Rural School Counselors Broaching Conversations on Race with Students

Abstract

The study explored the experiences of rural school counselors broaching conversations on race with students. We used a critical research framework with a phenomenological approach to understand the experiences of nine rural school counselors. Our findings relate to the factors that impacted school counselors’ broaching behaviors with students. We discuss strategies for how rural school counselors might effectively broach conversations on race within their schools and address implications for school counseling practice and counselor education practice and research.