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Positioning Classism Within Counseling Psychology's Social Justice Agenda

Columbia University, ls2396{at}columbia.edu

Counseling psychologists have been instrumental in advancing a social justice agenda within the larger field of psychology. What is still missing within this agenda, however, is a fully developed consideration of classism within the spectrum of oppressions more commonly addressed in discussions of social justice and multiculturalism. The operations of classism can be difficult to see in a society that has long considered itself to be classless, and for counseling psychologists to undertake this work, they must initiate a deliberate effort to develop their awareness of classism as it affects their theory, research, and practice. In support of this end, the author presents a social justice conceptualization of classism, provides examples of classism at work, and outlines the resulting implications for counseling psychology practice.

The Counseling Psychologist, Vol. 36, No. 6, 895-924 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0011000007309861


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