咨询和心理治疗中的种族主义:阐明和解除武装
Derald Wing Sue1, Helen A Neville2, Laura Smith1
1Columbia University, Teachers College, Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology.
The American psychologist
|July 22, 2024
概括
美国心理学会承认其种族主义的过去和白人至上主义在心理学. 这篇文章探讨了咨询和心理治疗如何压迫有色人种,并提供了消除种族主义的解决方案.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 咨询和心理治疗.
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
背景情况:
- 美国心理学会 (APA) 正式承认其种族主义历史以及白人至上主义在该专业内的持续影响.
- 这种承认凸显了心理学中的系统性问题,特别是在咨询和心理治疗中,这些问题有助于压迫有色人种.
研究的目的:
- 分析咨询和心理治疗领域如何延续和促进对有色人种的压迫.
- 在心理学实践的框架内,解构白人至上主义和文化种族主义的作用.
- 提出解决方案,在咨询和心理治疗中拆除系统性种族主义.
主要方法:
- 对APA承认其种族主义过去的内容分析.
- 批判性地检查咨询和心理治疗的理论基础和专业标准.
- 分析已建立的心理框架如何强化种族和文化偏见.
主要成果:
- 心理学往往反映了文化种族主义和白人至上主义,在有色人种社区中构建了问题.
- 咨询和心理治疗中的专业主义概念已经建立了"白色认识论"的支柱 (普世主义,个人主义,客观主义,经验主义).
- 这些支柱将种族/文化差异等同于病态,促进色盲,责怪受害者,否认各种种族现实,从而补贴种族主义.
结论:
- 咨询和心理治疗受白人认识论的影响,历史上强化了种族主义和对有色人种的压迫.
- 解决系统性种族主义需要挑战心理学中专业主义和认识论的基本原则.
- 这篇文章主张采取可行的解决方案,在咨询和心理治疗专业中消除种族主义.
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