1.2 Cultural Humility with Rapinder Kaur

Rapinder Kaur is an art therapist, psychotherapist, public speaker, community organizer and the founder of Art as Therapy. As a therapist, she works from a relational, anti-oppressive framework with adults and children. She is passionate about systems change and using art to disrupt traditional thinking and imagine new possibilities for the world. Rapinder also facilitates trainings for other professionals on cultural humility. In our conversation Rapinder speaks about therapy as being a space to “light an internal revolution.” We explore how she has adapted her practice for the digital demands of the COVID era, why empowerment through art is crucial to social change, and practical advice for anti-oppressive therapy.