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Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice by Jennifer Mullan, PsyD
bibliotherapy, racialized trauma, decolonizing therapy Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN bibliotherapy, racialized trauma, decolonizing therapy Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN

Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice by Jennifer Mullan, PsyD

In her book, Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice Jennifer Mullan states that we must hold white supremacy accountable, she discusses how white supremacy disconnects us from our humanity. Race is a social construct that was first named in 1795. Racism is race prejudice plus power over another. White supremacy is the result of colonization.

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BIBLIOTHERAPY: My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
bibliotherapy, racialized trauma, growth routine, somatics Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN bibliotherapy, racialized trauma, growth routine, somatics Cori Hildebrandt, MA, LPC WI, LPCC MN

BIBLIOTHERAPY: My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem

I originally read this book in 2020 as part of a year-long book study group. It was a pivotal time in history and catapulted my personal evolution in the realm of white supremacy culture, race relations in America, and somatics.

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