The emergence of contemporary research and training for social justice have progressively expanded, transformed, and revolutionized the counseling field from 2000 to the present (Hunsaker, 2011). This has significant implications for the counseling profession. For example, social justice awareness and advocacy in the counseling field has created an institutionalized alliance to the social justice movement through experts, such as Ratt (2008), Palmer and Parish (2008) addressing the challenges of individual justice and equitable distribution. The result of this is that counselors can generate awareness and teach self-advocacy, thereby empowering clients.
Counselors possess a multifaceted vantage point, recognizing systemic issues and disproportionate risk for discrimination, socio-economic …show more content…
Ratt concluded that a value-neutral and individualist approach can be problematic for clients facing institutional barriers and failing to address multicultural issues can be a key factor in the lack of progress for a client, ultimately hindering positive human development and growth. By establishing social justice advocacy strategies and techniques at a micro level, Ratt (2008) believed counselors could model communication that acknowledges and reflects on the client’s identity in a societal context. Accordingly, it expands their understanding of their social world, in ways that may have been invisible to them. By validating systematic struggle, it allows clients to feel empowered that results in self-awareness and self-advocacy.
Expanding on that idea, Palmer, and Parish (2008) innovatively infused the social justice advocacy paradigm across the curriculum content for graduate students. The promotion of social justice expands the roles of counselors and provides a step forward in advancing their cultural awareness and cultural
Counselors possess a multifaceted vantage point, recognizing systemic issues and disproportionate risk for discrimination, socio-economic …show more content…
Ratt concluded that a value-neutral and individualist approach can be problematic for clients facing institutional barriers and failing to address multicultural issues can be a key factor in the lack of progress for a client, ultimately hindering positive human development and growth. By establishing social justice advocacy strategies and techniques at a micro level, Ratt (2008) believed counselors could model communication that acknowledges and reflects on the client’s identity in a societal context. Accordingly, it expands their understanding of their social world, in ways that may have been invisible to them. By validating systematic struggle, it allows clients to feel empowered that results in self-awareness and self-advocacy.
Expanding on that idea, Palmer, and Parish (2008) innovatively infused the social justice advocacy paradigm across the curriculum content for graduate students. The promotion of social justice expands the roles of counselors and provides a step forward in advancing their cultural awareness and cultural