Teaching the Body‐as‐Lived: Integrating Embodied Self‐Awareness Into Counselor Education Through Phenomenology and Practice
Counselor Education and Supervision January 21, 2026 Monique N. Rodríguez, B. Wilkinson
Embodied self‐awareness (ESA) is a crucial yet often neglected aspect of counselor education that involves the skillful integration of present‐moment somatic attunement in the therapeutic encounter. We examine embodiment in light of phenomenological philosophy, contemporary neuroscience, and critical pedagogy to distinguish ESA from conceptual thought and to clarify the difference between...