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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Black Latinx Art Therapist, Colorism, Privilege, Dominican Republic, Therapeutic Relationship

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Discusiones sobre la receptividad cultural para profesionales de la salud mental a menudo perpetúan los marcos colonizadores. Al centrar la conciencia de los terapeutas blancos sobre el poder y el privilegio cuando trabajan con personas de color, los paradigmas dominantes en el campo pueden pasar por alto las experiencias de los practicantes de color y la dinámica relacional de involucrar antecedentes raciales / culturales compartidos. Los interrogatorios de Blancura son necesarios para prevenir daños en los campos predominantemente blancos de las terapias de artes creativas, sin embargo, esta discusión no debe eclipsar las discusiones sobre las experiencias de los practicantes de color que encuentran problemas de colorismo y ciudadanía al trabajar con comunidades de color. Este ensayo autorreflexivo describe cómo una terapeuta de arte dominicana-haitiana negra, que se crió en los Estados Unidos (EE. UU.), Reconoció la necesidad de explorar su propia conciencia política mientras trabajaba con mujeres participantes en una organización juvenil en la República Dominicana (DR). La autora discute el uso del arte para interrogar críticamente cuestiones de colorismo, ciudadanía y privilegios que surgen durante su tiempo en la República Dominicana. Se presentan recomendaciones para ayudar a los terapeutas de las artes de color a involucrar sus percepciones de ciudadanía y colorismo mientras brindan servicios de salud mental a las comunidades de color.

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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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la experiencia de un terapeuta de arte Negro Latinx en la República Dominicana

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