What is it about?
The first half of the paper explains Intersectionality and connects this to Systemic Family Therapy. The second half of the paper lays out a training exercise to help students understand and use intersectionality in therapeutic practice.
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Why is it important?
Intersectionality is an established, crucial and respected theory in critical race and feminist studies, and yet it remains a relative newcomer to systemic theory and practice. This paper extends this vital bridge to further develop systemic therapists thinking and practice when working with difference and diversity: inviting complexity and real meaning, which can be lost in reducing social diversity into single demographic lenses.
Perspectives
For more then ten years I have researched, taught, written and worked clinically in the area of sexual and gender minorities. When I came across The theory of Intersectionality 5 years ago my early work felt instantly jaded and lacking. The richness and complexity the an Intersectional perspective bring ever increases my learning and wonder at the interactions I witness and are part of with colleagues, clients, friends and strangers. I hope this paper goes some way in inviting others into this fascinating and wonderful world.
Dr Catherine Anne Butler
University of Bath
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This page is a summary of: Intersectionality in family therapy training: inviting students to embrace the complexities of lived experience, Journal of Family Therapy, November 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6427.12090.
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