Chapter 3: Social Justice Counseling

Question 1

Counseling that recognizes the impact of oppression, privilege, and discrimination on the mental health of individuals

Answer 1

Social justice counseling

Question 2

The unequal distribution of rewards and burdens

Answer 2

Social injustice

Question 3

Pervasive and exists across multiple groups and at varying levels

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Oppression

Question 4

The act of imposing, on an individual ora group, an object, a label, a role, an experience, or a living condition that is unwanted and that causes physical or psychological pain

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Oppression by force

Question 5

The act of depriving an individual or a group of an object, a label, a role, an experience, or a living condition that hinders physical and psychological well-being

Answer 5

Oppression by deprivation

Question 6

Overt acts representing either of the two modalities of oppression

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Primary oppression

Question 7

Involves individuals benefiting from overt oppressive acts against others

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Secondary oppression

Question 8

The identification of the dominant message of members of the minority group, often to seek acceptance by the dominant group

Answer 8

Tertiary oppression/internalized oppression

Question 9

Marginalization that results from oppressive institutions; results when social, political, economic, and other institutional entities and processes intentionally or unintentionally erect barriers to development, wellness, dignity, and human potential, can be overt, although it is often covert, making it harder to detect

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Structural violence/institutional oppression

Question 10

Made up of several components, such as having power, access, or unearned advantage, and holding a majority status

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Privilege

Question 11

Complex process involving self-reflection and action from the client and the counselor at both the individual and community levels and thus forms the foundation for social justice counseling

Answer 11

Empowerment

Question 12

The set of behaviors and attitudes that clients identify as beneficial in coping with stressful situations and adversity

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Resilience

Question 13

Answers the call for increased engagement and application of social justice in counseling, spanning levels of advocacy from the microlevel of clients and students, to the middle level involving communities, to the macrolevel of interactions in the public arena

Answer 13

ACA Advocacy Competencies

Question 14

An awareness of one’s own cultural values and biases

Answer 14

Self-awareness

Question 15

Involve the empowerment of disenfranchised clients

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Client services

Question 16

Involves working toward social change at the organizational and institutional levels

Answer 16

Community collaboration