Emerging from the increased demands for dismantling oppressive systems of racism, patriarchy, and colonization, the Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) department at Antioch University New England is taking steps to decolonize…
Big Idea: Lessons from Season One of the Seed Field Podcast
With Season Two kicking off in just one week, the Seed Field Podcast team wanted to take a look back at some of the knowledge our guests shared in Season One. Over these twelve episodes, we had conversations with Antiochians representing all six of our campuses and across disciplines including education, mental health, environmental studies, leadership, and more. In this episode, host Jasper Nighthawk and producer Lauren Instenes play their favorite clips, ranging from advice for navigating mental health during a pandemic to how to decolonize our communities and workplaces. We hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane—and don’t forget to join us next week for the start of Season Two!
Coaching Foster Girls to Thrive
For many parents, watching their child graduate from college is a peak life experience—and all the more so if that child attended the same college as the parent once did….
S1 E9: How Affirmation Helps Queer Youth Thrive Despite Ongoing Discrimination
As Pride Month comes to an end, we discuss the continued need for LGBTQ+ activism, the challenges facing youth today, and ways to radicalize pride in the fight for social justice with Cynthia Ruffin, the director of COLORS LGBTQ Youth Counseling. As director of this free therapy service, Cynthia has great insight into how these young people continue to experience discrimination and trauma in our country, and she urges us to find new ways to show up for the LGBTQ+ community.
UGS Faculty Caley O’Dwyer Featured in “VoyageLA”
Caley O’Dwyer, Psychology and Creative Writing faculty in the Undergraduate Studies Department, was featured in a profile story in VoyageLA. “VoyageLA provides an intimate look into the lives of myriad…
A Tale of Two School Districts: Antioch Alums Have Outsize Impact in Chesterfield and Brattleboro
Ninety miles northwest of Boston, the Connecticut River flows in its broad, meandering course and, near a particularly wide bend in the river, meets and is joined by one of…
Building Resilience in Face of COVID-19 Uncertainty
Rebooting Through Optimism, Facing Fear, Social Support By Matthew Silverstein, PhD Our species has done an amazing job surviving multiple pandemics, ice ages and natural disasters, not to mention our own…
Kate O’Neil
Kate O’Neil, fourth-year PsyD student, and faculty member Marti Straus have published a timely article in the current Psychotherapy Networker magazine titled Playing Together Apart: Figuring Out Teletherapy for Kids.
Chairs and Faculty From Three Antioch PsyD Programs Attend NCSPP
Program Chairs and faculty from Antioch’s New England, Santa Barbara, and Seattle campuses attended the 2020 Mid-winter Conference (Conference) of the National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology…
The 2020 Winter AUS PsyD Newsletter is Here
The Winter 2020 edition of the AUS PsyD Newsletter opens with a Faculty Spotlight on Dr. Melissa Kennedy, who explains “I grew up in the Midwest, but now I’m from…
World Champion Uncovers His Desire to Help Others
In 2009, a year after two-time Olympic medalist Markus Rogan ‘14 (Los Angeles, MA in Clinical Psychology), set a new world record for the men’s 200m backstroke, the 27-year-old Austrian…
Frank Galassi Remembers The Stonewall Riots
It was the summer of 1969 and Frank Galassi ’87 (Los Angeles, MA in Clinical Psychology), a gay college professor from Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., liked to let off some steam…