Thesis
We all rise: creating space for Black women to emerge from internal and external systems of oppression
Master of Arts (M.A.), Drexel University
Jun 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00001551
Abstract
We All Rise was a therapeutic support group catering to the exploration and embodied experiences of Black women during the Covid-19 pandemic and racial unrest. It was developed at a community-based, outpatient health care clinic, and sessions occurred once a week for 18 weeks. The group consisted of five Black women who presented with a variety of mental and physical health challenges including depression, chronic pain, post-traumatic stress syndrome, and social anxiety. With the goals of establishing community, increasing body-mind awareness, and reclaiming their life's narratives, the group process was studied through the lens of dance/movement therapy. The outcomes of this group included psychosomatic transformation due to members feeling seen, heard, and understood. This paper will also reflect the author's contemplative process of creating, facilitating, and ending therapeutic group for the purpose of providing cultural considerations for health care professionals, allies, community leaders, and others who might provide services to Black women.
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- Title
- We all rise
- Creators
- Jahnieka C. Griffin
- Contributors
- Dawn Morningstar (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Arts (M.A.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- vi, 33 pages
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Creative Arts Therapies; College of Nursing and Health Professions; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991020220771304721