Posts tagged anti-oppressive practice
How Therapy Can Help You Be Anti-Racist
How Therapy Can Help You Be Anti-Racist

How to use therapy in the fight against racism: explore difficult feelings, start tough conversations, and set boundaries to become a better ally. (image via Flaticon)

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Mental Health, Social Justice, ResourcesKaty Dimple Manningtherapy, therapy skills, therapist, mental health resources, mental health, racism, fighting racism, cultural competence, social work, racism in social work, racism in mental health, racial inequity in mental health, racial disparity, anti-racist, anti-oppressive practice, anti-racist action, anti-racism in therapy Comment
In Defense of a Strengths-Based Approach (filed under: Things I Never Thought I'd Have to Write About)
In Defense of a Strengths-Based Approach (filed under: Things I Never Thought I'd Have to Write About)

If you view searching for client strengths as skewing the truth, you’re misunderstanding the strengths-based approach. This sounds obvious, but it’s an argument I’ve had multiple times recently! Let’s dig in. (image via FlatIcon)

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Research, Mental Health, Social Justice, Thinking Out LoudKaty Dimple Manningstrengths, strengths-based approach, strengths based approach, strengths and weaknesses, strengths versus weaknesses, pathologizing, anti oppressive practice, anti-oppressive practice, oppression, bias, implicit bias, research, racial disparity, racism, anti oppressive research, evidence based practice, evidence-based practice, EBP, susan robbins, dr. susan robbins, skewed findings, skewing facts, context, social work, social context, social constructions Comments