Social Justice Training in Action: A Counseling Psychologist's Role in a Police-Mental Health Collaborative Serving Disadvantaged Youth
2016
Training programs in counseling psychology have endeavored to
integrate social justice into their curricula and prepare their graduates to be agents of
change in their communities (Goodman et al., 2004). However, there is too often a disconnect
between social justice theory and training and how these principles are actualized in the
community (Beer, Spanierman, Greene, and Todd, 2012). Using a case study of a counseling
psychologist’s role in developing and administering Safety Net, a police-mental health
collaborative to reduce youth contact with the juvenile justice system, this paper provides
an example of a counseling psychologist engaged in a community collaboration and systems
advocacy (Lewis, Arnold, House and Toporek, 2002) as integrated parts of his roles as
therapist, consultant, and advocate. The authors present the case as an iterative,
step-by-step process which can serve as a practical example for professionals and trainees
working to translate theory into practice.
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