Before she was a therapist, Ashley Hampton was a Black, queer, Southern girl trying to survive in a world that wasn’t built for her. In this powerful kickoff to Mind Amendment’s Pride Month series, Healing in the Margins, Ashley shares what it really means to seek emotional safety and how traditional models of therapy often fail the very people who need them most.
From being the “chocolate and vanilla cake” kid who had to explain her identity at five years old, to navigating grad school and internships where her voice w...
Before she was a therapist, Ashley Hampton was a Black, queer, Southern girl trying to survive in a world that wasn’t built for her. In this powerful kickoff to Mind Amendment’s Pride Month series, Healing in the Margins, Ashley shares what it really means to seek emotional safety and how traditional models of therapy often fail the very people who need them most.
From being the “chocolate and vanilla cake” kid who had to explain her identity at five years old, to navigating grad school and internships where her voice was labeled “unprofessional,” Ashley unpacks the trauma baked into clinical spaces that weren’t created for BIPOC or LGBTQ+ communities. Together with host Patrick Custer, she explores what’s missing from mainstream mental health care, why community-based healing matters, and how building her own model was an act of survival and resistance. This episode is a call to action for therapists, clients, and anyone who wants to build a more inclusive future in mental health, one where all bodies, voices, and stories are safe to be fully seen.
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About Ashley Hampton:
As the Executive Director of Healing in the Margins, Ashley is dedicated to creating, holding, and amplifying space for folks in marginalized communities, overseeing fundraising efforts, and community engagement. Ashley also serves as the Co-Founder and Clinical Director of Hampton House Counseling, a group counseling practice dedicated to serving individuals in the margins. Ashley lives out her passion for training new clinicians in the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities as a Certified Clinical Supervisor at Hampton House, Adjust Professor of Counseling Diverse Populations at Vanderbilt University, and now in her work with Healing in the Margins.
"I’m a therapist who loves working with BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ populations, treating trauma, religious dissonance, anxiety, depression, and empowerment. My wife and I own a counseling center, Hampton House Counseling dedicated to holding space for marginalized folks. In 2022, we co-founded a non-profit organization called Healing in the Margins where the mission is to cultivate systemic change by providing resources and programming in mental health spaces for the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC."
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