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TY - JOUR
T1 - Oppression within the counselling room
AU - Reeve, Donna
N1 - The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Disability and Society, 15 (4), 2000, © Informa Plc Reprinted in Reeve, D. (2002) 'Oppression within the counselling room', Counselling and Psychotherapy Research 2(1): 11-19.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - This paper suggests that the oppression experienced by disabled people in society is sometimes replayed in the counselling room by counsellors who are unaware of their own disablist attitudes and prejudices. Whilst the provision of Disability Equality Training (DET) within counselling courses would ameliorate the problem, I believe that disabled people would be most empowered by a counselling approach which recognises the potential for oppression within the counsellor-client relationship. One solution may be the creation of a new counselling approach, disability counselling, which includes the social model of disability as one of the foundations. An alternative solution may be found within the emerging counselling approaches that treat counselling as a social and political process and place emphasis on developing comprehensive anti-discriminatory practice.
AB - This paper suggests that the oppression experienced by disabled people in society is sometimes replayed in the counselling room by counsellors who are unaware of their own disablist attitudes and prejudices. Whilst the provision of Disability Equality Training (DET) within counselling courses would ameliorate the problem, I believe that disabled people would be most empowered by a counselling approach which recognises the potential for oppression within the counsellor-client relationship. One solution may be the creation of a new counselling approach, disability counselling, which includes the social model of disability as one of the foundations. An alternative solution may be found within the emerging counselling approaches that treat counselling as a social and political process and place emphasis on developing comprehensive anti-discriminatory practice.
KW - counselling disabled people
U2 - 10.1080/09687590050058242
DO - 10.1080/09687590050058242
M3 - Journal article
VL - 15
SP - 669
EP - 682
JO - Disability and Society
JF - Disability and Society
SN - 0968-7599
IS - 4
ER -