This workshop is designed to make feminist principles and concepts accessible to professionals providing clinical services to populations who have traditionally been “under-served,” misunderstood, and/or silenced. Literature on feminist practice has provided a conceptual understanding of inclusion, and not necessarily a practical one. In this workshop, attendees will be provided with the tools and “permission” they need to meet clients wherever they sit, stand, and move. Attendees will also be reminded that may need to “unlearn” some of the ways that they have been taught to work with “diverse” clients. Intersectionality will be defined, discussed, and deconstructed as well.

Workshop Objectives

1. Identify feminist principles
2. Compare feminist practice principles to “traditional” practice approaches
3. Discuss the aim of feminist practice in terms of reaching people who have been excluded
4. Understand the meaning and the impact of intersectionality on clients
5. Analyze the limitations of traditional feminist practice
6. List ways in which feminist principles can be utilized to “reach” clients who have been silenced
7. Apply feminist principles to current practice modalities

About the Speaker

Dr. Jacqueline (Jackie) Anderson-Carter (She/Her) is a Clinical Director and a licensed Psychotherapist at IIPC (Inclusive Insight Psychotherapy and Consulting) in Chicago, an Associate Professor for the Social Work Program at Northeastern Illinois University, and an Adjunct Professor at Loyola University of Chicago’s School of Social Work. Dr. Anderson-Carter earned her Ph.D. and MSW from Loyola University Chicago. Her dissertation explores the “Nature of Hope Among Women Who Experience Homelessness.” 

Dr. Anderson-Carter has taught social work courses at Aurora University, Capella University, Loyola University, and St. Augustine College. She is a licensed certified Aromatherapist specializing in Trauma-Informed and Trauma-Responsive Care and Holistic Self-Care. She has provided consultation services to Ignite, an agency that serves young adults experiencing trauma and housing insecurity, and Healthwest, an organization that provides mental health services to the population of Muskegon County. 

Dr. Anderson-Carter volunteered at the Chicago Women’s Health Center providing clinical supervision to master’s and Doctoral social work, psychology, and counseling students. Dr. Anderson-Carter has been a Director of Clinical Services (Deborah’s Place 2000-2010), a therapist (Cathedral Counseling Center, Lorene Replogle Counseling Center), an Outreach Crisis Worker (Thresholds), and a consultant for agencies interested in implementing Harm Reduction, Motivational Interviewing, Trauma-Informed and Trauma-Responsive Services, Conflict Resolution, and Team-Building approaches. Dr. Anderson-Carter is currently writing a book entitled Kitchen Table Feminism/Womanism that explores the nature of decolonized clinical work with minoritized populations from an intersectional lens.