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Author name: Anthony Rivas

Dr. Rivas is a faculty member in the Counselor Education program at California State University-Sacramento (CSUS), in the rehabilitation counseling concentration. Dr. Rivas began his career in academia at the director level in academic advising, student retention, and student disability services before moving on to faculty roles at both the community college, baccalaureate, and graduate levels. Prior to teaching at CSUS, he taught at the undergraduate level at MSU Denver and prior to that, at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs in the Department of Counseling and Human Services at the graduate level. At UCCS, he taught: clinical mental health counseling, substance abuse counseling, student development theory, educational psychology, educational leadership, and within the Air Force Officer Commanding (AOC) Leadership program. Dr. Rivas has clinical experience providing mental health & substance abuse counseling in both private practice and with community agencies working with court-mandated offenders and individuals with chronic and severe mental health diagnoses. Dr. Rivas holds clinical licensure in Colorado as both a Licensed Addiction Counselor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with the national credential of Master Addiction Counselor. His research interests focus on equity and access to care, disparity in treatment for those with SUD, and the effect of socio-economic-status on clinical relationships, diagnosis, and prognosis. -- Email: a.rivas@csus.edu / https://www.csus.edu/college/education/masters-programs/counselor-education.html

White Supremacy, Overcoming A Legacy Of Cognitive Dissonance And Unresolved Trauma

Scholarly Articles / By Anthony Rivas

Abstract:This article aims to identify and understand how radicalized behavior, being a by-product of white supremacy is inculcated in individuals through continued cognitive dissonance and unresolved trauma. The avoidance of confronting uncomfortable emotions that comes with discussing this nation’s racialized history is symptomatic of an internal impairment. Subsequently, the legacy of a nation steeped in …

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