Decolonized Clinical Supervision and Leadership

Nathaniel L. Currie is a scholar-practitioner specializing in the trauma experiences of Black and Brown identified men, anti-oppressive social work practices, and gender and orientation diversity. His clinical community-based participatory research explores the psychosocial intersection of trauma and HIV, and other health disparities experienced by Black and Brown men.

• Introduction: Decolonized Clinical Supervision and Leadership: the necessity of now, an introduction Gary Bailey; Part I. Content Knowledge and Application: 1. Decolonizing social work practice and clinical supervision – Beginning the Process Nathaniel L. Currie; 2. Utilizing anti-oppressive lens in social work supervision Nathaniel L. Currie, Ashley Wolfe, Darrin E. Wright, Jack Burke, Gavin Meade, Gisela Martinez, Jad-Evangelo Nasser, and Aydin Olson-Kennedy; 3. DEIPAR (dee-per) Supervision: leadership and power-sharing Jaqueline T. Dyer; 4. If-then antiracism heuristics: integration of critical race theory in clinical praxis Adriana Aldana and Michelle Zaragoza; 5. The process of decolonizing supervision and leadership (it do take nerve) Ann Marie Garran, Nathaniel L. Currie, Jack Burke, Rebecca 'Bex' Lisenbee, Gavin Meade and Adrianna N. Taylor; 6. Transforming leadership and supervision through the integration of anti-oppressive practices Christina Crow Cruz; 7. Anti-oppressive and intersectional mental health practice in psycholegal and other interdisciplinary collaborative settings Lindsey Sank Davis and Melanie Robinson Findlay; Part II. Leadership and Systems Practice: 8. Dismantling systems that traumatize and oppress: a comprehensive approach Ann Marie Garran, Nathaniel L. Currie, and Jad-Evangelo Nesser; 9. Conducting community-based participatory research using a lens of anti-oppression: Insights into everyday application Natalie D. Crawford; 10. Combined use of servant leadership principles and afrocentric perspective principles as framework to decolonize social institutions commitment to wellbeing and inclusion Darrin E. Wright; 11. Liberation as praxis for anti-racist, anti-oppressive approaches to higher education and social work using a BLACKCRIT lens Frederick V. Engram Jr; 12. Reversing the curse: liberatory models for black leaders and clinical supervisors in the family separation system Sherri Y. Simmons-Horton, Shawna Marie Aarons-Cooke, and Tanya Rollins; 13. Supervision and leadership impact and overlap on communities Nathaniel L. Currie, Jenny Jones and Larry L. Scott-Walker; Glossary; Further Reading: Anti-oppressive and decolonial resources unlocked Nathaniel L. Currie.

'A bold and necessary contribution, Decolonized Clinical Supervision and Leadership transforms social work practice through an unapologetic lens of anti-oppression and liberation. Dr. Currie and the book's contributors offer critical tools, lived wisdom, and practical frameworks that inspire ethical, culturally responsive leadership rooted in justice, healing, and systemic change. A must-read.' Anthony J. Hill, Professor of Social Work, Winthrop University, USA