Social Justice Counseling

Dr. Rita Ch-Ying Chung is a Professor in the Counseling & Development Program at George Mason University. Her work has focused on cross-cultural issues in psychology and counseling, social justice in mental health, immigrant and refugee mental health and psychosocial adjustment, and child trafficking. Dr. Chung has worked in Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, and the Pacific Rim and is a regularly invited speaker at national and international conferences. She has written over 80 journal articles and book chapters and co-authored a book entitled, Counseling Refugees: A Psychosocial Approach to Innovative Multicultural Interventions. Dr. Chung has won numerous awards for her work. Fred Bemak is a Professor and Academic Program Coordinator of the Counseling and Development Program and Director and co-founder of the Diversity Research and Action Center at George Mason University.  He is also the founder and Director of Counselors Without Borders. He began his career working in Upward Bound, where he later became the Director, providing a foundation for his lifetime work in cross-cultural psychology. He has held administrative faculty positions at Johns Hopkins University and Ohio State University.  Fred has over 100 publications in professional journals and book chapters, and has co-authored 5 books. He has provided extensive consultation and training with governments and organizations throughout the United States and internationally in over 55 countries.  Fred has received 3 Fulbright Scholarships to work in Brazil, Scotland, and Turkey, been a World Rehabilitation Fund International Exchange of Experts Fellow in India, and received a Kellogg International Fellow award to work and study throughout Latin America and the Caribbean and held visiting faculty appointments at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, University of Queensland in Australia, Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, and the National Taiwan Normal University in Taiwan. He is an invited speaker at numerous national and international forums and has received a number of awards including the American Counseling Association Kitty Cole Human Rights Award and the American Counseling Association Gilbert and Kathleen Wrenn Award for a Humanitarian and Caring Person. He is past-president of Counselors for Social Justice and a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the American Counseling Association as well as the recipient of an Honorary Professorship at Amity University in India.

"This is an interesting book written by two internationally-minded and experienced counselor educators uniquely qualified to write it. Advocating a larger role for therapists in a society and world often shot through with social injustice, Professors Chung and Bemak show how multicultural counselors and other psychotherapeutic professionals can move to "the next level" in helping clients achieve social justice at home and abroad."

• Part I: Introduction to Counseling and Social Justice1. Introduction2. Theories of Multicultural Counseling3. Theories of Social JusticePart II: Multi-Level Model of Psychotherapy, Counseling, Social Justice and Human Rights4. Development and Rationale for the Multi-Level Model of Psychotherapy, Counseling, Social Justice and Human Rights5. Multi-Level Model of Psychotherapy, Counseling, Social Justice and Human RightsPart III: Social Justice Journeys and Personal Applications6. The Journey of an Asian Human Rights and Social Justice Road Warrior: Rita Chi-Ying Chung7. Ther Personal Journey of a Social Justice and Human Rights Advocate: Fred Bemak8. Social Justice Reflections of Graduate StudentsPart IV: Critical Social Justice Tools9. Change Models10. Leadership and Social Justice11. Advocacy and Social Justice12. Myths and Realities of Empowerment13. Interdisciplinary Collaboration as a Means Towards Social JusticePart V: Social Justice Applications14. Social Action Research and Social Justice15. Model Higher Education Programs in Social JusticePart VI: Social Justice in a Global World16. Social Justice in a Global World17. Conclusion