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BANTR Radio was started by Will Sherwin, LMFT in 2014 to circulate interviews and discussions about important and interesting narrative therapy topics.
On this episode Will Sherwin talks with Dr. Danielle Drake from the San Francisco Bay Area. Danielle performs two of her spoken word poems, we discuss African-centered psychologies, her journey to becoming a clinical psychologist, song lyrics evocative of therapeutic principles, teaching narrative and expressive arts practices at CIIS, sky-diving and more!
Danielle is on the core faculty of the California Institute of Integral Studies’ Expressive Arts Program in San Francisco, CA. She is also a PhD. candidate at the Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara. Her dissertation is entitled, “Spirituality and Creativity Among Culturally Empowered African-Americans: A Legacy of Empowered Community Liberation.”
Danielle Drake can be reached at dydrake@ciis.edu and she would love to hear your reflections.
Show Notes:
[35:19} “The challenge mindset” from the book:
The Triumph of the Soul: Cultural and Psychological Aspects of African American Music
by Ferdinand Jones, Arthur C. Jones, ed.
[39:36] “I feel the other, I dance the other, therefore I am.” — Leopold Sedar Senghor.
[47:32} Gregory Porter — “Painted on Canvas”
[1:10:27] “The will to adorn”
[1:11:48] Outkast — “So Fresh, So Clean”
[1:16:01] Carolyn Malachi — “Beautiful Dreamer”
Originally published on May 25, 2018.
BANTR: A Narrative Therapy Podcast
BANTR Radio was started by Will Sherwin, LMFT in 2014 to circulate interviews and discussions about important and interesting narrative therapy topics.
