Raising Critical Consciousness: Five Interactive Strategies for Counselor Educators to Develop Ethical and Culturally Responsive Clinicians

Training Details

Now more than ever, counselor educators and supervisors must cultivate critical consciousness to better see, validate, and support clients while reducing early dropout rates. This interactive session introduces five structured activities grounded in Freire’s (1970) critical consciousness framework, the MSJCC (Ratts et al., 2016), and intersectionality theory (Crenshaw, 1989).

Participants will engage in experiential exercises that integrate cultural humility, bias awareness, and advocacy into teaching and supervision practices, and will leave with research-based tools to support inclusive, ethical training environments.

Learning Objectives

The facilitator will:

Equip counselor educators and supervisors with five interactive activities designed to deepen awareness of cultural biases, systemic influences, and power dynamics in counseling and supervision.

Provide engaging, body-based, and reflective exercises that foster self-awareness, emotional regulation, and empathy, and can be integrated into work with supervisees and students.

Demonstrate practical strategies for implementing culturally conscious frameworks (e.g., Pamela Hays’ ADDRESSING Model, MSJCCs) that support ethical, anti-oppressive, and liberatory counseling practices.

Who Should Attend?

LPCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, and Psychologists (Supervisors/Educators)

Medical professionals committed to social justice

About the Facilitator

Kimberly Parker (she/her) is the CEO of Revive to Thrive Wellness Center, a Texas-based counseling practice. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S), Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC), and Transformative Coach specializing in trauma, anxiety, depression, addiction, life transitions, and self-esteem.

Kimberly is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Counselor Education and Supervision (CES) and serves as an instructor, clinical supervisor, researcher, speaker, and trainer. Her work centers cultural humility and ethical, people-first care for marginalized populations. Through her trainings, Kimberly supports clinicians and educators in building inclusive, culturally responsive practices that benefit both providers and the communities they serve.