{"title":"Helpless and Defended: An Encounter with Class Counter-Transference","authors":"M. Weise","doi":"10.1080/00377317.2020.1706346","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A core standard of clinical social work is cultural competence and much has been written about its practice and application across difference, particularly in the arena of transference and countertransference. One of the least explored differences for cultural competence practice is class difference. Due to American erasure of the acknowledgment of the culture of class, this human experience often remains hidden to the practitioner, leading to enactments from hidden biases resulting from the intersection of many identities of both the clinical and client. Through the example of a real-life experience, this paper examines how one clinician became more aware of this unconscious material and its impacts on clinical work.","PeriodicalId":45273,"journal":{"name":"SMITH COLLEGE STUDIES IN SOCIAL WORK","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2020-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00377317.2020.1706346","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"SMITH COLLEGE STUDIES IN SOCIAL WORK","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00377317.2020.1706346","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"SOCIAL WORK","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT A core standard of clinical social work is cultural competence and much has been written about its practice and application across difference, particularly in the arena of transference and countertransference. One of the least explored differences for cultural competence practice is class difference. Due to American erasure of the acknowledgment of the culture of class, this human experience often remains hidden to the practitioner, leading to enactments from hidden biases resulting from the intersection of many identities of both the clinical and client. Through the example of a real-life experience, this paper examines how one clinician became more aware of this unconscious material and its impacts on clinical work.
期刊介绍:
Smith College Studies in Social Work focuses on the vital issues facing practitioners today, featuring only those articles that advance theoretical understanding of psychological and social functioning, present clinically relevant research findings, and promote excellence in clinical practice. This refereed journal addresses issues of mental health, therapeutic process, trauma and recovery, psychopathology, racial and cultural diversity, culturally responsive clinical practice, intersubjectivity, the influence of postmodern theory on clinical practice, community based practice, and clinical services for specific populations of psychologically and socially vulnerable clients.