Reconsider the Anger of Marginalized Communities DOI Creative Commons
Min Xu

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 51(2)

Published: April 1, 2025

Anger is an apt and justified response to wrongdoings, yet conventional approaches commonly view it as intrapersonal problem that solely demands cognitive or behavioral interventions. Mainstream treatments of anger often neglect its contextual factors, potentially invalidating the legitimate grievances marginalized people. This paper challenges these views by examining existing literature, rethinks role placing within contexts social power structures. It argues anger-related processes can constitute affective injustice, further perpetuating systemic oppression injustice. To advance sociocultural competency in treating among people, this offers practical guidance, such client autonomy treatment process a conceptualization rooted systems theory. also recommends key directions for future research, intersectionality regulation communities. Ultimately, not about introducing novel models interventions but rather seeks shift focus from merely approaching clinical addressing roots, empowering clinicians incorporate factors into process.

Language: Английский

Reconsider the Anger of Marginalized Communities DOI Creative Commons
Min Xu

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 51(2)

Published: April 1, 2025

Anger is an apt and justified response to wrongdoings, yet conventional approaches commonly view it as intrapersonal problem that solely demands cognitive or behavioral interventions. Mainstream treatments of anger often neglect its contextual factors, potentially invalidating the legitimate grievances marginalized people. This paper challenges these views by examining existing literature, rethinks role placing within contexts social power structures. It argues anger-related processes can constitute affective injustice, further perpetuating systemic oppression injustice. To advance sociocultural competency in treating among people, this offers practical guidance, such client autonomy treatment process a conceptualization rooted systems theory. also recommends key directions for future research, intersectionality regulation communities. Ultimately, not about introducing novel models interventions but rather seeks shift focus from merely approaching clinical addressing roots, empowering clinicians incorporate factors into process.

Language: Английский

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