Art Therapy Remedies for Activist Burnout (N/NY-AC6185)
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Jordan Potash, PhD, ATR-BC, LCPAT
Jordan S. Potash, PhD, ATR-BC, REAT, LCAT (NY), LCPAT (MD) is Assistant Professor in the Art Therapy Program at The George Washington University and Editor in Chief of Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association. For more information, podcasts, and articles, please visit www.jordanpotash.com.
Intense emotional investment in social movements can lead to activist burnout. Social protest theory of emotions informed with the Jungian tension of opposites and infused with art therapy offers a remedy. Shifting stances honors King’s teachings to simultaneously channel outrage to dismantle systems with compassion to re-establish damaged relationships.