Building Professional Excellence
Microaggressions From the Couch: Wellness Strategies for Counselors of Color Providing Cross-Cultural Care
This webinar will explore research related to counselors of color’s experiences of client microaggressions in the counseling relationship and the impact this has on counselors’ personal wellness. Implications for counselor of color self-care, counselor-in-training education, and supervision strategies will be discussed. While the research sample focused on professional counselors of color, the themes can benefit all counselors from marginalized identities.
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Identify examples of client-directed microaggressions in counseling sessions.
- Learn strategies to address the impact of client-directed microaggressions in counseling.
- Explore self-care and supervisory strategies to address client-directed microaggressions in counseling.
Susan Branco, PhD, NCC, ACS, LCPC-S (MD), LPC (VA)
Susan Branco is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia and Maryland. She resides in northern Virginia with her husband, daughter, and pug. She is a National Certified Counselor and an Approved Clinical Supervisor. Dr. Branco earned her BA in human services and MA in rehabilitation counseling from the George Washington University. She earned a doctorate in counselor education and supervision from Virginia Tech. For 14 years she has maintained an independent clinical practice specializing in working with adults, children, and families connected to adoption and foster care. In addition, she has professional experience working in community mental health, prenatal care clinics, and with immigrant populations. She utilizes attachment theory, family systems, and trauma-informed approaches in her clinical practice.
Currently, Dr. Branco is the interim chair for counselor education programs at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Washington DC campus. Dr. Branco has presented at local and national counseling and adoption-related conferences. Her research interests examine how school and clinical mental health counselors work with persons adopted transracially and clinical supervision practices with counselors of color. She has peer-reviewed publications in the Journal of Counseling and Development, Professional School Counseling, and The Family Journal. She is a 2014 National Board for Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) Fellow and currently serves as chair of the Minority Fellowship Program Advisory Council. Dr. Branco is a member of the American Counseling Association and a division member of both the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.
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