During the pandemic, many classes across Antioch shifted online. This could have resulted in a reduced learning experience, but in many cases it instead created opportunities for instructors and program…
Antioch’s Showbiz-to-Psychology Pipeline
Your first session with a new therapist. They call you into the office. You take a seat on the couch and mentally prepare to process life’s challenges—all the while thinking, in the back of your mind, This person looks familiar. Only in LA, right?Well, no…
Working Towards Educational Justice With Open Heart and Mind
Santa Barbara is beautiful, comfortable, tranquil—and it’s where Gabi Quinn, a recent Antioch Santa Barbara grad, finds her strength. Quinn plans to advocate for students and fight for educational equality…
S1E9: 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.
A Post-Mudslide Career Change Leads to Joy
Sometimes the things that cause us to change our lives are as small as a poem or a nagging thought. For other people—for instance, Jennifer Rapp, a recent graduate of…
COLORS Celebrates 10 Years of Progress For LGBTQ+ Youth
Cynthia Ruffin directs COLORS LGBTQ Youth Counseling Services, a program that provides therapy for youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other diverse sexualities and genders at…
Therapist Champions Somatic Experiencing Modality to Heal Trauma
“I’ll tell you a story,” says Sergio Ocampo, a Marriage and Family Therapist who is passionate about the Somatic Experiencing approach to healing trauma. The story is about Dr. Peter…
S1E2: How Therapy is Evolving to Support Mental Health in Unprecedented Times
In this episode, recorded almost exactly a year after the COVID-19 pandemic forced lockdowns across the U.S., we have a deep conversation with two Antiochians working on the front lines…
Helping Students Impact Their Communities Leads to Big Award
The Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award Advisory Committee has decided to award a 2020 Beckman Award to Dr. Sylvie Taylor, Professor of Psychology at Antioch University Los Angeles. The national award…
Trans Leader Raises Awareness of Aggressions Small and Large
The history of medicine in the United States is not lacking for moments when those sworn to heal have instead used their power in reckless, negligent, and harmful ways. The…
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…
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…