Ep 10: Training systemic therapists from a decolonial perspective: Dr. Ashley Hicks & Danielle Barcelo

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The episode discusses decolonizing systemic therapy in education with Dr. Ashley Hicks and Danielle Barcelo.

In this episode of the Learning and Teaching Systemic Therapy Podcast, listeners are introduced to the amazing Dr. Ashley Hicks and Danielle Barcelo, a PhD candidate in MFT. Our discussion centers on decolonizing systemic therapy within our educational practices. Dr. Hicks provides us with wonderful examples of activities from her own MFT courses. She teaches with a focus on cultivating critical consciousness and examining biases in ourselves, as well as our foundational models. She also shares her strategies for navigating institutional constraints on curriculum, handling student resistance, and effectively using self-disclosure in therapy and education. We discuss creating community agreements, creating fertile ground for open discussions on race and identity, and advancing our own and our students' cultural humility in therapeutic practices. Dr. Ashley Hicks' bio: Ashley A. Hicks, PhD, IMFT-S is a licensed marriage and family therapist, AAMFT approved supervisor, researcher, consultant, speaker, and teacher. She is Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the OSU Couple and Family Therapy Clinic at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. Ashley is the founder of Our…

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Guests: Dr. Ashley Hicks, Danielle Barcelo

Topics covered

• decolonizing systemic therapy
• educational practices
• cultural humility
• critical consciousness
• bias examination
• community agreements

Keywords

• systemic therapy
• education
• cultural humility
• critical consciousness
• bias
• community agreements

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Society for the Teaching of Marriage and Family Therapy, The Ohio State University, Our Lineage Our Legacy LLC

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