Racial Justice Activist Burnout of Women of Color in the United States: Practical Tools for Counselor Intervention

The pervasive racially hostile climate in society can bring severe mental health ramifications, such as burnout, to racial justice activists. For women of color (WOC), intersecting identities presents additional challenges. Due to the significant psychological impact burnout can have on WOC activist...

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Autores principales: Danquah, Rudney, Lopez, Cristal, Wade, Laurel, Castillo, Linda G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2021
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8390016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34465931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10447-021-09449-7
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description The pervasive racially hostile climate in society can bring severe mental health ramifications, such as burnout, to racial justice activists. For women of color (WOC), intersecting identities presents additional challenges. Due to the significant psychological impact burnout can have on WOC activists, counselors need the knowledge and tools to address this mental health issue. This article aims to provide counselors with a guide to working with WOC racial justice activists in the United States by outlining challenges faced by this population, health and mental health effects of burnout, and counseling interventions.
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spelling pubmed-83900162021-08-27 Racial Justice Activist Burnout of Women of Color in the United States: Practical Tools for Counselor Intervention Danquah, Rudney Lopez, Cristal Wade, Laurel Castillo, Linda G. Int J Adv Couns Original Article The pervasive racially hostile climate in society can bring severe mental health ramifications, such as burnout, to racial justice activists. For women of color (WOC), intersecting identities presents additional challenges. Due to the significant psychological impact burnout can have on WOC activists, counselors need the knowledge and tools to address this mental health issue. This article aims to provide counselors with a guide to working with WOC racial justice activists in the United States by outlining challenges faced by this population, health and mental health effects of burnout, and counseling interventions. Springer US 2021-08-26 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8390016/ /pubmed/34465931 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10447-021-09449-7 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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