As mental health professionals grapple with racism and exclusion in some of their foundational texts and concepts, a movement of reformers is working to decolonize the field. But what does that look like? And how will it impact our communities? In this episode we gather the voices of seven different faculty members from across Antioch University’s counseling, psychology, and therapy programs—and hear their insights into this important work. 

This Big Idea episode pulls clips from interviews with Jude Bergkamp, Beth Donahue, Mariaimeé Gonzalez, Catherine Lounsbury, Mariela Marin, Amy Morrison, and Syntia Santos Dietz. We invite you to listen to the full interview episodes featuring these faculty members:

• “S1E10: To Have Just Classrooms, We Must Decolonize and Reimagine Our Disciplines” with Syntia Santos Dietz and Catherine Lounsbury
• “S2E6: Art Therapy Can Provide Healing Beyond Words” with Beth Donahue and Amy Morrison
• “S2E7: Latinx/e Communities Deserve Culturally Responsive Mental Health Care” with Mariaimée Gonzalez
• “S5 E3: Reconciling Psych’s Problematic Foundations With Its Transformative Potential” with Jude Bergkamp
• “S5 E5: Cultural Self-Assessment Is a Practice With Transformative Potential” with Mariela Marin

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Clinical Mental Health Counseling programs in which Catherine Lounsbury, Mariaimeé Gonzalez, and Syntia Santos Dietz teach, the MA in Clinical Psychology in which Mariela Marin teaches, the PsyD in Clinical Psychology in which Jude Bergkamp teaches, and the Art Therapy concentration in which  Amy Morrison and Beth Donahue teach.

This episode was recorded February 20, 2024 via Descript and released February 28, 2024. 

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The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Designer: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.  

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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