Introduction to the Special Section on Relational‐Cultural Theory

Duffey, Thelma; Trepal, Heather C.

doi:10.1002/jcad.12095

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“…It extended this thinking by appreciating the role of healthy adult relationships in the developmental process and elevating interdependence. In this view, relationships are vehicles for healthy psychological growth and lead to “increased sense of zest, empowerment, clarity, self-worth and connection” (Duffey & Trepal, 2016, p. 380). As such, relationships are not bonds we outgrow as we reach an independent state but instead are ones that we grow into and continually learn from (Miller & Stiver, 1997).…”

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The F Word: The Role of Women’s Friendships in Navigating the Gendered Workplace of Academia

Kaeppel

Grenier

Bjorngard-Basayne

2020

Human Resource Development Review

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This conceptual paper contributes a new perspective on the role of women academics’ friendships in helping them navigate and counter the masculine culture of academia. Drawing on Self-Determination Theory and Relational Cultural Theory, we contend that women’s friendships allow women to thrive by meeting core psychological needs that are threatened in a marginalized work environment. Women’s intra-gender friendships act as counterspaces that challenge deficit notions women often hold about themselves, which are particularly prevalent for early career academics and women of color. We examine these workplace friendships through the belief that the academy is a gendered workplace which results in women often experiencing significant challenges to their career success. Furthermore, we consider how women’s friendships can mitigate the effects of workplace marginalization and enhance well-being that results in career success. We conclude by challenging HRD scholars to consider how academia can make space for and value women’s friendships in the workplace to benefit both individuals and institutions.

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The F Word: The Role of Women’s Friendships in Navigating the Gendered Workplace of Academia

Kaeppel

Grenier

Bjorngard-Basayne

2020

Human Resource Development Review

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“…The MSJCC ask counselors to be attuned to power in the following areas: (a) counselor self‐awareness, (b) client worldview, (c) counseling relationship, and (d) counseling and advocacy interventions and use of power related to attitudes and beliefs, knowledge, skills, and action. RCT, CRT, intersectionality theory, and liberation psychology justify the important roles of theory, power, and action within counseling (Crenshaw, 1991; Duffey & Trepal, 2016; Grzanka, 2018; Haskins & Singh, 2015; Singh, 2016). In the sections below, we briefly describe the four social justice theories to illustrate the practical ways in which counselors can use them in everyday counseling interactions to address gaps in their training and be able to implement the MSJCC.…”

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“…RCT is one paradigm that can help counselors better understand the effects of connections, power, and relationships in both interpersonal and societal/cultural domains (Comstock et al, 2008; Duffey & Trepal, 2016; Jordan, 2002). Jean Baker Miller’s (1976) Toward a New Psychology of Women was conceived during the rising U.S. feminist movement in the 1970s.…”

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“…In order to expand counselors’ roles as advocates and integrate multiculturalism and social justice counseling competency into practice as articulated by the MSJCC, we must reach for additional theories that help us conceptualize privilege, oppression, power, and advocacy within the counseling relationship (Brubaker, Puig, Reese, & Young, 2010; Duffey & Trepal, 2016; Haskins & Singh, 2015). For instance, the MJSCC mention the word “power” 23 times, and this word is cited under each developmental domain and aspirational competency.…”

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Using the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies to Decolonize Counseling Practice: The Important Roles of Theory, Power, and Action

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Trepal

2020

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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The Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (MSJCC; Ratts, Singh, Nassar‐McMillan, Butler, & McCullough, 2015) ask counselors to “apply knowledge of multicultural and social justice theories” (p. 8). Counselors who implement the MSJCC in this manner have the opportunity to critically examine traditional counseling theories that were developed within a predominantly White and Western framework, that reproduce North American and European colonist ideology if not contextualized, and that neglect Indigenous approaches to healing (Tuck & Yang, 2012; Watkins & Shulman, 2008). In this article, the authors present 4 key multicultural and social justice theories that can support counselors in adopting a decolonizing paradigm and implementing the MSJCC in their practice with clients: relational‐cultural theory (Miller, 1976), critical race theory (Bell, 1995), intersectionality theory (Crenshaw, 1989, 1991), and liberation psychology (Martín‐Baró, 1994).

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“…Unlike in the case of many traditional theoretical models, RCT counselors identify the connection with others as the primary goal of human development (Duffey & Somody, ; Duffey & Trepal, ; Frey, ; Jordan, ). This paradigm shift of connection represents a departure from mainstream, Western psychological theorists who aim to help clients strive toward independence and autonomy (Frey, ).…”

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