Being White in the Helping Professions: Developing Effective Intercultural Awareness - Softcover

Ryde, Judy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843109360 ISBN 13: 9781843109365

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009

Synopsis

In this reflective yet practical book, the author challenges white helping professionals to recognize their own cultural identity and the impact it has when practising in a multicultural environment. Judy Ryde reveals how white people have implicit and explicit advantages and privileges that often go unnoticed by them. She suggests that in order to work effectively in a multicultural setting, this privilege needs to be fully acknowledged and confronted. She explores whether it is possible to talk about a white identity, addresses uncomfortable feelings such as guilt or shame, and offers advice on how to implement white awareness training within an organization. Ryde offers a model for 'white awareness' in a diverse society and provides concrete examples from her own experience. This book is essential reading for students and practitioners in the helping professions, including social workers, psychotherapists, psychologists, counsellors, healthcare workers, occupational therapists and alternative health practitioners.

About this title

About the Author

Judy Ryde PhD is a freelance psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer of 25 years' experience. She provides supervision training across the helping professions within the Centre for Supervision and Team Development. Judy also supervises the BCPC Asylum Project which provides counselling and psychotherapy for asylum seekers and refugees, and was a co-founder of Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843109360
• ISBN 13: 9781843109365
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220