Critical Race Theory and Counselor Education Pedagogy: Creating Equitable Training

Abstract

Infusing critical race theory, the authors discuss specific pedagogical strategies to enhance educational experiences of counselor trainees. The authors then provide an evaluative checklist to facilitate and evaluate curricular integration of critical race theory.

In the Spirit of What Might Be Lost: Troubling the Boundaries of Good Fit

“…This finding has the characteristic of interestingness because it suggests that counselor education pedagogy struggles with creating and implementing liberating learning environments. Furthermore, this finding is supported by research by Haskins and Singh (). In turn, these results might give counselor educators, supervisors, and researchers reason to pause and examine the deep structure of the liberating pedagogical practices in counselor education and supervision.…”

The Past Guides the Future: Implementing the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies

“…Because the MSJCC articulate very clearly the role of privilege and oppression between counselors and clients and the larger contexts in which counseling takes place, counselors can use these competencies to address the specific ways that White, Western, and male dominance are embedded within our profession (Goodman & Gorski, 2015). Many scholars within and outside of counseling have named White and male dominance as having roots in patriarchal and colonization practices around the world (Duran, Firehammer, & Gonzalez, 2008; Haskins & Singh, 2015; Singh, 2016; Watkins & Shulman, 2008). Through these practices, the dominance of White, Western, and male perspectives becomes invisible, yet pervasive, over time.…”

African Americans’ Perceptions of Mental Illness and Preferences for Treatment

“…For instance, CRT (Bell, 1995) offers a lens to understand better the role of race and racism in African American's perceptions of the negative perceptions of individuals who are diagnosed with mental illness. At present, CRT is not widely discussed in counselor education training programs (Haskins & Singh, 2015).…”