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As a mental health clinician, I acknowledge the unique mental health needs resulting from historical, intergenerational, and racial trauma. I also recognize the oppressive practices and complicities of the mental health industry, both past and present. To minimize the perpetuation of harm, I root my practice in social justice and liberation and bring conscious intention into my work. I am passionate about contributing to the collective healing of generations of harm and the remembering of our humanity and potential for love and connection. I envision, and am continually moving toward, a co-constructed future based in abolition, transformative justice, and community care.
“Without inner change there can be no outer change. Without collective change, no change matters.”
-REV ANGEL KYODO WILLIAMS
The consequences of colonialism, white supremacy, genocide and cultural erasure reverberate throughout the lives and psyches of all of us today.
The impact of settler colonialism has far-reaching consequences that we witness today in every layer of our society - from the education system, to the criminal justice system, to the healthcare system, and the mental health industry - disproportionately impacting BIPOC and other marginalized communities. In the pursuit of justice, equity, and collective liberation, my hope is that, with great intention, we can all move towards decolonizing our minds, practices, and the systems we live and work in. My belief is that the first step requires listening to and amplifying the experiences, knowledge, and wisdom of black and indigenous femmes, de-centering and deconstructing whiteness, and holding ourselves accountable for the part we all play in reinforcing the inequity inherent in our system and in the world.
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