical race theorists but has been largely overlooked by psychologists and psychotherapists even those who deal with feminist and multi-cultural issues. This volume explores the ways in which gender whiteness and white privilege intersect in the therapy room bringing to light that which is often unseen and thus unnamed while examining issues of epistemology theory supervision and practice in feminist therapies. The various contributions encompass theory history empirical research personal reflections and practical teaching strategies for the classroom. The authors remind us that whiteness and other forms of privilege are situated among multiple other forces structures identities and experiences and cannot be examined alone without context. This book was originally published as a special issue of Women & Therapy. . Language: English