Reconciling Relations: Shifting Counselling Psychology to Address Truth and Reconciliation

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47634/cjcp.v54i4.70661

Abstract

In 2018, the Canadian Counselling Psychology Conference (CCPC) convened a working group to address how the field of counselling psychology ought to respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Attendees were asked to share their perspectives on reconciliation, current efforts toward reconciliation in counselling psychology, and recommendations for the future of counselling psychology in relation to reconciliation. The current paper documents the findings and implications of the working group, offering concrete suggestions for how researchers, educators, clinicians, and trainees in the field can support reconciliation in a good way, shifting counselling psychology to serve Indigenous people and communities better.

Author Biographies

Karlee D. Fellner, University of Calgary

Karlee D. Fellner, Ph.D., is a provisionally registered psychologist in Alberta and an associate professor of Indigenous education and counselling psychology in the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary.

Jeffrey Ansloos, University of Toronto

Jeffrey Ansloos, Ph.D., is a registered psychologist in Ontario, assistant professor of counseling and clinical psychology and Canada Research Chair in Critical Studies in Indigenous Health and Social Action on Suicide in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto.

Nevada L. Ouellette, University of Calgary

Nevada L. Ouellette, M.Ed., is a doctoral student in counselling psychology in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Calgary.

Gwendolyn D. Villebrun, University of Alberta

Gwendolyn D. Villebrun, M.Sc., is a registered psychologist in Alberta and a doctoral candidate in counselling psychology through the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta.

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Published

2020-12-12

How to Cite

Fellner, K. D., Ansloos, J., Ouellette, N. L., & Villebrun, G. D. (2020). Reconciling Relations: Shifting Counselling Psychology to Address Truth and Reconciliation. Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 54(4), 638–660. https://doi.org/10.47634/cjcp.v54i4.70661