USING To Promote Compassion Care in an Age

USING To Promote Compassion & Care in an Age of Protest & Discord Marcelle Giovannetti M. S. , NCC, CADC, LPC Director of Drug & Alcohol Programs and Multicultural Counseling Messiah College mgiovannetti@messiah. edu April 30 th, 2018

Objectives for today: • Understand define the term Intersectionality • Identify at least 3 practical, multiculturally competent strategies you can use as clinicians and supervisors.

What is intersectionality? The term intersectionality itself is attributed to legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw and her 1989 essay “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color”. Crenshaw coined the term to express the particular problems that immigrant women of color face and why their issues were being ignored by both the feminist movement of the time, and the anti-racism movement.

Examples… Kimberlé Crenshaw uses the term "intersectionality" to describe this phenomenon; “if you're standing in the path of multiple forms of exclusion, you're likely to get hit by both” https: //www. ted. com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_o f_intersectionality

Why does it matter ? • Helps us ensure that we aren’t overlooking the challenges people belonging to multiple minorities face, as we move toward the goal of a more equitable society. • Helps us become better advocates Equality is treating everyone the same Equity is giving everyone what they need to be successful

Intersecting identities

Defining Intersectionality • Constellation of identities • Power, Privilege and margin Examples: Black (disadvantaged) middle class (advantaged) or White (advantaged) women (disadvantaged) or Brown(disadvantaged) doctor (advantaged) gay (disadvantaged)

Implicit bias

Marginalization

bell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins) • Writer, teacher, and cultural critic. bell hooks was born • As a writer, she chose the pseudonym, bell hooks, in tribute to her mother and great‐grandmother. She decided not to capitalize her new name to place focus on her work rather than her name, on her ideas rather than her personality. • Essay: Learning in the Shadow of Race and Class

bell hooks “To be in the margin is to be part of the whole but outside the main body… Living as we did –on the edge‐ we developed a particular way of seeing reality. We looked both from the outside in and from the inside out. We focused our attention on the center as well as on the margin. This mode of seeing reminded us of the existence of a whole universe, a main body made up of both margin and center. Our survival depended on an ongoing public awareness of the separation between margin and center and an ongoing private acknowledgment that we were a necessary vital part of that whole. This sense of wholeness, impressed upon our consciousness by the structure of our daily lives, provided us an oppositional world view – a mode of seeing unknown to most of our oppressors, that sustained us, aided us in our struggle to transcend poverty and despair, strengthened our sense of self and solidarity. ” bell hooks Feminist Theory from Margin to Center 1984

How does it relate to the counseling profession?

How is it relevant to D&A counseling? • We focus on treating substance use disorders but… • We tell clients that their substance use does not define who they are but… • We send mixed messages • Code of ethics

PA Certification Board Code of Ethics • PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS • Rule 5. 1: A certified professional shall not in any way participate i n discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, socio‐economic status, political belief, psychiatric or psychological impairment, or physical disability

Group activities • • Human library Story of your name Identity signs Broaching • The counselor’s efforts to initiate or respond to racial, ethnic, and cultural stimuli that arise during treatment. (Day‐Vines et al. , 2007)

Broaching invites the elephant in the room to have a conversation!

Broaching-case study Denise is a 26 year old black female. She was referred to counseling after getting 2 DUI’s and reports having anxiety. This is your third session with her and you inquire about any current triggers she is experiencing. During the session, she reports feelings very frustrated with the current political climate and media coverage on sexual assault and gay rights. She says “I just feel like I have no power or control over anything” She proceeds to share frustration that her partner does not understand this, and is annoyed whenever she brings it up.

Multiculturally competent strategies For clinicians For supervisors Group & Individual activities Activities in staff meetings Treatment planning Supervision Advocacy & Self‐reflection Multiculturally competent assessment for supervisors Multiculturally competent assessment for performance evaluations Broaching differences

Points to ponder… • How does your own intersectionality impact the work you do with clients? • How can intersectionality better help you understand the whole person before you, and not just the presenting problem? • What happens when you look at the agency you work for through an intersectional lens ?

Hard to do when most days….

Reviewing our • Understand define the term Intersectionality • Identify at least 3 practical, multiculturally competent strategies you can use as clinicians and supervisors.

Ideas worth sharing(TEDTalks) Clint Smith – The Danger of Silence https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Ni. Kt. Zg. Imdl. Y Mellody Hobson‐ Color Blind vs Color Brave https: //www. ted. com/talks/mellody_hobson_color_blind_or_c olor_brave Bryan Stevenson‐ We need to talk about injustice https: //www. ted. com/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk _about_an_injustice#t‐ 102096

Resources • https: //ct. counseling. org/2016/01/multicultural‐and‐social‐ justice‐counseling‐competencies‐practical‐applications‐in‐ counseling/ • http: //www. apa. org/monitor/2010/10/differences. aspx • https: //works. bepress. com/brandon‐hunt/11/ • https: //libres. uncg. edu/ir/uncg/f/Martin. Adkins_uncg_0154 D_ 11260. pdf • http: //www. prolibraries. com/counseling/? select=session&ses sion. ID=3189 • https: //www. insidehighered. com/views/2017/03/30/colleges‐ need‐language‐shift‐not‐one‐you‐think‐essay

Questions? ?

Thank you for giving me your time and attention!