When Racism is Reversed: Therapists of Color Speak about Their Experiences with Racism from Clients, Supervisees, and Supervisors

Ali, Saba Rasheed; Flojo, Jonathan R.; Chronister, Krista M.; Hayashino, Diane; Smiling, Quincy R.; Torres, Danielle; McWhirter, Ellen Hawley

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“…After graduation, counselors of color must navigate clinical practice, which can present them with challenges such as how to respond to instances of racism and discrimination by their clients (Ali et al, ; Davis & Gelsomino, ). Some research suggests that White clients may feel ambivalent about broaching, finding it neither helpful nor unhelpful in the counseling process (Davis & Gelsomino, ; Zhang & Burkard, ).…”

Section: Counselor Of Color Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Counselors of color often have differential experiences in training and practice than do their White counterparts (Ali et al, ; Haskins et al, ; Maton et al, ). In this study, participants provided perspectives from their clinical practice, indicating that broaching race and culture is a complex and dynamic process requiring counselor intentionality and proper assessment.…”

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A Phenomenological Inquiry Into Counselor of Color Broaching Experiences

Bayne

Branco

2018

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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Broaching, or the acknowledgment of racial and cultural factors, is a strategy for counselors working with diverse client populations. In this phenomenological study, the authors explored the lived experiences of 8 professional counselors of color regarding their broaching behaviors. The authors present 4 resulting themes (intentionality, considering impacts on client experiences, influence of counselor's discomfort on broaching, and broaching skills and practices) and discuss implications for counselor practice and training.

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Section: Counselor Of Color Experiencesmentioning

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Section: Conclusion and Future Researchmentioning

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A Phenomenological Inquiry Into Counselor of Color Broaching Experiences

Bayne

Branco

2018

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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“…In addition, Biracial and Multiracial Black identified students comprised 26.3% of our sample and although this sample size did not allow us to make significant claims about these groups’ RBF experiences, their experiences deserve more attention. The literature is limited regarding the “racism experienced by biracial students in clinical training” (Ali et al, 2004, p. 121) and by scholars who study RM and RBF (Bird & Bird, 2009; Khanna & Johnson, 2010; Perkins, 2014; Wang et al, 2019). Scholars also must continue to examine the RBF stress responses to racism for all genders and other intersecting identities across human and cultural diversity.…”

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Racial Battle Fatigue: The Experiences of Black/African American, Biracial Black, and Multiracial Black Identified Graduate Students

Woods

Chronister

Grabow

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Journal of Black Psychology

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Black students attending historically White institutions of higher education experience racism, racial microaggressions, racial stress, and consequent racial battle fatigue (RBF; Franklin et al., 2014). We examined Black counseling and clinical graduate students’ (BGS) experiences of psychological, physiological, and behavioral RBF across their roles as students in class, advisees, and supervisees and differences in RBF experiences by gender and race. Participants were 57 counseling and clinical graduate students who identified as Monoracial, Biracial, or Multiracial Black. One-way, repeated measures analysis of variance results showed that BGS experienced the highest levels of RBF in their student-in-class role, and those experiences differed for women and men. Results suggest that the RBF framework has utility for measuring and further understanding how BGS’ student role and learning contexts influence their postsecondary experiences and how institutions can develop better supports for this student population.

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“…Protecting and centering the safety of therapists of color within these interventions should be given primary consideration. These considerations have been taken up in more detail by clinicians and researchers of color, and as a white therapist, I refer readers to their expertise to answer questions from the perspective of a clinician of color (Ali et al, 2005;Knox et al, 2003;Lee, 2005;Spalding et al, 2019).…”

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Talking With white Clients About Race

Drustrup

2021

J Health Serv Psychol

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Most white people do not believe that race is an important feature of their lives, and this belief continues into the therapy room where race is rarely a topic of conversation, especially for all-white dyads. However, research shows that race and racism are highly salient for white people’s mental health, and this gap in understanding has negative effects on the well-being of both white people and people of color. This paper argues to embrace the ethical and moral call to actively address race and racism in therapy between white therapists and white clients. This embrace can be particularly challenging for white therapists who believe themselves to be social justice-oriented people, but who nevertheless contribute to racism in both conscious and unconscious ways. A model is offered for how psychotherapists can bring up and work with the topics of race and racism during the course of therapy. The model includes ways for white therapists to engage in the long-term process of self-critique, ways to introduce the salience of race in the white client’s life, and how to connect race and racism to the client’s explicit goals for therapy. Finally, a case example is explored using a well-meaning, self-defined liberal white client.

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When Racism is Reversed: Therapists of Color Speak about Their Experiences with Racism from Clients, Supervisees, and Supervisors

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A Phenomenological Inquiry Into Counselor of Color Broaching Experiences

A Phenomenological Inquiry Into Counselor of Color Broaching Experiences

Racial Battle Fatigue: The Experiences of Black/African American, Biracial Black, and Multiracial Black Identified Graduate Students

Talking With white Clients About Race

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