Prompt: Microaggressions After completing the reading assignment for this week please review the provided youtube video and share your impressions on microaggressions. In your response, please support your impressions by citing any applied resources and addressing how your understanding would benefit you as a therapist. In other words, share with the group how you see the understanding of microaggressions enhancing your future therapeutic practices. https://youtu.be/cz9YOGdGi-s
This week, we will address the following topics: Political and social justice implications of counseling and psychotherapy Impact of political oppression Definition of mental health The need to treat social problems Social justice counseling The impact of systemic oppression Effects of historical and current oppression Counselor credibility and attractiveness Formation of worldviews Microaggressions in counseling and psychotherapy Contemporary forms of oppression Evolution of Isms The dynamic and Dilemmas of microaggressions