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Dissertation
Empathy Is Not Enough
University of West Florida Libraries
Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida
2008
Abstract
This study explores the role of critical consciousness in mental health counseling. Oriented in large measure by Critical Theory, the study focuses mostly on non-traditional approaches to counseling. The primary methods used to generate data were interviews with two mental health counselors as well as qualitative content analysis of graduate and undergraduate psychology syllabi and Prilleltensky’s book The Morals and Politics of Psychology: Psychological discourse and the status quo. The major themes that emerged from the case studies include seeing beyond the symptoms, a counseling style focused on clients’ needs, and attunement to the risks of acting as experts. These resonate with the main components of the empowerment models of counseling that emphasize collaboration, prevention, multiculturalism, diversity, and social justice. These themes, which parallel critical pedagogy in educational arenas, involve therapists as co-learners as well as educators of their clients. Clinical pedagogies like these presuppose critical consciousness. Instead of viewing social problems as personal deficits, clinical pedagogies promote the creation of alternative perspectives as well as taking action to change social conditions.
Details
- Title
- Empathy Is Not Enough
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 181
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries to digitize and/or display this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380090835006600
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Doctor of Education (EDD)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida