Reconceptualizing the Counseling Profession A Decoloniality Journey
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Biografisk notat
Dr. Edil Torres Rivera has a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in multicultural counseling from the University of Connecticut, Storrs. He is a professor of counseling and the director of the Latinx Cluster initiative at Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas. Edil Torres Rivera is native Puerto Rican with a career of over 25 years in counseling. This includes 12 years in the United States Army. He is the president elect of the American Counseling Association (2022-2023). Dr. Torres Rivera research interests are in multicultural counseling, group work, chaos theory, liberation psychology (decolonial approaches), indigenous counseling, Puerto Rican studies, identity development, and gang/prison-related behavior. Specifically, his primary research focuses on complexity and how indigenous healing techniques are a necessary ingredient when working with ethnic minority populations in the United States. Dr. Torres Rivera has additional interests in studying the implications of social injustice and oppression in counseling and psychotherapy with ethnic minorities in the United States. His community work includes consultation services to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Council in Nevada, visiting professor to the Universidad del Valle, Guatemala, and he was the director of the Graduate School of Education’s School Counseling Program in Singapore.<p>This
is a very thoughtful and powerful book, pointing to opportunities to
reformulate Counseling theory, research, and practice from decoloniality
perspectives, making it more culturally relevant and inclusive. The authors
provide a critical and constructive analysis of the Counseling profession from
its beginnings to a contemporary shifts, ones inclusive of the Global South and
Indigenous Ways of Knowing, often omitted in education and training. Core
values of equity, cultural humility, ethical integrity, and social justice
ground the proposed reformulation of the profession, ones already recognized
but not necessarily integrated in Counseling. The chapters with applications of
decoloniality are rich, written by experienced practitioners. The authors do
not propose scraping what is taught but rather to adapt the curriculum to
integrate decoloniality. Finally, a very instructive glossary of terms for
decolonial counseling is provided. I believe this book is transformative and should
be recommend reading for all counselor educators. After all, counselor
educators hold the responsibility to shape the profession.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dr.
Patricia Arredondo </p><p>President,
Arredondo Advisory Group</p><p>www.arredondoadvisorygroup.com</p><p>Faculty
Fellow, Fielding Graduate University</p><p>
</p><p>Founding
President, National Latinx Psychological Association</p><p> </p>