The Humanistic Counselor
The Humanistic Counselor is a podcast for discussing, analyzing, critiquing, and celebrating both established and cutting-edge ideas across the field of humanistic counseling. The host is Brett D. Wilkinson, Ph.D., LMHC, Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Humanistic Counseling (JHC). Applies a semi-structured interview format with authors of peer-reviewed journal articles published in JHC and beyond. Sponsored by the Association for Humanistic Counseling (AHC; https://www.humanisticcounseling.org).
Episodes
Friday Nov 14, 2025
Friday Nov 14, 2025
Stargell, N. A., Kress, V. E., Whisenhunt, J., & McAllister, C. A. (2025). Experiential interventions for addressing nonsuicidal self‐injury: Practice considerations for humanistic counselors. The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, 64(3), 205-212.
Friday Nov 14, 2025
Friday Nov 14, 2025
Brisola, E. B., Leblanc L'Ecuyer, A., & van Vugt, F. T. (2025). The Lived Experience of No Longer Being Able to Play a Musical Instrument Due to Physical Impairments: A Heuristic Study. The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, e12242.
Friday Nov 14, 2025
Counselor Self-Attunement and Emotional Awareness w/Dr. Betsy Johnson
Friday Nov 14, 2025
Friday Nov 14, 2025
Johnson, B. C., Diambra, J. F., Anderson Walker, B., Cain, L. K., Kim, H., O'Brien, E., & Bruner, S. (2024). “Permission to be human”: A narrative inquiry exploring new counselors’ growth in emotional awareness and attunement to self. The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, e70002.
Friday Nov 14, 2025
Constructed Awareness in Clinical Practice w/ Tyler Orr
Friday Nov 14, 2025
Friday Nov 14, 2025
Orr, T. (2025). Constructed awareness: Integrating the theory of constructed emotion Into counseling practice. The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, e12238.
Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
Existential Adventure Therapy w/ Dr. Cian Brown
Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
Brown, C. L., Christian, D. D., McMillion, P. L., & McLain, J. R. (2025). Navigating Adventure Therapy: Using Existential Theory as a Guide. The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, e2200237.
Monday Mar 17, 2025
Love and Relationship Resiliency Among Black SGL Men w/ Dr. Alfonso Ferguson
Monday Mar 17, 2025
Monday Mar 17, 2025
Ferguson, A. L., Johnson, M., Rose, B., & Landrum, D. (2024). In this lifetime: A narrative inquiry examining older, Black, same‐gender‐loving male couples’ relationship resiliency and longevity. The Journal of Humanistic Counseling.
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Adkison‐Johnson, C., & Terpstra, J. (2022). Evidence‐based counseling for African‐American parents: A contextual humanistic perspective. The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, 61(3), 142-157.
Friday Feb 28, 2025
Existentialism for Urban Students of Color, w/ Dr. Clewiston Challenger
Friday Feb 28, 2025
Friday Feb 28, 2025
Challenger, C. D., Duquette, K., & Mason, I. T. (2022). School counseling for college and career readiness using Existential Theory model: A humanistic approach to counseling students of color in urban school settings. The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, 61(3), 198-210.
Friday Feb 21, 2025
Friday Feb 21, 2025
Ivers, N. N., & Johnson, D. A. (2022). The relationship between mindfulness and multicultural counseling competence among mental health practitioners. The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, 61(1), 43-57.
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
The Nature and Value of Clinical Intuition w/ Krystal Bryant & Dr. Toupey Luft
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Bryant, K., & Luft, T. (2023). Intuition in counseling: Implications for humanistic practice. The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, 62(2), 112-129.

The Journal of Humanistic Counseling
The Journal of Humanistic Counseling (JHC) explores humanistic counseling practices and experiential-developmental counseling processes, broadly conceived. We aim to disseminate contemporary humanistic scholarship and research that support practitioner growth, training program development, and the vital promotion of inclusivity and diversity across worldviews.
JHC is the official journal of the Association for Humanistic Counseling (AHC), one of the three founding divisions of the American Counseling Association (ACA).
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