Isaac Burt
Biographic Data
| ID | 1672849 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Isaac Burt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Isaac |
| FAMILY NAME | Burt |
| SIGNATURE | BURT I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-0842-4607 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Remaining Culturally Responsive Despite Discriminatory Policies Impacting Schools
The enaction of laws targeting DEI in K‐12 schools creates challenges that leave school counselors and educators vulnerable. Specifically, these legislative acts contradict with culturally responsive and ACA/ASCA ethics. While upholding legality is critical, left out of this discussion is how school counselors respond to the impact these polices have on racially diverse students’ well‐being. This brief article seeks to provide guidelines detailin…
Emerging Issues for Counselors Applying Neuroscience With Black Clients
Neuroscience‐infused methods are heavily impacting the manner in which counselors, educators, and researchers approach working with clients and conducting research. While some scholars perceive neuroscience as scientifically objective and culturally neutral, that is not entirely true. Social values and systemic racism/barriers still influence studies and can result in racially biased outcomes. To bring attention to these shortfalls, I highlight m…
Reimagining the neuroscience concept of flow state to combat racism with U.S. born black clients
The recent deaths of Black people sparked civil unrest highlighting the vicious impact of systemic racial injustice in the U.S. These incidents are forcing professional counsellors to reexamine and change how the field responds to oppression. Yet, for true transformation to occur, new terms and ideas must emerge. The merging of multiculturalism and neuroscience can be a new paradigm to assist counsellors working with clients facing racial persecu…
Psychedelic-Assisted Groups in the U.S
Psychedelic-assisted groups (PAGs) indicate promise with clients that do not respond to traditional talk therapy. While encouraging, in the U.S., societal perceptions of psychedelics and concern of practicing outside one’s scope may cause practitioners to hesitate. To illustrate the potential effectiveness of PAGs, this article has three parts. First is a historical overview of psychedelic approaches and treatments highlighting Black, Indigenous,…
Engaging Adolescent Black Males Through Africana Strategies
Political upheaval, COVID-19, and racial unrest have impacted the U.S. tremendously over the past several years, especially for Black males. The murders of Philando Castile, George Floyd, and subsequent acts of racial violence against Black men serve as unfortunate examples. Even with these impediments, this population continues to progress positively. To continue serving this populace appropriately, however, counselors need innovative tools and …
Theoretical perspectives and interventions grounded in the cultural histories and experiences of Latine/x communities
Optimal conceptual theory
Optimal conceptual theory (OCT) is a holistic model espousing a person's reality is simultaneously spiritual and material, encapsulating biological, social, cognitive, and spiritual elements, conceptualized through an Africana worldview. Although created over 31 years ago, very little literature exists examining OCT as a viable counseling theory with clients. The purpose of this article is to correct that trend and provide a brief case example il…
Post-racial unrest, #Blackintheivory and the US election
Multicultural discourse, when focusing on systemic racism/discrimination, has recently come under scrutiny. Despite the long history of multiculturalism in counselling and other helping fields, critics espouse multiculturalism does not work and increases racial problems. This criticism persists despite recent events such as the racial unrest in Summer 2020 (due to the killing of numerous unarmed Black people), #Blackintheivory movement and the ra…
Understanding the Black male experience
The characterizations of Blackness and maleness are stark and pervasive throughout the theoretical and scientific literature. Too often, Black males occupy a vicarious and distinctive position in American society. The depictions of Black males are rarely casted in a positive manner. Instead, an overpowering image of incompetence, unintelligence, complacency, and propensity to result to violence consumes the livelihood of Black males in the United…
Critically analyzing the field of neuroscience and its therapeutic application with Black populations
With the recent proliferation of neuroscience-backed literature in counseling, the lack of connection to multiculturalism is disquieting. The critique is that there is a dearth on the application of neuroscience with clients of color, specifically Black populations. This article provides a critique of neuroscience and its implications and applicability for Black populations. The rationale for the specificity was to give counselors a concrete meth…
Modern-Day Slavery in the U.S
Black Existentialism
The authors provide an exploration of the philosophical concepts of Black existentialism. Black existentialism is presented as a philosophical alternative to European existentialism to inform humanistic practices in addressing racial and social inequality. Implications for scholarly discourse are provided, and areas for future research are explored
Are African-American Male Undergraduate Retention Programs Successful? An Evaluation of an Undergraduate African-American Male Retention Program
Capoeira as a Clinical Intervention
Aggression in adolescents is harmful and emotionally devastating to youth and surrounding communities. This article integrates martial arts and therapeutic principles into a culturally sensitive model that cultivates change in the aggressive behaviors of disenfranchised adolescents. The art form of Capoeira is proposed for promoting positive behavioral change.La agresión en los adolescentes es dañina y emocionalmente devastadora para los jóvenes …
Black Existentialism
The authors provide an exploration of the philosophical concepts of Black existentialism. Black existentialism is presented as a philosophical alternative to European existentialism to inform humanistic practices in addressing racial and social inequality. Implications for scholarly discourse are provided, and areas for future research are explored
Capoeira as a Clinical Intervention
Aggression in adolescents is harmful and emotionally devastating to youth and surrounding communities. This article integrates martial arts and therapeutic principles into a culturally sensitive model that cultivates change in the aggressive behaviors of disenfranchised adolescents. The art form of Capoeira is proposed for promoting positive behavioral change.La agresión en los adolescentes es dañina y emocionalmente devastadora para los jóvenes …
Critically analyzing the field of neuroscience and its therapeutic application with Black populations
