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Class Identity, Social Hierarchy, and Psychotherapy Considering the Impact of Class in Therapy Using a Model of Critical Narrative Humility

112 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

112 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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Class Identity, Social Hierarchy, and Psychotherapy explores the often-ignored influence of class identity on psychological care. Written by two psychologists with working-class roots, this book explores the development of American psychology both within and in support of a capitalist social structure. Through surveys, interviews, and personal experiences, it is revealed how the middle-class... Read more

Part 1: Foundations of a Class-blind discipline

Chapter 1: Mapping Mental Health within the Logic of Market Values
Chapter 2: Advancing Psychology through Scientific Authority
Chapter 3: Framing Identity by the Productivity of the Market

Part 2: Class identity, distress and help-seeking

Chapter 4: Turning Collective Postwar Wounds to Individual Symptoms
Chapter 5: Standardizing Care in Service of the Market
Chapter 6: Performing Competence While Preserving the Hierarchy
Chapter 7: Sustaining Individualism in the Face of Collective Need
Chapter 8: Dividing the Dispossessed in Defense of the Social Order

Part 3: Towards a more just practice

Chapter 9: Getting Proximate as a Prerequisite for Ethical Practice
Chapter 10: Reimagining Psychological Practice through Critical Narrative Humility