Beyond multiculturalism: The need for anti-racist counselor education
1.25 NBCC Clock Hours
Summary
In this episode, I'll be talking with Brean'a Parker, PhD, NCC about deconstructing counselor education to better align our professional goals to embody multiculturalism, social justice, problem-based inquiry and creativity. We'll discuss the importance of aligning our training to support critical awareness, inquiry, practice to support diverse clients and clinical populations.
Learning Objectives
- Define Multicultural and Social Justice Competencies (MSJCC) and understand historical context of their development.
- Identify milestones in the development of MSJCCs as they relate to practice of counseling
- Name ways in which the counseling and other psychiatry-based professions have either contributed to or maintain racism in the practice of counseling.
- Identify strategies for aligning counselor education programs with current MSJCC standards.
- Consider barriers to implementing change in counselor education programs in the context of higher education.
Course curriculum
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Interview with Brean'a Parker, PhD, NCC
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Beyond multiculturalism: The need for anti-racist counselor education | Post-test
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Beyond multiculturalism: The need for anti-racist counselor education | Session Evaluation
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How to access your certificate
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How to listen
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Instructor(s)
Guest Instructor
Brean'a Parker
PhD, NCC is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy and Human Development’s Counselor Education Program at NC State University. Her research interest focus on stories and experiences of violence and trauma within Black communities especially for community members occupying multiply marginalized positions; healing and pleasure praxis for survivors and victims of interpersonal violence; and cultivating a social justice based counseling training curriculum that embodies the lived realities, strengths and power within communities historically disenfranchised and oppressed. Additionally, Dr. Parker focuses on how mediums such as storytelling can inform counseling interventions, education, training and future research within different communities historically overlooked by academia.
Host
Candice Creasman Mowrey
PhD, LCMHCS - Dr. Candice Creasman Mowrey received a Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling and Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008, and a Doctorate in Counseling and Counselor Education from North Carolina State University in 2015. She has worked in in-patient, psychosocial rehabilitation, community agency, disability services, and intensive outpatient settings. She founded Creasman Counseling, PLLC, a single-person private practice, in 2011, which has grown to a team of over a dozen culturally and professionally diverse clinicians. Dr. Creasman Mowrey has taught Masters level counseling students in online and in-person settings, and currently directs a Clinical Mental Health Counseling internship program.
Course Content Development
Beyond multiculturalism: The need for anti-racist counselor education was created, developed, advertised, planned, and implemented by the staff of Creasman Counseling, PLLC.
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