{"title":"Power Within the Counselor Identity Development of African American Women in Pastoral Counseling","authors":"Awa G. Jangha, Gina Magyar-Russell, Kari O'Grady","doi":"10.1002/cvj.12074","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study explored experiences of power among 11 African American female pastoral counselors-in-training. Limited research exists within the field of pastoral counseling regarding the dynamics of power within the development of minority counselors-in-training. Experiences of power such as microaggressions and empowerment were evidenced in the art created by participants during their qualitative interviews. Use of a heuristic arts-based research design resulted in 6 final essences (major themes): symbolic analysis of the journey of identity development, empowerment, powerlessness, ownership of power, integration, and pervasive spirituality. Practical implications for counselor educators and pastoral counseling programs are provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":56157,"journal":{"name":"Counseling and Values","volume":"63 1","pages":"76-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2018-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/cvj.12074","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Counseling and Values","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cvj.12074","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This study explored experiences of power among 11 African American female pastoral counselors-in-training. Limited research exists within the field of pastoral counseling regarding the dynamics of power within the development of minority counselors-in-training. Experiences of power such as microaggressions and empowerment were evidenced in the art created by participants during their qualitative interviews. Use of a heuristic arts-based research design resulted in 6 final essences (major themes): symbolic analysis of the journey of identity development, empowerment, powerlessness, ownership of power, integration, and pervasive spirituality. Practical implications for counselor educators and pastoral counseling programs are provided.