Application of Anti-Oppression with Group Work

ABSTRACT

This conceptual manuscript provides a call to action for group workers to incorporate the 10 principles of anti-oppression into the theory, practice, and research of group work. The 10 principles of anti-oppression emerged from a study using Critical Analytic Synthesis as a method to critically investigate, analyze, and synthesize the anti-oppression scholarship in counseling, counselor education, and allied health and education disciplines. The authors use this manuscript as the stimulus for a special issue applying these 10 principles to group work.

KEYWORDS:

• Anti-oppression
• anti-racism
• critical analytic synthesis
• group counseling
• group work

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Notes on contributors

Harvey Charles Peters

Harvey Charles Peters, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Counseling at The George Washington University.

Melissa Luke

Melissa Luke, Ph.D., is a Dean’s Professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Services at Syracuse University.