What are we Liberating Ourselves From?: an Interview with Dr. Ahmad Washington

Psychologies of Liberation by Ava Bravata Keating and Dr. James Norris

Episode notes
This episode features a conversation with the incredible Dr. Ahmad Washington, Associate Professor of Counseling and Human Development as well as Pan African Studies at The University of Louisville. Among other things, we discuss the violent origins of existentialism, black structural positionality, bringing consciousness of systemic oppressions to individualized therapeutic spaces, and reimagining what it means to be human. You can learn more about Dr. Washington and his work here: https://louisville.edu/education/faculty/washington/ahmad-washington
Keywords
psychotherapyunconditional lovebipoc therapyliberationpsychologymental healthabolitiondecolonizationcushman