Integrating Social Justice, Black Feminist, and Radical Healing Mentoring: Lessons for Transformational Change

In this chapter, three Black women counseling psychology professors discuss their transformational approach to social justice mentoring. The chapter begins with their positionality and reflexivity. Then, the chapter highlights the core aspects of their social justice mentoring approach, which also integrates a Black feminist and intersectionality lens and a radical healing framework. The chapter presents ten recommendations for future and current early career mentors. The recommendations emerged from an intergenerational conversation among the three authors about their mentoring approaches. The discussion was informed by their dynamic and evolving professional-personal relationship spanning over 15 years, moving from a traditional mentoring relationship to collaborators and intergenerational peers.