Gillian Gregory Carter is a social worker, therapist, and educator. We discussed:

-the thoughts and feelings she internalized from witnessing the unhappiness in her parents’ marriage

-recognizing how she was playing out old patterns and what she did to shift

-returning to her childhood spiritual practice and community to ground her healing journey

-how motherhood has expanded her healing journey into mental, emotional, and physical domains and forced her to find balance between caring for herself and caring for others

-learning to prioritize happiness when she was single, which helped her discover more joy in life

-finding authenticity as a Black woman in academia and white space while navigating oppressive systems, curriculum, and microagressions

-heartwork: how love infuses her work and how her work has helped her heal

About Our Guest

Gillian Gregory Carter, MSW, LCSW-C is a social worker, therapist, and educator. She has a private mental health practice serving individuals, couples and families. Her primary clinical expertise is in cognitive behavioral therapy with a strength-based approach. As a social worker, Ms. Gregory seeks to serve individuals and families to foster empowerment, self-sufficiency, and prosperity in all areas of life. In addition to counseling, Ms. Gregory provides clinical supervision to licensed graduate social workers who are in process of obtaining their clinical hours for advance licensure.

She is also a Lecturer in the Department of Family Science Department at Towson University. She received her MSW from University of Maryland, School of Social Work. Prior to joining Towson, Ms. Gregory was clinical faculty with the University of Maryland, School of Social Work for over ten years. She worked as a researcher in child welfare and also as a coordinator for a community-based program that offered a holistic set of supports to families and children in West Baltimore. In this role, she also trained and supervised graduate social work students.You can connect with her through her Psychology Today profile: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/gillian-gregory-carter-baltimore-md/188879

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