Reconceptualizing the Counseling Profession
A Decoloniality Journey
Edil Torres Rivera editor Ivelisse Torres Fernandez editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:American Counseling Association
Publishing:5th Feb '26
£53.99
This title is due to be published on 5th February, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
The decolonization movement has become an everyday language in the counseling field. Due to political influences, some debates exist about the real meaning of decolonizing mental health. This textbook attempts to bring the Global South’s knowledge about the theoretical bases of decolonization to the North without misappropriating this knowledge and simultaneously providing practical applications and interventions. That is, in this book, the authors will first give the theoretical bases for the decolonization movement, beginning by describing the colonization process as a process of different stages and presenting the work of Enriquez, Dussel, Freire, Quijano, and others as a model of decolonization from a liberatory perspective. Featuring insights from 20 members of historically colonized nations, this bold new textbook reclaims the work that's been both foundational to and obfuscated in the field of counseling by giving voice to neglected populations. This book goes beyond social justice and advocacy, providing practical applications and interventions for anti-oppressive counseling practices. It invites counselors to the work of decolonial liberation and decoloniality so that their practice and care can deeply and richly meet the needs of post-colonized populations.
This is a very thoughtful and powerful book, pointing to opportunities to reformulate Counseling theory, research, and practice from decoloniality perspectives, making it more culturally relevant and inclusive. The authors provide a critical and constructive analysis of the Counseling profession from its beginnings to a contemporary shifts, ones inclusive of the Global South and Indigenous Ways of Knowing, often omitted in education and training. Core values of equity, cultural humility, ethical integrity, and social justice ground the proposed reformulation of the profession, ones already recognized but not necessarily integrated in Counseling. The chapters with applications of decoloniality are rich, written by experienced practitioners. The authors do not propose scraping what is taught but rather to adapt the curriculum to integrate decoloniality. Finally, a very instructive glossary of terms for decolonial counseling is provided. I believe this book is transformative and should be recommend reading for all counselor educators. After all, counselor educators hold the responsibility to shape the profession.
Dr. Patricia Arredondo
President, Arredondo Advisory Group
www.arredondoadvisorygroup.com
Faculty Fellow, Fielding Graduate University
Founding President, National Latinx Psychological Association
ISBN: 9781556200083
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375 pages