Foundations of Social Justice in Counseling has been approved by NBCC for NBCC credit. The Institute for Liberatory Practice is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. NBCC Approval No. SP-4899.
Foundations of Social Justice in Counseling, Summer 2025
A transformative 9-session course to help mental health professionals deepen their capacity to lead, heal, and advocate through a liberatory lens.
Program Details
- Format: Live Online Sessions (Zoom)
- CE Credit: 27 CE Units, including:
- 7.5 contact hours for Counselor Professional Identity & Practice Issues (Ethics)
- 19.5 contact hours for Social & Cultural Foundations (Multicultural Competency)
- Cost: $2,499 (payment plans available)
- Schedule: 9 sessions, 3 hours each, once a week. (Full schedule provided upon registration)
- Registration Deadline: June 13th, 2025
Why Attend Foundations?
This is more than continuing education—it’s a space to reimagine your role as a counselor. Through guided reflection, applied learning, and community dialogue, you’ll examine systems of oppression, explore your own social location, and gain practical tools to integrate social justice into your clinical work and counseling identity. Grounded in liberatory frameworks and facilitated by experienced practitioners, this course supports your growth as a healer, advocate, and change-maker.
Who Should Attend
Licensed counselors, therapists, psychologists, social workers, supervisors, and graduate students who want to align their practice with equity driven values.
Whether you’re beginning this journey or seeking deeper integration, Foundations offers a place to explore, expand, and engage in healing-centered, equity-driven practice.
Learning Ourcomes
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Analyze how power, privilege, and oppression shape counseling at every level (from individual interactions to systems) and affect client care and access.. Examine their own identities, values, and responsibilities as counselors in relation to equity, bias, and cultural humility. Use social justice, intersectional, and liberation-based approaches to support client healing, empowerment, and advocacy. Tell the difference between performative and authentic allyship, and create long-term strategies for ethical, meaningful advocacy. Create an equity-focused counseling plan and personal action strategy that centers culturally responsive practices, self-reflection, and accountability.
If you’re seeking tools, reflection, or collective wisdom, this space is for you. Review the course schedule or register now to begin your journey. Join us!
Program Schedule
of Online Course Sessions
10:00PM - 1:00PMJune 14th, 2025
Session One: Course Overview & Personal Values
In this session, we will introduce ourselves, develop ground rules, and set the foundations and expectations for the rest of the course. We will also explore how personal values, ethics, and counselor identity shape social justice work in clinical settings.
*Participants must join each session using their registered full name to verify attendance.
10:00AM - 1:00PMJune 21st, 2025
Session Two: Social Identity, Social Power, and Intersectionality in the Counseling Context
Examine how intersecting identities, privilege, and power influence both counselor and client experiences, impacting therapeutic relationships and mental health outcomes.
10:00AM - 1:00PMJune 28th, 2025
Session Three: Social Justice Frameworks in Counseling
Explore key Social Justice and Liberation frameworks and learn how to apply them to counseling theory, client advocacy, and systemic change efforts.
10:00AM - 1:00PMJuly 5th, 2025
Session Four: Enacting Liberation in Counseling Settings
Discover how to integrate liberatory principles like joy, healing, and imagination into clinical work, while addressing systemic barriers and promoting client agency.
10:00PM - 1:00PMJuly 12th, 2025
Session Five: Visioning and Liberatory Consciousness: Practical Tools for Counselors
Learn how visioning and liberatory consciousness can guide ethical decision-making, professional growth, and social justice practice in counseling.
10:00PM - 1:00PMJuly 19th, 2025
Session Six: Understanding Oppression as a System (Part 1)
Unpack the foundational elements of oppression at the individual level, including implicit bias, microaggressions, and internalized beliefs that impact client care.
10:00AM - 1:00PMJuly 26th, 2025
Session Seven: Understanding Oppression as a System (Part 2)
Build on the previous session by analyzing the systemic, institutional, and cultural level of oppression and identifying opportunities for advocacy and transformation within mental health systems.
10:00AM - 1:00PMAugust 9th, 2025
Session Eight: Allyship, Advocacy, & Sustainable Action
Develop strategies for authentic allyship and long-term advocacy that align with ethical practice, client empowerment, and social justice principles.
10:00AM - 1:00PMAugust 16th, 2025
Session Nine: Integration, Action Planning & Action Planning
Finally, we will bring it all together by designing a personal and professional action plan to embed social justice into your counseling work and wider spheres of influence.
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Course Prices
Flexible pricing with no surprises
Two Payments
$1250
- 9 Live, Interactive Sessions
- Downloadable Course Materials
- Group Discussion & Peer Learning
- Certificate of Completion
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One Payment
$2499
- 9 Live, Interactive Sessions
- Downloadable Course Materials
- Group Discussion & Peer Learning
- Certificate of Completion
three payments
$835
- 9 Live, Interactive Sessions
- Downloadable Course Materials
- Group Discussion & Peer Learning
- Certificate of Completion
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