In this article the authors describe a training, consultation, and counseling project that they have developed and conducted for over 6 years in the poor and working-class sector of Peñalolén in Santiago, Chile. In this project, the authors have taught psychological skills to couples involved in popular education as peer educators in family faith and religious education. Their work is grounded in principles of a model of Counseling for Empowerment (McWhirter) and in Liberation Theology (Gutiérrez) and in the integration of these two models. Implications for psychology practice and training are provided.
McWhirter, B. T., & Hawley McWhirter, E. (2006). Empowering couples and families through the integration of psychology and popular education. Revista De Psicología, 15(1), Pág. 75–90. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-0581.2006.18385
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