Multicultural Competence, Social Justice, and Counseling Psychology: Expanding Our Roles

By Elizabeth M. Vera, S. Speight. 2003

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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An Emancipatory Communitarian Approach to Vocational Development Theory, Research, and Practice (2005, background): “We agree that a social justice agenda is inherently political and ideological in that it is based on an overt recognition and promotion of a particular set of values (Goodman et al., 2004; Vera & Speight, 2003).”
Social Justice and Counseling Psychology: Listening to the Voices of Doctoral Trainees (2010, background): “The call for social justice within the profession of counseling psychology demands that psychologists move beyond multicultural competence to become agents of social change for clients (Ivey & Collins, 2003; Vera & Speight, 2003).”
Conducting Research With LGB People of Color: Methodological Challenges and Strategies (2010, background): “Given counseling psychology’s commitment to diversity and social justice (Sue et al., 1998; Vera & Speight, 2003) and the field’s strong tradition in psychometrics and statistics (Worthington & Whittaker, 2006), counseling psychologists are well equipped to advance scholarship about LGB people of…”
A Pragmatic View of Social Justice (2003, methodology): “Vera and Speight (2003) point out the potential usefulness of systemic strategies adapted from social work.”
Moving Counseling Forward on LGB and Transgender Issues (2012, background): “The emphasis on multicultural/social justice issues continues to grow in the counseling fields (Toporek, Lewis, & Crethar, 2009; Vera & Speight, 2003).”
Social Justice Through a School Psychology Lens: Definition and Applications (2008, background): “Vera and Speight (2003) agree that “social justice is at the heart of multiculturalism” (p. 254) and believe that considerations of social justice should be central to models of multicultural competence.”
A Social Justice Agenda (2004, background): “The integration of a social justice agenda into our professional work as counseling psychologists is an idea that we advocate (see Vera & Speight, 2003).”
Expanding Multicultural Competence through Social Justice Leadership (2003, background): “The examples from social justice leaders need to be brought into the social justice agenda urged by Vera and Speight (2003).”
Counseling for Work and RelationshipΨ (2012, background): “Feminist and social justice values are increasingly important in counseling psychology and vocational psychology (Blustein, McWhirter, & Perry, 2005; Goodman et al., 2004; Vera & Speight, 2003).”
Training Counseling Psychologists as Social Justice Agents (2004, background): “As major contributors to that forum, Vera and Speight (2003) called on counseling psychologists to recognize that multicultural competence cannot be achieved without a commitment to social justice.”
The ACA Advocacy Competencies: A Social Justice Advocacy Framework for Professional School Counselors: (2007, background): “Neither can they operate solely from the comfort of their offices if they wish to best serve students (Vera & Speight, 2003).”
Stress and Coping in the Lives of Recent Immigrants and Refugees: Considerations for Counseling (2008, background): “Vera and Speight (2003) in their contribution on social justice in psychology proposed an excellent framework for viewing counseling work as a platform to empower clients.”
Quality and trustworthiness in qualitative research in counseling psychology. (2005, background): “…research has provided a frame within which I am able to contribute to the discipline's emerging social-justice agenda (e.g., Goodman et al., 2004; Vera & Speight, 2003); yet, integrating a feminist critical perspective into a field that has been largely postpositivist has been no easy task.”
Cultural humility: measuring openness to culturally diverse clients. (2013, background): “Third, cultural humility may also play a role in guiding how counseling psychologists engage in activities aligned with social justice goals, such as advocacy, outreach, prevention programs, and psychoeducational interventions (Vera & Speight, 2003).”