TY - JOUR
T1 - Using Relational Cultural Theory as a Pedagogical Approach for Counselor Education
AU - Lertora, Ian M.
AU - Croffie, Alexis
AU - Dorn-Medeiros, Cort
AU - Christensen, Jeffrey
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2020/4/2
Y1 - 2020/4/2
N2 - In the article the authors will discuss core concepts of RCT in greater detail while relating these concepts to the counselor education classroom setting. There are many aspects of the counseling process that are open-ended due to the necessity of counselors needing to be responsive to the client’s needs in the moment. It is the assertion of the authors that using RCT in the classroom as a pedagogical framework may be beneficial to the growth of CITs. Through creating and maintaining an environment that supports growth fostering relationships, mutual empathy, authenticity, recognition and healing of disconnection, identification of central relational paradoxes, and processing relational images can all lead to developing relational competence in the CITs who will become the next generation of counselors. Additionally, the authors provide examples of the core concepts in action that are grounded in their experiences, blending RCT into their instructional delivery in their course.
AB - In the article the authors will discuss core concepts of RCT in greater detail while relating these concepts to the counselor education classroom setting. There are many aspects of the counseling process that are open-ended due to the necessity of counselors needing to be responsive to the client’s needs in the moment. It is the assertion of the authors that using RCT in the classroom as a pedagogical framework may be beneficial to the growth of CITs. Through creating and maintaining an environment that supports growth fostering relationships, mutual empathy, authenticity, recognition and healing of disconnection, identification of central relational paradoxes, and processing relational images can all lead to developing relational competence in the CITs who will become the next generation of counselors. Additionally, the authors provide examples of the core concepts in action that are grounded in their experiences, blending RCT into their instructional delivery in their course.
KW - Counselor education
KW - creativity in counseling
KW - experiential teaching
KW - relational cultural theory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85075025721&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15401383.2019.1687059
DO - 10.1080/15401383.2019.1687059
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85075025721
SN - 1540-1383
VL - 15
SP - 265
EP - 276
JO - Journal of Creativity in Mental Health
JF - Journal of Creativity in Mental Health
IS - 2
ER -