Images

Lisa Wenninger, PhD is a 2024 graduate of the Phd Program in Counselor Education & Supervision, Antioch University, Seattle.

Dissertation Committee

Shawn Patrick, PhD, Committee Chair

Stephanie Thorson-Olesen, PhD, Committee Member

Katherine Fort, PhD, Committee Member

Keywords

antiracism, anti-racism, antiracist accountability, antiracist self-efficacy, antiracist identity development, counselor identity, white racial affects, whiteness, quantitative model analysis

Document Type

Dissertation

Publication Date

2024

Abstract

Supporting the development of an antiracist identity in counselors could facilitate change toward equity, justice, and opportunity within the counseling profession and increase awareness of white counselors in working with clients of color. Understanding obstacles to and enablers of antiracist attitudes in white women counselors holds the potential to bring change to the profession as a whole, given their position in the majority. This quantitative study used instruments to assess white racial affects of white fear, anger, and guilt along with antiracist self-efficacy as influencing antiracist accountability in a sample of white women counselors in the United States (N = 64). White fear was shown to have a moderate inverse relationship with antiracist accountability, and white anger was demonstrated to have a moderate positive relationship with antiracist accountability. White guilt did not show a statistically significant influence. Both white fear and white anger were mediated by antiracist self-efficacy, and a strong positive relationship was shown between antiracist self-efficacy and antiracist accountability. Implications for the counseling profession, the practice of counseling, and counselor education are presented. This dissertation is available in open access at AURA (https://aura.antioch.edu) and OhioLINK ETD Center (https://etd.ohiolink.edu).

Comments

Lisa Wenninger, PhD, 2024

ORCID Scholar ID# 0009-0004-7882-0321

Download

Share

COinS