"Social Justice" and Far Left Ideology in Counselor Training
More Documentation from an American University
Examples of continuing education programs promoted by Antioch to counseling students. For commentary, see my recent video on youtube: the radical center
I don't tend to comment on this type of post, but I have to say, I too was an Antioch student in Seattle, from 2010-2015. While I was appreciative in many ways of the great instruction I got from a number of different professors, I share many of your concerns about the ways students are being taught overtly to leverage their agenda onto the therapeutic relationship, and specifically in regards to a topic that I'm sure we can all agree is highly controversial, historically complex and nuanbced, and not in any way resolved to a level safe enough for pedagogical dissemination at an accredited American University. That it is introduced, discussed, wrestled with, that it might prompt construtive and mind-expanding diaglogue, I certainly have no problems with that. Am all for it actually!! But of course, in my experience, that is not at all what happened. As you know all to well, the material is presented - and really, for AUS, the whole school culturally adopted - the notion of its own righteousness, repositioning itself from a place of knowledge and knowledge creation to one of overt intent and mission. I imagine it prides itself as such, but history, I don't believe, will reflect well on them. It is, after all, the type of response that will only fuel those in disagreement, the type of agitated enactment we are simultaneously taught to avoid engaging as therapists.
Thank you for taking the brave step and sharing honestly your concerns. This really is a serious concern, and egregious in my view given the vulnerability of our client population.