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Irreducibility Of Black Male Clients: Considerations For Culturally Competent Counseling, Michael Hannon, Linwood G. Vereen
Irreducibility Of Black Male Clients: Considerations For Culturally Competent Counseling, Michael Hannon, Linwood G. Vereen
Department of Counseling Scholarship and Creative Works
An exploration of Black men as clients is presented. The concept of irreducibility through the humanistic lens is shared as a means of providing counselors the wherewithal to reframe the internal paradigm of clinical work with Black men. Recommendations for counselor exploration and clinical practice are offered.
“Do You Know Your Real Parents?” And Other Adoption Microaggressions, Amanda Baden
“Do You Know Your Real Parents?” And Other Adoption Microaggressions, Amanda Baden
Department of Counseling Scholarship and Creative Works
Myths, fairy tales, films, books, and everyday communication contain images and stories of orphans and adoptees that convey societal discomfort and judgment about adoption (i.e., adoption stigma). In this article, I apply the microaggression model to adoption-related experiences using the literature and theory on adoption stigma. Definitions for adoption-related microaggressions (microassaults, microinvalidations, and microinsults) and a fourth type of microaggression called microfictions (i.e., shared and hidden narratives that contribute to and define the secrecy in adoption) are introduced. Thirteen themes for adoption microaggressions and examples for each are proposed.