Call for papers, for Special issue in Disability Studies
Counselling, Therapy, and Emancipatory Praxis
Papers need to be between 4,000 and 6,000 words.
Aim of special Issue
To examine some of the ways in which counselling and therapy can be
either oppressive or emanciaptory in its effects on disabled people.
1. How can counselling be made accessible to disabled people, as
trainees and clients?
2. How can concerns about inclusion shape the practice of counselling
and therapy. To what extent is a political education necessary for
those working in 'rehab' or therapeutic professions?
3. Which orientations are most helpful in understanding
disability and difference?
4. How can counselling and therapy foster a sense of entitlement
and criticial resistance to oppression?
5. Do you have particular personal experiences of counselling or
therapy which have implications for the above questions (either from
the pespective of therapist/ counsellor or client)?
6. How useful is the concept of internalised oppression for a
discussion of the experience of disability?What processes and
contexts increase a persons vulnerability to internalised oppression.
Papers which address psychoanalytic theory are
particularly welcome, since this is an area which has tended not to
be addressed within disability theorising.
Deadline: March 2000
Form of the papers:
Please supply 100 word abstract.
4-6,000 word manuscript
double spaced
References within articles indicate surname and
date of publication (Khan, 1972). Refs should include authors' names
and initials, the date of publications in brackets, the full title of
the article, Jounral and the volume or pate references, or for books
with the title underlined and the place of publication and the name
of the publisher given.
Please send one hard copy and standard 3.5 disc, saved in word
compatible format, to:-
Dr. Deborah Marks
Centre Psychotherapeutic Studies
Sheffield University
16 Claremont Crescent
Sheffield S10 2TA
UK
Please contact me off list, if you wish to discuss contributions
further.
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