Doctoral-Level Counseling Students’ Experiences of Social Class Microaggressions

• Main Authors: Cook, J.M (Author), O’Hara, C. (Author)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Blackwell 2018
• Subjects: counseling; counselor education; interpretative phenomenological analysis; microaggressions; social class
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• ISBN: 00110035 (ISSN)
• DOI: 10.1002/ceas.12115

The authors recruited 11 doctoral-level counseling students to participate in a study exploring the lived experiences of people who have encountered social class microaggressions (SCMs). Findings (consisting of 6 themes) suggest that SCMs are a distinct phenomenon arising from interpersonal and environmental exchanges that damage recipients. The authors present implications for counselor education and future research trajectories. © 2018 by the American Counseling Association. All rights reserved.