“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.” -James Baldwin
Dr. Chioma Anah is the Founder and CEO of PerceptA Therapeutic & Training Center, LLC, Maryland. She holds a Doctorate of Education (EdD) in Counseling Psychology, is a NCC & LCPC- Maryland, and has over 15 years experience in the field of counseling working with adults and adolescents. Dr. Anah is also an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), a Board-Approved Clinical Supervisor in the State of Maryland, and a credentialed Art Therapist. Her research interests and topics include supervision, racial & social justice, the psychology of racism, racial microaggressions and multicultural issues in counseling.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do deeds; who knows great enthusiasm, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly." -Roosevelt (1910)
"Every human being possesses a reserve of strength whose extent is unknown to him, be it large, small, or nonexistent, and only through extreme adversity can we evaluate it."- Primo Levi, The Drowned and the Saved, (1988, p.60).
"As a clinician of Color, I am deeply connected to social justice and multicultural issues in counseling. The emergence of the multicultural competence movement in counseling has been the direct result of the growing recognition of the negative psychological consequences and impact of oppression and racism in the lives of People of Color. More recently, many counselors have been working to identify and utilize more effective interventions to address these issues in multicultural counseling and bring about social change. The cornerstone of my practice has been to address these issues in my work with clients from diverse backgrounds, as well as in my role as supervisor and educator in the field of counseling." - Dr. Chioma Anah, 2012
"There is great therapeutic value in art making: It provides a diplomatic way of working through issues sometimes too painful to access." -Dr. Chioma Anah, 2016
Dr. Chioma Anah is the Founder and CEO of PerceptA Therapeutic & Training Center, LLC, Maryland. She holds a Doctorate of Education (EdD) in Counseling Psychology, is a NCC & LCPC- Maryland, and has over 15 years experience in the field of counseling working with adults and adolescents. Dr. Anah is also an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), a Board-Approved Clinical Supervisor in the State of Maryland, and a credentialed Art Therapist. Her research interests and topics include supervision, racial & social justice, the psychology of racism, racial microaggressions and multicultural issues in counseling.
"As a clinician of Color, I am deeply connected to social justice and multicultural issues in counseling. The emergence of the multicultural competence movement in counseling has been the direct result of the growing recognition of the negative psychological consequences and impact of oppression and racism in the lives of People of Color. More recently, many counselors have been working to identify and utilize more effective interventions to address these issues in multicultural counseling and bring about social change. The cornerstone of my practice has been to address these issues in my work with clients from diverse backgrounds, as well as in my role as supervisor and educator in the field of counseling." - Dr. Chioma Anah, 2012
