The Intentionality of Confronting Racism, Systemic Oppression, and Cyclical Trauma in Counselor Education: A Self Study

Authors

Kara Ieva, Rowan UniversityFollow
Michael D. Hannon, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Linwood G. Vereen, Shippensburg UniversityFollow

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7290/tsc030211

Abstract

Utilizing self-study methodology, the researchers sought to understand their practices in developing school counselors and counselor educators who acknowledge and resist anti-Black racism and marginalization to prevent harm through complacency. Given counselor education’s existence as overwhelmingly white and Eurocentric, the authors investigate disrupting the heteronormative structures inherent in counseling and the academy with the prioritizing of race, systemic inequities, and cyclical trauma in their faculty roles (e.g., teaching, supervising, and service) in efforts to shift a profession slow to address society’s ever-changing mental health needs. The team of counselor educators from different states in the northeast use a thematic analysis to highlight their challenges and successes at each institution, and within the broader counselor education and academic context.

Recommended Citation

Ieva, Kara; Hannon, Michael D.; and Vereen, Linwood G. (2021) "The Intentionality of Confronting Racism, Systemic Oppression, and Cyclical Trauma in Counselor Education: A Self Study," Teaching and Supervision in Counseling: Vol. 3 : Iss. 2 , Article 11.
https://doi.org/10.7290/tsc030211
Available at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/tsc/vol3/iss2/11