Emerging Issues for Counselors Applying Neuroscience With Black Clients: Avoiding Scientific Racism

Neuroscience‐infused methods are heavily impacting the manner in which counselors, educators, and researchers approach working with clients and conducting research. While some scholars perceive neuroscience as scientifically objective and culturally neutral, that is not entirely true. Social values and systemic racism/barriers still influence studies and can result in racially biased outcomes. To bring attention to these shortfalls, I highlight methods on how to avoid scientific racism through an Africana perspective. I conclude with a call for action to galvanize counselors, scholars, and educators to keep pushing boundaries by continuously seeking to eliminate systemic racism/discrimination in neuroscience.