Cultural humility and broaching enhancements: a commentary on “Getting off the racist sidelines: an antiracist approach to mental health supervision and training” (Legha, 2023)

ABSTRACT

The authors present a commentary in response to Legha’s anti-racist clinical supervision approach. They offer anti-racist training and supervision resources from the professional counseling literature and offer suggestions to enhance Legha’s six-step antiracist clinical supervision approach. Specifically, the authors share how the cultural humility construct and broaching strategy can aid supervisors in the application of the anti-racist approach. Considerations unique to supervisors who identify within the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community are also discussed.

KEYWORDS:

• Broaching
• cultural humility
• anti-racist
• clinical supervision

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Connie T. Jones

Connie T. Jones, PhD, LCMHCA (NC), LCAS (NC), NCC, ACS, holds a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from Virginia Tech. She is an Associate Professor at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) in Greensboro, NC, and has a background in clinical mental health and addictions. Her areas of research and teaching interest include addictions, clinical supervision, multiculturalism, equity, and social justice. Dr. Jones also has a particular interest in the concept of broaching and other culturally responsive strategies. She has published on the topic of broaching and continues to research this concept. She also has many years of experience as a clinical supervisor for clinical mental health and school counselors in training.

Susan F. Branco

Susan F. Branco, PhD, LPC (VA), LCPC (MD), NCC, ACS, BC-TMH holds a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from Virginia Tech. She is a transracial and transnational adoptee from Colombia, South America. She is an advocate for increased adoption related research and training within counselor education, and is passionate about improving mental health outcomes for transracially adopted persons. Currently, Dr. Branco is a practicing counselor and clinical supervisor and an Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling at Palo Alto University. Her research interests include transracial adoption and mental health, Colombian adoption policy, and clinical training and supervision practices for BIPOC counselors. She has published several peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters related to her scholarly agenda.