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A National Survey of Social Justice Engagement Among Professional Counselors
This exploratory survey examined the relationship between 169 professional counselors ’ social justice engagement and demographic, personality, and contextual factors. A hierarchical regression analysis indicated that counselors’ sexual orientation, trait extraversion, and postgraduate training predicted their level of engagement in social justice behaviors. The authors recommend that counselor training in social justice be focused on quality, rather than quantity, and that personality and identity characteristics of individuals be incorporated into pedagogical practices. (Source: Journal of Counseling and Development)
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - June 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: GoEun Na, Alexander W. Fietzer Tags: Research Source Type: research

A Preliminary Longitudinal Study of Multicultural Competence in Counselor Education
The purpose of this study was to investigate longitudinal changes in master ’s‐level counselor trainees’ (N = 78) self ‐perceptions of their multicultural counseling competence over the course of their counseling program. Multilevel modeling results indicated an increase in scores across 3 time points. The authors discuss study limitations and how counselors and counselor educators can incorporate the study’s fi ndings into their practice and into the education and supervision of counselor trainees. (Source: Journal of Counseling and Development)
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - June 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jessica Gonzalez ‐Voller, A. Elizabeth Crunk, Sejal M. Barden, Shaywanna Harris, Christopher T. Belser Tags: Research Source Type: research

Exploring the Relationship Between Pedagogy and Counselor Trainees ’ Multicultural and Social Justice Competence
The authors evaluated the acquisition of 6 constructs related to multicultural and social justice competence for 60 counselors ‐in‐training (CITs) in 3 multicultural counseling courses. Each course was assigned a unique pedagogical approach: didactic, experiential, or community service learning. Statistical analyses indicated that pedagogical approach had the greatest impact on CITs’ growth in multicultural relationsh ip, multicultural skills, and social justice advocacy constructs. Analyses also indicated growth across all 3 pedagogies for multicultural knowledge and multicultural awareness constructs. The authors e...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - June 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Thomas Killian, Michael Floren Tags: Research Source Type: research

Best Practices for Counseling Clients Experiencing Poverty: A Grounded Theory
Poverty is a pressing sociopolitical issue in the United States and worldwide. Poverty experiences have a significant effect on one ’s mental health and overall wellness. Therefore, the ability to effectively serve clients experiencing poverty is critically important to professional counselors. However, there are no empirical models for counseling clients experiencing poverty. The authors present the results of a constructivis t grounded theory study in which 21 professional counselors who work with clients experiencing poverty were interviewed to identify best practices for working with this population. Five major best ...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - June 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Madeline Clark, Clark Ausloos, Colleen Delaney, Linda Waters, Lena Salpietro, Hannah Tippett Tags: Research Source Type: research

Carrying the Burden: Counselors of Color ’s Experiences of Microaggressions in Counseling
In this secondary analysis using a previous dataset, the authors explored, via a phenomenological research tradition, how 8 counselors of color responded to clients ’ microaggressive behaviors. Researchers identified 3 major themes in the data: (a) buffering and bracing for racial microaggressions, (b) experiencing the intrusions of racial microaggressions, and (c) strategizing and responding in session. The authors apply the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (Ratts, Singh, Nassar‐McMillan, Butler,& McCullough, 2015) to their findings as a framework for considering practice and training implicati...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - June 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan F. Branco, Hannah B. Bayne Tags: Research Source Type: research

Using the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies to Decolonize Counseling Practice: The Important Roles of Theory, Power, and Action
The Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (MSJCC; Ratts, Singh, Nassar ‐McMillan, Butler,& McCullough, 2015) ask counselors to “apply knowledge of multicultural and social justice theories” (p. 8). Counselors who implement the MSJCC in this manner have the opportunity to critically examine traditional counseling theories that were developed within a predominantly White and Western framework, that reproduce North America n and European colonist ideology if not contextualized, and that neglect Indigenous approaches to healing (Tuck& Yang, 2012; Watkins& Shulman, 2008). In this article, the authors pr...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - June 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Anneliese A. Singh, Brandee Appling, Heather Trepal Tags: Research Source Type: research

Embodying the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competency Movement: Voices From the Field
This article illustrates counselors ’ embodiment, over time, of the multicultural and social justice counseling competency movement leading to the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (Ratts, Singh, Nassar‐McMillan, Butler,& McCullough, 2015). The authors discuss the multicultural and social justice counseling competency movement in the context of relationships as appropriate to the counseling field. Aligned with contemporary research perspectives, the authors focus on the lived experiences of 2 pioneering social justice and multicultural competency advocates, Drs. Patricia Arredondo and Derald Wing...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - June 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sylvia C. Nassar, Anneliese A. Singh Tags: Research Source Type: research

The Past Guides the Future: Implementing the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies
The authors describe the ways in which the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (MSJCC; Ratts, Singh, Nassar ‐McMillan, Butler,& McCullough, 2015) can be viewed from a human rights framework and as the latest iteration in the long history of the multicultural and social justice counseling competency movement. MSJCC implementation and integration are explored, and recommendations for innovating the MSJCC are described. (Source: Journal of Counseling and Development)
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - June 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Anneliese A. Singh, Sylvia C. Nassar, Patricia Arredondo, Rebecca Toporek Tags: Research Source Type: research

Introduction to the Special Issue
The authors introduce the special issue of theJournal of Counseling& Development on “Integrating the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies Into Practice, Research, and Advocacy.” They first discuss the rationale and importance of the special issue, as well as the transformative opportunities that the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (M SJCC; Ratts, Singh, Nassar‐McMillan, Butler,& McCullough, 2015) have to influence counseling and the broader helping professions. Then they provide an overview the special issue articles and their respective contributions. They conclude by exp...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - June 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Anneliese A. Singh, Sylvia C. Nassar Tags: Research Source Type: research

Erratum
Journal of Counseling& Development, Volume 98, Issue 3, Page 345-345, July 2020. (Source: Journal of Counseling and Development)
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - June 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Erratum Source Type: research

Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competency Research: Opportunities for Innovation
The development of the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (Ratts, Singh, Nassar ‐McMillan, Butler,& McCullough, 2015) provides a framework to reflect upon previous scholarship and explore further approaches for methodological innovation in counseling. The author presents available counseling and interdisciplinary scholarship related to multicultural and social justice competency, identifies gaps and future research directions of that research, and proposes innovative strategies and methods for conducting rigorous multicultural and social justice research. Implications for preparing future counseling...
Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - June 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Danica G. Hays Tags: Research Source Type: research