As an African-Caribbean-American man who has felt as if I must be aware of my backgrounds at every turn, my experience as a counseling intern has been no exception. It has therefore, left me to wonder the extent to which, and how, the race and ethnicity of the therapist matter to clients. A few months... Continue Reading →
Racial Healing Begins By Looking At Yourself First
"I'm a white woman, what can I possibly say about race?" I recently asked a black colleague. His reply, "I don't know, what can you say? What has been your experience?" I think as a white person I've been taught to deny race, to pretend like it doesn't exist. The idea of being "color blind"... Continue Reading →
Children’s Novel Series (We’re Different We’re The Same)
In the second part of our children’s novel series we take a look at a Sesame Street book written by Bobby Kates. In our last blog we talked about Jenny Is Scared! We looked at ways to help children not feel scared as well as anxiety in children. In this book we are taking a... Continue Reading →