Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
A school counselor reacts with surprise when an Asian American student says they have had trouble on the math portion of a standardized test
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Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
A therapist says, “I think you are being too paranoid. We should emphasize similarities, not people's differences” when a client attempts to discuss her feelings about being the only Person of Color at her job and feeling alienated and dismissed by her
coworkers
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Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
When a client of Asian or Native American descent has trouble maintaining eye contact with his therapist, she diagnoses him with a social anxiety disorder
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Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
When discussing his client's bisexuality, a therapist repeatedly implies that there is a “crisis of identity”
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Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
A male therapist looks at his female client's breasts while she is talking
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Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
A therapist continually asks a middle‐aged female client about dating and “putting herself out there” despite the client not having expressed interest in exploring this area
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Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
A therapist raises her eyebrows when a female client mentions that she has had a one‐night stand
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Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
A White therapist tells an American‐born Latinx client that he or she should seek a Spanish‐speaking therapist
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Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
When a client of color asks his or her therapist about how race affects their working relationship, the therapist replies, “Race does not affect the way I treat you”
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Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
When a female client visits a career counselor to share her concerns that a male coworker was chosen for a managerial position over her, despite the fact that she was better qualified and has been in the job longer, the counselor responds that “he must have been better suited for some of the job requirements”
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Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
When a Black client is loud, emotional, and confrontational in a counseling session, the therapist diagnoses her with borderline personality disorder
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Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
A therapist takes great care to ask all substance‐abuse questions in an intake with a Native American client and is suspicious of the client's nonexistent history with substances
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MICROLEARNING FLASHCARD
When an adult female client explains she is feeling isolated at work, her male therapist asks, “Aren't there any girls you can gossip with there?”
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Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
A school counselor reacts with surprise when an Asian American student says they have had trouble on the math portion of a standardized test
Flip
Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
A therapist says, “I think you are being too paranoid. We should emphasize similarities, not people's differences” when a client attempts to discuss her feelings about being the only Person of Color at her job and feeling alienated and dismissed by her coworkers
Flip
Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
When a client of Asian or Native American descent has trouble maintaining eye contact with his therapist, she diagnoses him with a social anxiety disorder
Flip
Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
When discussing his client's bisexuality, a therapist repeatedly implies that there is a “crisis of identity”
Flip
Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
A male therapist looks at his female client's breasts while she is talking
Flip
Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
A therapist continually asks a middle‐aged female client about dating and “putting herself out there” despite the client not having expressed interest in exploring this area
Flip
Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
A therapist raises her eyebrows when a female client mentions that she has had a one‐night stand
Flip
Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
A White therapist tells an American‐born Latinx client that he or she should seek a Spanish‐speaking therapist
Flip
Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
When a client of color asks his or her therapist about how race affects their working relationship, the therapist replies, “Race does not affect the way I treat you”
Flip
Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
When a female client visits a career counselor to share her concerns that a male coworker was chosen for a managerial position over her, despite the fact that she was better qualified and has been in the job longer, the counselor responds that “he must have been better suited for some of the job requirements”
Flip
Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
When a Black client is loud, emotional, and confrontational in a counseling session, the therapist diagnoses her with borderline personality disorder
Flip
Microaggressions in Therapeutic Practice
A therapist takes great care to ask all substance‐abuse questions in an intake with a Native American client and is suspicious of the client's nonexistent history with substances
Flip
MICROLEARNING FLASHCARD
When an adult female client explains she is feeling isolated at work, her male therapist asks, “Aren't there any girls you can gossip with there?”
Flip
End of the Activity!
Let's have a conversation about it.
Again