Written by Mandy Kellums Bakara // Social justice is a vital part of mental health. As a professional counselor, my work involves aspects of social justice every day that includes connecting with clients where they are, empowering them, and helping to increase a client’s sense of agency and self-efficacy, and promoting wellness--each of these things … Continue reading A Counselor’s Creed
Theme Overview: Race & Ethnicity- Division, Representation, & Hope
Charlottesville. Ferguson. #BlackLivesMatter. “No ban, no wall.” These are just a few of the places and names and phrases that surface in our social media feeds and headlines, highlighting the deep divides that exist in the United States of America and the reality that this “American melting pot” is also a place charged with tension … Continue reading Theme Overview: Race & Ethnicity- Division, Representation, & Hope
Medicine & Compassionate Care
Written by Kalei Hosaka // Anand was the kind of person who could challenge the world's darkest cynicism. Despite having lived with HIV for essentially his entire life, Anand found ways to joyfully inspire others—not least his peers also living with HIV. Anand found ways to bring hope into a community that had lost sight of it it. … Continue reading Medicine & Compassionate Care
Making Art for Hope and Healing
Written by Kit Ripley // Many people think that being an artist is frightening. They are afraid to paint because they hear the accumulated voices of teachers and critics who disparaged their creative efforts until their inborn spark of creativity was smothered by negativity. Some people think that artists are antisocial or emotionally unstable, citing … Continue reading Making Art for Hope and Healing
