Janeé M Steele
Biographic Data
| ID | 678737 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janeé M Steele |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janeé M |
| FAMILY NAME | Steele |
| SIGNATURE | STEELE J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Walden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1239-5786 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Preliminary Development of the Broaching Readiness Scale
Broaching readiness, introduced to describe a clinician's preparedness to discuss race, ethnicity, and culture in therapy, lacks a validated measure. This study describes the preliminary development and content validity of the Broaching Readiness Scale (BRS) using a two‐round Delphi method. Experts’ qualitative feedback centered on clarity and language, and consensus was reached in Round 2, with interquartile ranges within 1.00 and validity indic…
The BRIDGE Model
Broaching is a critical skill that should be explicitly integrated into clinical training and professional development. However, teaching broaching can be challenging, as it requires addressing personal biases, navigating difficult conversations, and fostering a deep understanding of cultural humility. This article presents the BRIDGE model, a structured framework designed to facilitate broaching training for mental health professionals and train…
We Deserve to Do More Than Just Stand Around and Watch Each Other Die
This study examined a Black woman's experience of trauma and healing after undue police violence. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, eight themes reflecting prolonged violence, intersectional disadvantage, determined resolve, diminished coping and emotional regulation, preexisting vulnerability, diasporic community support, positive psychological change, and antiracist allies emerged, along with eight additional subthemes. Insight in…
Black Lives Are Beautiful
Positive racial identity development has a significant impact on the academic achievement of Black children. Accordingly, to promote the success of these children in K-12 school settings, school counselors should utilize interventions that foster positive racial identity and challenge negative, anti-Black messages received from the environment. This article reports findings from a training designed to teach interventions school counselors may imp…
Racism and African American Mental Health
Racism and African American Mental Health examines the psychological impacts of racism within the African American community and offers a culturally adapted model of cognitive behavior therapy for more culturally relevant case conceptualization and treatment planning with this population. Readers of this text will gain a greater understanding of how manifestations of racism contribute to the development of psychological distress among African Ame…
Radical Black behaviorism to address racial microaggressions among African American clients
This article describes radical Black behaviorism and how it may be utilized during counseling to address the effects of racial microaggressions among African American clients. A case illustration is provided, and implications for broader societal change are discussed
Black Lives Are Beautiful
Black Lives Are Beautiful is a workbook explicitly designed to help members of the Black community counter the impacts of racialized trauma while also cultivating self-esteem, building resilience, fostering community, and promoting Black empowerment. As readers explore each part of this workbook, they will develop tools to overcome the mental injuries that occur from living in a racialized society. Clinicians who use this workbook with clients wi…
A CBT Approach to Internalized Racism among African Americans
Quantitative Research Attitudes and Research Training Perceptions Among Master's-Level Students
This study explored master's-level counseling students' (N = 804) perceptions of training in the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs () Research and Program Evaluation standard, and their attitudes toward quantitative research. Training perceptions and quantitative research attitudes were low to moderate, with no statistical differences across program accreditation or specialty area. Implications and possibili…
Political Ideology and Perceptions of Social Justice Advocacy Among Members of the American Counseling Association
Preparing Counselors to Advocate for Social Justice
There are few pedagogical resources that describe how counselor educators can prepare counseling students to advocate for social justice. This article highlights a constructivist approach to social justice advocacy training called the Liberation Model. The principles of the Liberation Model are discussed, and recommendations for implementing the model in graduate counseling courses are provided. The purpose of the model is to help students develo…
Preparing Counselors to Advocate for Social Justice
There are few pedagogical resources that describe how counselor educators can prepare counseling students to advocate for social justice. This article highlights a constructivist approach to social justice advocacy training called the Liberation Model. The principles of the Liberation Model are discussed, and recommendations for implementing the model in graduate counseling courses are provided. The purpose of the model is to help students develo…
Black Lives Are Beautiful
Positive racial identity development has a significant impact on the academic achievement of Black children. Accordingly, to promote the success of these children in K-12 school settings, school counselors should utilize interventions that foster positive racial identity and challenge negative, anti-Black messages received from the environment. This article reports findings from a training designed to teach interventions school counselors may imp…
Preparing Counselors to Advocate for Social Justice
There are few pedagogical resources that describe how counselor educators can prepare counseling students to advocate for social justice. This article highlights a constructivist approach to social justice advocacy training called the Liberation Model. The principles of the Liberation Model are discussed, and recommendations for implementing the model in graduate counseling courses are provided. The purpose of the model is to help students develo…
Political Ideology and Perceptions of Social Justice Advocacy Among Members of the American Counseling Association
Quantitative Research Attitudes and Research Training Perceptions Among Master's-Level Students
This study explored master's-level counseling students' (N = 804) perceptions of training in the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs () Research and Program Evaluation standard, and their attitudes toward quantitative research. Training perceptions and quantitative research attitudes were low to moderate, with no statistical differences across program accreditation or specialty area. Implications and possibili…
A CBT Approach to Internalized Racism among African Americans
Black Lives Are Beautiful
Black Lives Are Beautiful is a workbook explicitly designed to help members of the Black community counter the impacts of racialized trauma while also cultivating self-esteem, building resilience, fostering community, and promoting Black empowerment. As readers explore each part of this workbook, they will develop tools to overcome the mental injuries that occur from living in a racialized society. Clinicians who use this workbook with clients wi…
Racism and African American Mental Health
Racism and African American Mental Health examines the psychological impacts of racism within the African American community and offers a culturally adapted model of cognitive behavior therapy for more culturally relevant case conceptualization and treatment planning with this population. Readers of this text will gain a greater understanding of how manifestations of racism contribute to the development of psychological distress among African Ame…
Radical Black behaviorism to address racial microaggressions among African American clients
This article describes radical Black behaviorism and how it may be utilized during counseling to address the effects of racial microaggressions among African American clients. A case illustration is provided, and implications for broader societal change are discussed
We Deserve to Do More Than Just Stand Around and Watch Each Other Die
This study examined a Black woman's experience of trauma and healing after undue police violence. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, eight themes reflecting prolonged violence, intersectional disadvantage, determined resolve, diminished coping and emotional regulation, preexisting vulnerability, diasporic community support, positive psychological change, and antiracist allies emerged, along with eight additional subthemes. Insight in…
Black Lives Are Beautiful
Positive racial identity development has a significant impact on the academic achievement of Black children. Accordingly, to promote the success of these children in K-12 school settings, school counselors should utilize interventions that foster positive racial identity and challenge negative, anti-Black messages received from the environment. This article reports findings from a training designed to teach interventions school counselors may imp…
Preliminary Development of the Broaching Readiness Scale
Broaching readiness, introduced to describe a clinician's preparedness to discuss race, ethnicity, and culture in therapy, lacks a validated measure. This study describes the preliminary development and content validity of the Broaching Readiness Scale (BRS) using a two‐round Delphi method. Experts’ qualitative feedback centered on clarity and language, and consensus was reached in Round 2, with interquartile ranges within 1.00 and validity indic…
The BRIDGE Model
Broaching is a critical skill that should be explicitly integrated into clinical training and professional development. However, teaching broaching can be challenging, as it requires addressing personal biases, navigating difficult conversations, and fostering a deep understanding of cultural humility. This article presents the BRIDGE model, a structured framework designed to facilitate broaching training for mental health professionals and train…
Counseling Practices and Supervision (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · African american (3 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Cultural Competency in Health Care (3 works)