Antiracism Scholarship in National Counseling Journals: A 31‐Year Content Analysis

ABSTRACT This mixed‐methods content analysis examined the evolution of antiracism scholarship in national counseling journals across the 31 years of scholarship (1993–2023) published after the 1992 Multicultural Counseling Competencies. Using systematic qualitative and quantitative procedures, 188 peer‐reviewed articles were analyzed for thematic focus, methodological trends, and shifts in language across four publication periods. Addressing racism was the most prevalent theme in every period and grew more pronounced over time, while themes and language emphasizing discrimination, training, advocacy, and structural framing became markedly more common recently. Conceptual articles were the most frequent methodological category, whereas mixed‐methods and autoethnographic approaches were comparatively rare. It also became less concentrated in the field's two leading outlets. The language shifted from broad multicultural and diversity terminology toward explicit antiracist, social justice, and systemic framing. Results suggest both meaningful growth and persistent gaps, underscoring opportunities for greater methodological integration and empirical testing of antiracist interventions.