Epistemic Justice In Clinical Spaces: Whose Knowledge Counts, And How To Reduce Testimonial And Hermeneutical Injustice

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Short Description

Explores epistemic justice in therapy and supervision, focusing on how client and supervisee knowledge can be dismissed or distorted, and how to reduce testimonial and hermeneutical injustice in daily practice.

Learning Objectives

• Define testimonial and hermeneutical injustice using clinical examples.
• Identify moments when dominant narratives override client meaning-making.
• Practice two strategies that increase shared language, validation, and collaborative interpretation.

Each topic can be adapted to your audience, timeframe, and delivery format, with a minimum of 1 hour of instruction. The summary on this page is intentionally brief; detailed descriptions, learning objectives, and sample agendas are available upon request.