How We as Practitioners Can Foster Stigma

• By: Sa'uda K. Dunlap, LCSW Lisa Furst, LMSW, MPH John Orr, MA, LMHC Vibrant Emotional Health
• July 14th, 2022
• implicit bias, mental health practitioners, mental health stigma, stereotypes, stigma, Summer 2022 Issue, therapeutic relationships
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Practitioners, despite our best intentions, may unconsciously foster stigma by downplaying or not recognizing the ways in which power dynamics, implicit bias, stereotypes, and lack of cultural humility can all build barriers to care. To illustrate the stigmatizing potential of a...