Incorporate discussions of human sex trafficking into required counselor education trauma curriculum and provide targeted training¶

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Description¶

The article recommends that counselor educators embed human sex trafficking content into accredited coursework and that counselors, supervisors, and students receive training on trafficking topics. It states that "counselor educators may better support students by incorporating discussions about human sex trafficking as part of the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (2015) required trauma curriculum," for example within social and cultural foundations courses. Supervisors are also urged to learn resources and trauma-informed techniques that empower trafficked clients and support supervisees.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Counselor educators and supervisors must become knowledgeable about resources and trauma-informed techniques

Constraints¶

• The study sample overrepresented White females, limiting generalization of the training findings across more diverse counselor demographics

Target Learners¶

• counselor educators
• counseling supervisors
• counseling students

Target Learning Goals¶

• recognizing and challenging stigmatizing beliefs about commercially sexually exploited clients
• applying trauma-informed techniques with trafficked clients

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Key Sources¶

• Litam, S. D. A. (2019). She's Just a Prostitute: The Effects of Labels on Counselor Attitudes, Empathy, and Rape Myth Acceptance. The Professional Counselor, 9(4), 396-415. https://doi.org/10.15241/sdal.9.4.396