Black and Minority Ethnic trainee counsellors reflect on their training

CPCAB Counselling Research Award 2015
"Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Trainee Counsellors' Reflections on their Training and Implications for Practice" is a piece of research conducted by three trainee counsellors from Lewisham Counselling & Counsellor Training Associates (LC&CTA). The research received a commendation Counselling Research Award from CPCAB in 2015.
In this video we hear from the students, Debra Powell, Mehboob Dada and Reyhan Yaprak, about how they carried out the research and what they found.
We also hear from the course tutors, Christine Brown and Tony Taylor, about their experiences of teaching the group the students were part of.
Find out more about LC&CTA on their website at www.lcandcta.co...
Read the research paper at www.cpcab.co.uk...
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Find out more about the CPCAB Counselling Research Award at www.cpcab.co.uk...

[@healingchasecounselling]

I am surprised, or should I say, not surprised that there are no comments here. As a POC trainee counsellor, I can understand why . I am currently experiencing the insecurities of 'otherness' within my training group. I can understand why POC trainee counsellors may be reluctant to speak up. Race is a very deep-rooted phenomenon - unpacking it on both mainstream and minority cultures can be a daunting experience. It certainly is for me. But I encourage my fellow POC in this field to be brave to share as it can help encourage our white peers to unpack their own more on a wider scale and it can enhance our own healing and understanding self. Help us become better cousellors with our clients across all races. This is certainly feels like the case for me.

[@bunnyrabit9321]

I am currently coming to end of a level 3 counselling course at a college in the West Midlands Halesowen. The level of micro aggression. Attitude of certain lecturer just makes the environment toxic and difficult to learn. As a black student I would never recommend this course for any student of colour to attend.

[@healingchasecounselling]

I am so sorry and saddened to read about your experience. And I can see how you would not recommend the course to other people of colour. In my experience the microaggressions can be hard to deal with, let alone accept, in a course that requires you to unlearn your protective structure and more. But please don't give up.. keep going. Your tutor is only one person who needs education by the sounds of it. We need more people of colour in this profession.