Widening the Lens: Feminist Learning in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Event Details

• Tuesday, May 6, 2025
  10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  City: Peterborough
  Traill College
  Building: Bagnani Hall

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The Frost Centre is pleased to announce the following PhD in Canadian Studies Dissertation Defence:

Student: Lisa Trefzger Clarke
Title: Widening the Lens: Feminist Learning in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Date: Tuesday 6 May 2025 10:00 am EST, Bagnani Hall, Traill College & online
Examining Committee: Dr. Alexandra Arraiz Matute, Carleton University (External Examiner), Dr. Jenn Cole, Indigenous Studies (internal/external examiner), Dr. Karleen Pendleton Jimenez (Supervisor), Dr. Lisa Boucher, Dr. Denise Handlarski
Chair: Dr. Deborah White

This defence is open to the public online and in person. Registration is only required for online attendance.(see link)

Abstract

This study explores the formal, informal and non-formal learning of feminist-identified counsellors and psychotherapists working within the Violence Against Women (VAW) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) sector of community-based social services in Ontario, Canada. Using critical, feminist polyethnography, and intersectional and feminist theories, this study discusses the participants’ and researcher’s experiences in the field. The participants' narratives contribute to the understanding of intersectional feminist pedagogies in counselling and psychotherapy practices and spaces. Additionally, the study offers recommendations for post-secondary programs, wise practice approaches to intersectional clinical supervision, and a framework for community of practice models of peer supervision.

Keywords: feminist theory, intersectional theory, psychotherapy, social work, adult learning, feminism
 

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