Counselling Psychologists' Lived Experiences of Engaging with Social Justice

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dc.contributor.advisorArthur, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorKennedy, Barbara
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-03T20:38:43Z
dc.date.available2014-11-17T08:00:50Z
dc.date.issued2013-09-03
dc.date.submitted2013en
dc.description.abstractIt has been emphasized repeatedly in the counselling psychology literature that the profession needs to re-commit to addressing the needs of the more vulnerable members of society and search for ways to action that include systemic and social change (Arthur & Collins, 2010). As such, counselling psychologists have been urged to integrate social justice into their professional identities and practice. The current study utilized descriptive phenomenological methodology to explore six counselling psychologists’ lived experiences of engaging in social justice, in an effort to guide a professional identity for counselling psychology that embraces social justice and expand the definition of counselling psychology practice to explicitly include social justice action. The results from this research highlight the profound calling and commitment that these counselling psychologists have for promoting and working towards social justice. Participants shared the many ways that this identification with social justice shapes their professional and personal lives, offering examples of how social justice oriented practice can look like within clinical, educational, and research roles. In exploring the experiences of these social justice leaders, it became clear that they have benefited greatly from this professional identification with social justice in the form of increased motivation, satisfaction, and meaning within their work. In order for counselling psychology to more fully embrace a social justice orientation, further research is needed that strengthens the connections between the work of counselling psychologists and issues of oppression, investigates the effectiveness of incorporating social justice practices, and exemplifies more concrete ways of integrating social justice within counselling psychology’s professional identity and roles.en_US
dc.description.embargoterms12 monthsen_US
dc.identifier.citationKennedy, B. (2013). Counselling Psychologists' Lived Experiences of Engaging with Social Justice (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25476en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25476
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/905
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectGeneral
dc.subjectEducational Psychology
dc.subject.classificationcounselling psychologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationProfessional identityen_US
dc.subject.classificationsocial justiceen_US
dc.titleCounselling Psychologists' Lived Experiences of Engaging with Social Justice
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineApplied Psychology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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