From Exploration of Classism to Anticlassist Counseling: Implications for Counselors and Counselor Educators

Authors

Lucy Parker-Barnes, Gannon UniversityFollow
Suzanne Degges-White, Northern Illinois UniversityFollow
David A. Walker, Northern Illinois UniversityFollow
Scott Wickman, Northern Illinois UniversityFollow
Bellamy Linneman, La Salle University StudentFollow
Courtney Rowley, Gannon University StudentFollow
Robert Giansante, Gannon University StudentFollow
Noel McKillip, Northwestern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Empirical Research Article

Keywords

classism, multicultural counseling, advocacy, counseling young adults

Subject Area

Counseling, Higher Education Counseling, Mental Health Counseling

Abstract

Classism is a recently studied, but historically present, form of oppression. Despite much attention to inclusion of underrepresented clients in counseling literature, there has been little focus on the presence of classism in academic settings. In an effort to close this gap, a study of 202 individuals, aged 18 to 38, was conducted to explore the relationships among perceived classism, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Only 4.5% of the participants had never experienced any incidents of classism. African American individuals were more likely to experience interpersonal classism and working class/poor individuals were more likely to experience interpersonal and systemic classism. Recommendations for counselors, specifically, college counselors working with young adult students, facing classism are also discussed.

Recommended Citation

Parker-Barnes, L., Degges-White, S., Walker, D. A., Wickman, S., Linneman, B., Rowley, C., Giansante, R., & McKillip, N. (2023). From Exploration of Classism to Anticlassist Counseling: Implications for Counselors and Counselor Educators. Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision, 17(1). Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/jcps/vol17/iss1/3