Race
A Puncturing of the Soul
Facing Racial Trauma and Internalized DevaluationIf clinicians continue to assert that "trauma is trauma," the uniqueness treating racial trauma will remain on the margins of what we extol as best practice. Read more
Healing the Invisible Wounds of Racial Trauma in Therapy
A Conversation with Kenneth V. HardyNetworker discusses racially-sensitive, trauma-informed interventions and strategies with Dr. Kenneth V. Hardy. Read more
Culturally-Responsive Support for the Latinx Community
A Conversation with Leslie PriscillaNetworker sits down with the founder of Latinx Parenting Leslie Priscilla as she discusses key cultural and environmental factors that may influence your... Read more
Treating Systemic Trauma in the African American Community
A Conversation with Dr. Jennifer PayneJoin Networker’s Anna Lock and Jennifer Payne, Ph.D, LCSW, author, research scientist, and clinician as they discuss how Dr. Payne works to culturally tailor... Read more
The Healing Power of Community
A Conversation with Shawna Murray-BrowneNetworker talks with Shawna Murray-Browne about ways to bridge racial barriers in and outside of the therapy room. Read more
Total Liberation
A Buddhist Approach to HealingWhat would therapy look like if the focus was on liberating a client from their setbacks, rather than simply diluting their symptoms? Read more
Decolonizing Mental Health
The Healing Power of CommunityTraining must go beyond the intellectual exercise of grasping the concept of racism. The real work is getting out of our chairs and going into our communities... Read more
Unhealed Bodies
Looking at Ancestral TraumaResmaa Menakem, author of "My Grandmother’s Hands," discusses racialized trauma and a body-based path to healing. Read more
How Can White Therapists Support Asian American Clients?
Being a Good Clinician and AllyRecent racial attacks have been perpetrated against people who look like me. I’m a female-presenting Asian American clinician, and many of my colleagues have... Read more
The Threat Response of Appease
Do You Know It When You See It?How can therapists address historical trauma and the common threat response of appeasement? Read more
Psychedelic Therapy and Racial Trauma
Offering Clients a Deeper Experience of HealingCan psychedelic therapy offer a faster, deeper way to heal the intergenerational effects of racial injustice? Read more
Therapeutic Skills in the Workplace
Confronting Racial WoundsJust like families, coworkers often need help talking honestly and listening deeply, especially when it comes to issues around diversity, equity, and... Read more
Toxic Entwinement
The Roots of American RacismExploring the intertwined roots of caste and racism in America. Read more
Race and Healing
Expanding the ConversationNow, more than ever, we’re engaged as a society in finding ways to have a truly meaningful dialogue about race and racism. But how do we translate good... Read more
Working With Internalized Racism
From Shame to Unburdening with IFSWhile the Black Lives Matter movement has increased the country’s understanding of the pernicious impact of racism, how do people actually do the internal... Read more
The Agreement
Tackling a Teachable Moment on RaceIn the days after George Floyd’s murder, and amidst their work to address gang-related trauma and violence, a white therapist and her Black cofacilitator... Read more
A Black Therapist in America
Speaking Out Against Learned VoicelessnessBlack people know all too well that their daily experience of racism doesn’t matter unless it interferes with the lives of the white mainstream. As a result... Read more
The movement to offer more free therapy and expand access to treatment gains momentum. Read more
VIDEO: The Assaulted Sense of Self
Voicelessness in Black AmericaHow much has the therapy profession confronted race in America? At what point do therapists need to join the conversation? And how might they do so? In... Read more
Addressing Race Therapeutically in Black Relationships
Testimonials from the 2015 Psychotherapy Networker SymposiumToday I attended a workshop called “Working with Black Couples: Overcoming Myths and Stereotypes,” led by Dr. Christiana Awosan. Being an African American... Read more
Addressing Race and Culture in the Therapy Room
Testimonials from the 2015 Psychotherapy Networker SymposiumAs a family therapist, I know the power of thinking relationally, collaborating, and working across difference to find the many places where we actually share... Read more
The New Face of Racism
Today, No One is Immune to the Effects of DiscriminationIn today’s multicultural world, no one is immune to the emotional fallout of discrimination. Read more
Confronting Subtle Racism in Therapy
A Social Justice Perspective on LanguageIs it appropriate to bring up the use of subtly racist language in a session, even if it doesn’t deal with the client’s presenting issue? Always, says one... Read more
What Textbooks Don't Tell You
Acknowledging the complexities of real-life therapyAcknowledging the complexities of real-life therapy Read more
Breathing Room
Creating a Zone of Safety and Connection for Angry Black TeensTherapy is about healing and also about promoting connection. The healing starts when we lance the wounds our clients bring in, help them vent their pain and... Read more
In the fluid world of our practices, we must face the truth of opposing truths everyday. Read more
From the July/August 1994 issue WHEN I WAS 15 YEARS OLD, MY FRIEND CAROL TALKED ME into going to a dance at our high school. Of course, we had... Read more
Cutting through the isolation of our self-declared tribes Read more