25 Years After “Roots of Soul”: Contemporary Issues in Counseling Persons of Black African Ancestry
Runtime - 41 minutes
 
Ivory A. Toldson, Ph.D. presents at the 2008 Teachers College Annual Winter Roundtable at Columbia University.

In 1982, Pasteur and Toldson published an intensive examination of Black expressive behavior in Roots of Soul. Themes introduced in this book provide critical guidelines for counseling African Americans. Dr. Toldson emphasizes the challenges counselors face when working within traditional counseling settings. He presents solutions that involve understanding, appreciating, and celebrating Black culture, contextualizing mental health issues, promoting social advocacy and justice, and using resilience models.