Mansi Brat, Ph.D.
Dr. Mansi Brat is an Assistant Professor of Counselor Education at Kean University, bringing several years of clinical experience across diverse settings, including college counseling centers, community mental health agencies, psychiatric hospitals, and private practice. Dr. Brat teaches courses across both MA and PhD programs at Kean. Her interests include:
i) Research: a) integrating mindfulness-based and social-justice-oriented frameworks into counselor training, supervision, and community-based interventions; b) studying implicit bias and its impact on mental health care equity; c) examining critical pedagogy and political discourse around race and identity; d) and exploring wellness modalities to address the biomechanisms of stress and burnout in counselors. Dr. Brat mentors and serves as Chair and committee member for doctoral student dissertations. She utilizes both quantitative and qualitative analysis in her research pursuits.
ii) Teaching: drawing on critical pedagogy (specifically CRT), weaving cross-cultural, gender-based, and reflective approaches into her training of emerging clinicians through a social justice supervision lens.
iii) Clinical: grounded in psychodynamic theory and depth psychology, informed by Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB), attachment theory, and mind-body practices, to support the mental health of children, adults, and families.
Dr. Brat currently serves on the editorial boards of Counseling & Values Journal and Counseling Scholarship & Practice in Educational Communities, and has previously served as editorial assistant for the Journal of Humanistic Counseling.
Education
- B.A., Psychology, Lindenwood University
- M.A., Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Lindenwood University
- Ph.D., Counselor Education and Supervision, University of Toledo
Courses Taught
- CED 5910 Orientation to Counseling (Foundations)
- CED 5980 Practicum in Counseling
- CED 5985/86 Internship I & II in Counseling
- CED 5987 Internship in LPC
- CED 7963 Advanced Group Counseling
- CED 7980 Advanced Practicum
- CED 7985 Advanced Professional Internship - I
Selected Publications
Brat, M., Samuels, A., Cofield, D., Charnley, D., & Bellin, Z., (2026). A Peer-Based Reflexive Study on Counselor Educator Social Justice Advocacy. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2026.2732967
Brat, M., Sarafian, A., Corbet, S., Mattos, D., & Pannasch, M. (2026). An interprofessional relational participation framework for community-based parent-child mental health. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0164212X.2026.2692070
Brat, M., & La-Farga, C. (2026). The Evolution of Wellness Across History. In Gamby, K. & Forristal, K. (Eds.), Integrative Healing: A Liberation-Oriented Approach to Wellness in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Cognella.
Brat, M. (2021). A Woke Community: Mindfulness of Inclusivity and Belonging, Western Journal of Communication.
Shen, F., Liu, Y., & Brat, M. (2021). Attachment, Self-esteem, and Psychological Distress: A Multiple-Mediator Model, The Professional Counselor. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15241/fs.11.2.129
Brat, M., Gamby, K., & Avadhanam, R. (2017). Self-Compassion: An approach to enhance millennial college students’ well-being. Counseling & Wellness: A Professional Counseling Journal, 6.
Brat, M., O’Hara, C., McGhee, C., & Chang, C., (2016) Promoting Professional Counselor Advocacy through Professional Identity Development Efforts in Counselor Education. Journal of Counselor Leadership and Advocacy, 3(1), 62-70. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/2326716X.2016.1145560