Working Within Diversity: A Reflective Guide to Anti-Oppressive Practice in Counselling and Therapy

by Myira Khan

In this reflective guide, Myira Khan tackles what it means to work within diversity as a therapist - to actively reflect on your own identity and experiences and how they affect the therapeutic relationships between you and your clients.

Presenting a model of anti-oppressive practice, the book examines topics such as power and privilege, cultural humility and how professionals can work to remove barriers to counselling and therapy. It focuses specifically on race, ethnicity and faith, while also considering the implications of intersectional identities.

The workbook elements of this book encourage self-reflection and the implementation of new ideas within the therapeutic process. There is an emphasis on practical application throughout the book and it will inspire readers to consider what 'working within diversity' and working cross-culturally really looks like in the therapy room itself.

Genres: Counselling

256 pages, Paperback

Published July 21, 2023

Reviews

[Reuben Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s not *perfect* but nothing is, and I think it’s an excellent starting point to the conversation which should be required reading on every course (he says, as someone who reads everything BUT his required reading cos PDA 🫠😅). I appreciate that it introduces theory and then offers a kind of practical application, and I think the reflection exercises, tools, and worksheets have the potential to be really helpful for personal and professional development. There’s a heavy focus on ethnicity, race, and faith (these are clearly the areas the author is most passionate about/confident in) but it does at least speak about intersectionality and everything feels very transferable to other areas of identity and diversity even if they sometimes feel a little overlooked. Like I said, a starter text that I think definitely needs to be read in conjunction with other things, expanded on, reflected on, critiqued etc, but a very important one to engage with.