Confronting Structural and Cultural Violence

Combining historical context and clinical guidelines, and personal narratives, this book offers a comprehensive discussion about the relevance, importance, and potential of counseling and counseling psychology professionals engaging in positive peacebuilding work. The book emphasizes the necessity of possessing counseling skills as part of the positive peacebuilding process. It also discusses how the outcome of this process can promote peace while mitigating cultural and structural violence. This volume is germane to all professionals involved in peace related pursuits. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS.- Chapter 1. Introduction and History of Positive Peacebuilding Work and Counseling.- Chapter 2. The Possibility of Testimonios.- Part II. CONTRIBUTORS TESTIMONIOS.- Chapter 3. Living in Shadows and Pushing the Envelope: Testimonio of Lawrence Hal Gerstein.- Chapter 4. Inner and Outer Peacebuilding: Threading, Weaving, And Serging a Stronger Fabric Together .- Chapter 5. Liberating Myself: Oppressor and Oppressed.- Chapter 6. Promoting Peace, Justice, and Inclusion in Counseling Psychology: Transforming Rejection into Determination.- Chapter 7. Peace and Dignity: A Psychologist s Testimonio.- Chapter 8. Peace Work from the Borderlands: Testimonio of a Latina Psychologist.- Chapter 9. Post-Heroism, Micro-Activism and Doing What We Can.- Chapter 10. Engaging the Apartheid Divide: The Quest for Relevance and Liberation as a Black South African Counseling Psychologist.- Chapter 11. A Testimonio of Imperfect Peace Work.- Chapter 12. Healing as Resistance: Dravidian Pathways to Positive Peace in Counseling Psychology .- Chapter 13. A Journey to Positive Peace.- Chapter 14. Authoring Survival: Performance Poetry and Witnessing Practices.- Chapter 15. A la Falta de Agua, Aún Sanamos [Despite the Lack of Water, We Still Heal].- Chapter 16. Asian American Feminist Mothering: A Testimonio.- Chapter 17. Framing the Unspoken Silence: Stimulating Mental Well-Being Awareness for Boys and Men in Uganda.- Chapter 18. Desde el Caserio Hasta La Consejería: A Journey of Liberation, Social Justice, and Peace.- Chapter 19. If You Want to Go Fast, Go Alone. If You Want to Go Far, Go Together.- Chapter 20. A Testimonio through the Lens of a Psychologist Dedicated to Advancing Peace in Racialized Societies.- Chapter 21. I Put My Whole Self In and Shook It All About: A Testimonio of Two Endeavors that Challenge Structural and Cultural Oppression .- Chapter 22. Bridging Untold Stories in Peace Work with Immigrants and Refugees.- Chapter 23. Witnessing Possibilities.- Chapter 24. From Trauma to Triumph: My Testimonio of Racism, Healing, and the Pursuit of Positive Peace.- Chapter 25. From Berne to Belfast: From Awareness to Action.- Chapter 26. Taiwan is Taiwan s Taiwan.- Chapter 27. The Road to Peace: The Intersectionality of Race, Disability, and Gender for a Blind Psychologist.- Chapter 28. Making a Way.- Chapter 29. The Aspiration for Peace In My Country, My Home, and within Myself.- Chapter 30. On Being and Knowing from the In-Between.- Chapter 31. Crossing Borders in a Continuing Journey of Transformation and Decolonization .- Part III. REFLECTIONS, FUTURE DIRECTIONS, AND CONCLUSION.- Chapter 32. The Weaving is Ours to Continue: A Collective Vision for Positive Peacebuilding in the Counseling Professions. Autorenportrait Lawrence H. Gerstein, Ph.D., (he/his) is a Ball State University George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Counseling - Psychology, Director of the Ball State Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Director of the Ball State doctoral program in counseling psychology, and Co-Editor of the Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association's (APA) Divisions of Counseling Psychology, Peace Psychology, and International Psychology, Fulbright Scholar and Specialist, and trained mediator with expertise in peace studies, de-escalation, countering violent extremism, and cross-cultural/national research, training, and practice. Gerstein is a co-author of Theories and Applications of Counseling and Psychotherapy: Relevance Across Cultures and Settings, and co-editor of the International Handbook of Cross-Cultural Counseling: Cultural Assumptions and Practices Worldwide, Essentials of Cross-Cultural Counseling, and Handbook for Social Justice in Counseling Psychology: Leadership, Vision, and Action. He has received 2.3+ million dollars in funding including six United States (U.S.) Department of State grants and one U.S. Institute of Peace grant to perform peacebuilding and violence prevention work in the U.S., India, Jordan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Indonesia, Israel, Taiwan, and Myanmar. Gerstein has led peacebuilding programs for faculty, teachers, administrators, law enforcement personnel, and/or other professionals. He has been honored with numerous awards including the APA Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology Award, the APA Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology DivisionIgnacio Martín-Baró Lifetime Peace Practitioner Award, and the APA Society for Counseling Psychology Leona Tyler Award. Elizabeth (Liz) M.Abrams, Ph.D., (she/they) is a Co-Chair and Professor in the Integral Counseling Psychology (ICP) program at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco, CA. Her clinical work, teaching, and scholarship are allgrounded in a foundation of relational, feminist, liberation, and peace psychologies, and has specialized training and experience in Buddhist psychology, mindfulness-based approaches, and trauma work. Liz's identity as a researcher is closely tied to their clinical and teaching work. She was trained as a qualitative methodologist and a participatory action researcher (PAR).Liz sees research as acomplementto the everyday work of social justice and grassroots activist communities rather than as anintervention. Aashna Banerjee, Ph.D., (she/her), is an Assistant Professor in the Integral Counseling Psychology program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), San Francisco, where she bridges peace psychology, feminist-liberation theory, and cross-cultural scholarship and counseling practice. Her work sits at the intersection of counseling psychology, international populations, and identity-based power, privilege, and oppression, with particular focus on sexual violence prevention, gender-based issues, and positive psychology. A Benjamin V. Cohen Peace Fellow, she also serves on the Advisory Board of the Ball State Center for Peace and Conflict Studies. Since 2013, her research, clinical, and community work has centered prevention, equity, and justice across diverse global contexts. In all her professional roles, Aashna draws on feminist, multicultural, liberation, and social justice frameworks to empower individuals and communities to resist oppression and enhance well-being. She is especially committed to mentoring emerging counseling psychologists in developing decolonial and justice-oriented practice.