Teaching Multicultural Counseling with Mindfulness: a Contemplative Pedagogy Approach

The Association Between Implicit Racial Bias and Mindfulness in Mental Health Practitioners

“…Moreover, studies have found that facets of dispositional mindfulness (Ivers et al, 2016) and mindfulness practices (Campbell et al, 2018) are related to MCC in counselors‐in‐training. Such findings in this still nascent area of the literature have prompted some authors to suggest that mindfulness practices be incorporated into counselor education and supervision (Hilert & Tirado, 2019; Johnson et al, 2020).…”

Does contemplative pedagogy increase relational well‐being? A time series analysis

“…Although the research literature has demonstrated the positive effects of centering prayer in a student population (Dorais & Gutierrez, 2021a, 2021b, it extends the research a step further by detailing the daily journey students experience when practicing centering prayer. It is important to note that contemplative pedagogy is not exclusive to in-classroom techniques but encompasses a wide variety of contemplative practices that students invite into their daily lives (Hilert & Tirado, 2019). In a time when counseling students were navigating their first fall semester of a pandemic, during a month of daily centering practice, they experienced a positive trend in interpersonal and social well-being over 4 weeks.…”

“…Among its various effects, the primary purposes of contemplative pedagogy are to heighten focus, mindfulness, and interpersonal connection (Barbezat & Bush, 2013), all of which are paramount in counselor development (Greason & Cashwell, 2009). Counselor educators can infuse a variety of contemplative practices into their pedagogy including journaling, deep listening, and guided meditation (Hilert & Tirado, 2019). A meditation that has been receiving increasing empirical attention is the centering meditation, which has demonstrated a causal effect on improving resilience, stress, mindfulness, and hope in the college population (Dorais & Gutierrez, 2021a, 2021b Despite its positive benefits, the empirical evidence of contemplative pedagogy has been lacking in the counseling research literature, specifically on its stated effects on connecting with others.…”

The relationship between mindfulness and multicultural counseling competence among mental health practitioners

“…Counselor mindfulness training may also foster cultural humility (Hilert & Tirado, 2019). Cultural humility involves MHPs' openness to a client's cultural background and experiences with a critical examination of biases.…”