School Counselor Use of Narrative Therapy to Support Students of Color Transitioning from an Alternative School Setting

Teaching anti‐racist counseling theories: Black liberation narrative therapy

“…Yet, most of the theoretical approaches used in the counseling profession were not developed to meet the specific mental health needs of Black clients (Haskins & Appling, 2017; Ratts et al., 2016; Sue et al., 2019). Currently, social constructionism approaches such as narrative therapy have begun the process of helping clients to address some forms of oppression by deconstructing dominant discourse (Gómez et al., 2020; Haskins et al., 2016; Mbilishaka, 2018). However, currently, counseling theories also fall short in helping counselors to address the unique cultural experiences of many religious Black clients (Avent Harris et al., 2021).…”