Dismantling White Supremacy in Counseling Practice: A Personal Journey
Description
This episode is eligible for CE credit - Counselors & Social Workers
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In this episode, I'll be talking with Cassie Hamrick, MA, ATR-BC, LCMHC about her journey to become an art therapist, her experience of encountering her own whiteness, and how she uses art to inform her work toward embodiment and liberation.
Learning objectives
- Discover how to mindfully connect with emotional content that arises around White supremacy.
- Identify ways the art therapy and counseling fields maintain oppressive and exclusive systems.
- Examine the ways in which White supremacy impact identity beyond race (including body shape, size, and gender).
- Consider individual barriers to addressing White violence that can impact counseling relationships.
Meet our guest
Cassie Hamrick (they/them) MA, LCMHC, ATR-BC, CCTP is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Art Therapist, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, artist, and educator rooted in social justice theory and community-centered praxis. They have received numerous fellowships, scholarships, and grants for their work both in art and in art therapy, have authored several papers on social justice issues in the counseling field, and are currently in private practice.
United States
