Is Your New Year's Resolution Setting You Up for Failure?
How embracing a year-long syllabus can lead to growth and intentional living. Break goals into actionable steps to foster learning, reflection, and adaptability.
Art (Therapy) is Activism
Throughout history, art therapy and therapeutic art has been used to amplify the voices of marginalized communities and challenge oppressive systems.
The Unfinished Business of Regret
A Personal Perspective: An art therapist grapples with unfinished artwork, exploring the historical trauma, therapeutic value and psychological reasons behind it.
Color Is More Than Skin Deep
Colorism, rooted in colonialism, harms BIPOC individuals' self-esteem. Using shadow work and art therapy, clinicians can help clients confront biases and promote healing.
Is Code Switching a Form of People Pleasing?
Code-switching can cause harm despite being a coping mechanism. It involves people-pleasing tendencies that stem from experiences where conformity was often necessary for survival.
Navigating Neurodivergence: A Guide for the BIPOC Community
Navigating neurodivergence in the BIPOC community involves recognizing how race, culture, and systemic biases shape mental health and addressing these overlapping challenges.
The Therapy Pay Gap: Why Black Women Are Hit Hardest
The interconnectedness of systemic inequalities of the wage gap of Black women therapists and its impact on mental health care access and quality within the Black community.