Bias Masterclass 2022: Decolonizing Therapy with Helen Park

Helen Park, LCSW, MFA has been working with children, adolescents, and their families in various capacities since 2004. Her work started as a teaching artist in film/video and digital media in New York City public schools and as a community-based video installation artist, then grew to working with parents and daughters in social-emotional learning and creating arts-based curricula for children with learning differences and special needs. Her desire to work more deeply and directly with the trauma that often arose in the work and to understand how to support another's healing process led to her current path as a clinical social worker specializing in integrative therapeutic approaches for children, youth, adult individuals, couples, and families. 

Throughout her career, she has served as an honest broker and convener of typically silo-ed sectors and organizations within public health to ensure equitable conversations in planning and organizing for change and impact on well-being and health. Her frameworks and approaches have been adopted by other institutions across the world as well as recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). She also holds expertise and has led in the areas of maternal and infant health, gun violence, mental health, chronic disease, and neighborhood planning for improved health.  

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