Navigating Privilege and Colorism: A Black Latinx Art Therapist’s Experience in the Dominican Republic

Johannil Napoleon

doi:10.15845/voices.v21i1.3156

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Johannil Napoleon Art Therapy & Counseling, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA

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https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v21i1.3156

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Schwarze Lateinamerikanische Kunsttherapeutin, Rassismus, Privileg, Dominikanische Republik, Therapeutische Beziehung

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Diskussionen über kulturelle Sensibilität für TherapeutInnen im Bereich der psychischen Gesundheit manifestieren oftmals koloniale Rahmenbedingungen. Indem man in der Zusammenarbeit mit Personen of Color, das Bewusstsein von Macht und Privilegien des/r Weißen TherapeutInnen in den Mittelpunkt stellt, übersehen die vorherrschenden Paradigmen die Erfahrungen die PraktikerInnen of Color haben und die Beziehungsdynamiken, die entstehen, wenn Personen desselben kulturellen Hintergrunds miteinander in Kontakt treten. Untersuchungen des Weißseins sind notwendig, um Schaden in den überwiegend von Weißen dominierten Arbeitsfeldern der künstlerischen Therapien zu verhindern, doch sollte diese Diskussion nicht die Diskussionen über die Erfahrungen von PraktikerInnen of Color überschatten, die in der Arbeit mit Communities of Color auf Fragen von Rassismus und der Staatsbürgerschaft stoßen. Dieser selbstreflexive Essay beschreibt, wie eine Schwarze dominikanisch-haitianische Kunsttherapeutin, die in den Vereinigten Staaten (U.S.) aufgewachsen ist, die Notwendigkeit erkannte, ihr eigenes politisches Bewusstsein zu erforschen, während sie mit Teilnehmerinnen einer Jugendorganisation in der Dominikanischen Republik (D.R.) arbeitete. Die Autorin diskutiert die Verwendung von Kunst, um kritisch Fragen von Rassismus, Staatsbürgerschaft und Privilegien zu hinterfragen, die während ihrer Zeit in der D.R. aufkamen. Es werden Empfehlungen gegeben, KunsttherapeutInnen of Color zu unterstützen, sich mit ihrer Wahrnehmung von Staatsbürgerschaft und Rassismus auseinanderzusetzen, während sie psychische Gesundheitsdienste für Communities of Color anbieten.

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Johannil Napoleon, Art Therapy & Counseling, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA

Johannil Napoleón, LPC, ATR-BC, is an art therapist, artist, educator, and scholar. She is Dominican-Haitian, born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Napoleón received her Bachelor's in Art at Berea College and a Master’s in Art Therapy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Napoleón is a bilingual (Spanish and English) Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Board-Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC). She has years of experience practicing in the United States and abroad at community organizations, hospital settings, residential programs, primary and secondary schools, and universities. In these settings, she created innovative and individualized therapeutic interventions that met the individuals’ needs while considering their unique individual and cultural factors. Her passion is serving BIPOC youth and young adults in under-resourced communities who have been impacted by traumatic experiences, facilitating workshops related to mental health and racial trauma, and creating art that supports Black girls and women empowerment. Napoleón is the founder of the Black Art Therapist Network, an organization that provides support, resources, and mentorship to Black art therapy students and professionals globally. Currently, she resides in the United States teaching at SAIC’s Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling Department and pursuing a doctorate in the clinical psychology (Psy.D.) program at Adler University with a concentration in Traumatic Stress Psychology, and Primary Care Psychology and Behavioral Medicine while continuing to use art as a tool for healing and social change.

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Der Umgang mit US-Staatsbürgerschaft und Rassismus in der Dominikanischen Republik

Die Erfahrung einer Schwarzen Lateinamerikanischen Kunsttherapeutin

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