In her new edited volume—Interventions for Anti-Oppressive Clinical Supervision: Navigating Critical Praxis (Routledge, 2026)—Melissa Luke, Dean’s Professor of Counseling and Counselor Education, reimagines the current landscape of clinical supervision training and practice by offering 50 transformative interventions grounded in the principles of anti-oppression.
Luke’s co-editor is Harvey Charles Peters G’19, Associate Professor at Montclair State University and a graduate of Syracuse University School of Education’s Counseling and Counselor Education doctoral program. The book includes contributions by other SOE faculty and alumni, including Professor Yanhong Liu.
Designed for interdisciplinary mental health professionals across roles and contexts, Interventions for Anti-Oppressive Clinical Supervision provides dynamic tools to dismantle systems of oppression and embrace liberatory and intersectional approaches to clinical supervision.
The book blends theory, research, and practice to cultivate critical reflexivity, critical consciousness, and collaboration. It provides readers with the foundation to create brave supervision spaces and processes that foster healing, equity, and societal change, setting a new standard for liberating mental health professionals and their communities.