With the recent proliferation of neuroscience-backed literature in counseling, the lack of connection to multiculturalism is disquieting. The critique is that there is a dearth on the application of neuroscience with clients of color, specifically Black populations. This article provides a critique of neuroscience and its implications and applicability for Black populations. The rationale for the specificity was to give counselors a concrete meth…
Understanding the Black male experience
The characterizations of Blackness and maleness are stark and pervasive throughout the theoretical and scientific literature. Too often, Black males occupy a vicarious and distinctive position in American society. The depictions of Black males are rarely casted in a positive manner. Instead, an overpowering image of incompetence, unintelligence, complacency, and propensity to result to violence consumes the livelihood of Black males in the United…
Are African-American Male Undergraduate Retention Programs Successful? An Evaluation of an Undergraduate African-American Male Retention Program
Capoeira as a Clinical Intervention
Aggression in adolescents is harmful and emotionally devastating to youth and surrounding communities. This article integrates martial arts and therapeutic principles into a culturally sensitive model that cultivates change in the aggressive behaviors of disenfranchised adolescents. The art form of Capoeira is proposed for promoting positive behavioral change.La agresión en los adolescentes es dañina y emocionalmente devastadora para los jóvenes …
Are African-American Male Undergraduate Retention Programs Successful? An Evaluation of an Undergraduate African-American Male Retention Program
Black Existentialism
The authors provide an exploration of the philosophical concepts of Black existentialism. Black existentialism is presented as a philosophical alternative to European existentialism to inform humanistic practices in addressing racial and social inequality. Implications for scholarly discourse are provided, and areas for future research are explored
Modern-Day Slavery in the U.S
Post-racial unrest, #Blackintheivory and the US election
Multicultural discourse, when focusing on systemic racism/discrimination, has recently come under scrutiny. Despite the long history of multiculturalism in counselling and other helping fields, critics espouse multiculturalism does not work and increases racial problems. This criticism persists despite recent events such as the racial unrest in Summer 2020 (due to the killing of numerous unarmed Black people), #Blackintheivory movement and the ra…
Understanding the Black male experience
The characterizations of Blackness and maleness are stark and pervasive throughout the theoretical and scientific literature. Too often, Black males occupy a vicarious and distinctive position in American society. The depictions of Black males are rarely casted in a positive manner. Instead, an overpowering image of incompetence, unintelligence, complacency, and propensity to result to violence consumes the livelihood of Black males in the United…
Critically analyzing the field of neuroscience and its therapeutic application with Black populations
With the recent proliferation of neuroscience-backed literature in counseling, the lack of connection to multiculturalism is disquieting. The critique is that there is a dearth on the application of neuroscience with clients of color, specifically Black populations. This article provides a critique of neuroscience and its implications and applicability for Black populations. The rationale for the specificity was to give counselors a concrete meth…
Optimal conceptual theory
Optimal conceptual theory (OCT) is a holistic model espousing a person's reality is simultaneously spiritual and material, encapsulating biological, social, cognitive, and spiritual elements, conceptualized through an Africana worldview. Although created over 31 years ago, very little literature exists examining OCT as a viable counseling theory with clients. The purpose of this article is to correct that trend and provide a brief case example il…
Reimagining the neuroscience concept of flow state to combat racism with U.S. born black clients
The recent deaths of Black people sparked civil unrest highlighting the vicious impact of systemic racial injustice in the U.S. These incidents are forcing professional counsellors to reexamine and change how the field responds to oppression. Yet, for true transformation to occur, new terms and ideas must emerge. The merging of multiculturalism and neuroscience can be a new paradigm to assist counsellors working with clients facing racial persecu…
Psychedelic-Assisted Groups in the U.S
Psychedelic-assisted groups (PAGs) indicate promise with clients that do not respond to traditional talk therapy. While encouraging, in the U.S., societal perceptions of psychedelics and concern of practicing outside one’s scope may cause practitioners to hesitate. To illustrate the potential effectiveness of PAGs, this article has three parts. First is a historical overview of psychedelic approaches and treatments highlighting Black, Indigenous,…
Engaging Adolescent Black Males Through Africana Strategies
Political upheaval, COVID-19, and racial unrest have impacted the U.S. tremendously over the past several years, especially for Black males. The murders of Philando Castile, George Floyd, and subsequent acts of racial violence against Black men serve as unfortunate examples. Even with these impediments, this population continues to progress positively. To continue serving this populace appropriately, however, counselors need innovative tools and …
Theoretical perspectives and interventions grounded in the cultural histories and experiences of Latine/x communities
Remaining Culturally Responsive Despite Discriminatory Policies Impacting Schools
The enaction of laws targeting DEI in K‐12 schools creates challenges that leave school counselors and educators vulnerable. Specifically, these legislative acts contradict with culturally responsive and ACA/ASCA ethics. While upholding legality is critical, left out of this discussion is how school counselors respond to the impact these polices have on racially diverse students’ well‐being. This brief article seeks to provide guidelines detailin…
Emerging Issues for Counselors Applying Neuroscience With Black Clients
Neuroscience‐infused methods are heavily impacting the manner in which counselors, educators, and researchers approach working with clients and conducting research. While some scholars perceive neuroscience as scientifically objective and culturally neutral, that is not entirely true. Social values and systemic racism/barriers still influence studies and can result in racially biased outcomes. To bring attention to these shortfalls, I highlight m…
Psychology (9 works) · Counseling Practices and Supervision (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Multiculturalism (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Racism (4 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 works) · Educational and Psychological Assessments (3 works)