Racism and Racial Identity

Reflections on Urban Practice in Mental Health and Social Services

Lisa V. Blitz

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2006
• Topic: Psychology
• eBook ISBN:
  9781136764400
• Subtopic: Social Work
• Index: Psychology

First published in 2006. This powerful book examines the emotional and psychological impact of racism, culture and identity within the context of racism, and racial identity in treatment. The book's contributors address the invisible aspects of racism (stress, abuse, and trauma), social functioning, domestic violence, and foster care, with a special focus on women and West Indian, Afro-Caribbean, and Mexican clients.Each chapter of Racism and Racial Identity examines a different facet of the impact of race and racism on psychotherapeutic work, emotional healing, and service delivery. The book's contributors draw from years of experience to provide a sociopolitical analysis of racism that places the social construct of race in a historical context.

Index

Abramovitz, R., xv, 139

Abuse, emotional, racism-related, 16–18

Ackerman, J.,xv, 20, 97

ADHD. See Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Administration for Children’s Services, in New York City, xv

Adolescence, identity formation in, 198–202

Adoption and Safe Families Act, 105

Adulthood, emerging, immersion/emergence status and, 256–257

African American youths, delinquency among, 136

Allen, I.M., 17, 19–20

America, racism in. See also underRacism

immigrantWest Indians struggles with, 47–60. See also West Indian(s), immigrant

American Psychological Association, The Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic and Minority Issues of, xvi

Ammons, L., 84

Ancis, J., 260

Antiracism

antiracist ideology, development of, 25–27

framework for, in mental health, 251–259

in therapy room, 248–251

Antiracist Alliance, of New York City, xxxi

Antiracist framework, for racial identity in treatment, 158

Antiracist ideology, development of, 25–27

Antiracist multicultural team building, in domestic violence shelter, 113–134

Antiracist systems, in social services and mental health, building of, 97–154

Art, as therapy, 203–205

Art therapy, 202–214, 207f, 208f, 210f, 211f, 213f, 215f

art as therapy in, 203–205

case studies, 206, 208f, 208–214, 210f, 211f, 213f, 216f

discussion of, 214

implications for, 202–206

program description, 202–203

therapist in, considerations for, 205–206

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), 20

Autonomy, life adjustment issues and, 257–259

Axelson, J.A., 35

Bahamas, described, 48–49

Bartle, E., 41

Battered women of color, 77–96. See also Women of color, battered

Battered Women’s Movement, 79–80

“trouble” with, 80–82

Behavior management, at RTCs, 143–144

Bernabei, S., xxxi

Best, K., 25

BET. See Black Entertainment Television (...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• About the Contributors
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Section I: The Emotional and Psychological Impact of Racism
• Section II: Culture and Identity in the Context of Racism
• Section III: Building Antiracist Systems in Social Services and Mental Health
• Section IV: Racial Identity in Treatment
• Section V: Racial Identity Development of the Therapist
• Index