USF Santa Rosa

address: 416 B Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401

phone: [phone]

email: [email protected]

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As therapists in training, how can we use our privilege to address the grief and trauma that the black community is facing right now?

Posted @withregram • @grieftips It is our duty to do everything in our power to stand up against white supremacy.

[USF Santa Rosa @USFSantaRosa]

The full list of reading material from tip 7 can be found on @jane_mount’s post.
#grief #blacklivesmatter

[USF Santa Rosa @USFSantaRosa]

Therapy is political.

Posted @withregram • @therap.issed Therapissed stands with BIPOC. We will not stand for this and neither should you. Sign the petition. Educate yourselves. Link to George Floyd’s memorial service go fund me is in the bio. #blacklivesmatter

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this ain't news either, this is obvious shit and I recommend following @nic.mcdermid @the_queer_counselor
@margeaux.feldman @decolonizingtherapy @dobetter_consulting and @consent_and_liberation who all speak about this frequently and who have voices you should listen to

[USF Santa Rosa @USFSantaRosa]

Examining power imbalances is essential for all therapists.

Posted @withregram • @livedexperiencecounsellor
power imbalances are perpetuated within gender, age, class, bodies, culture, race, education, institutions, access to healthcare , politics and societal structures...

[USF Santa Rosa @USFSantaRosa]

when you do not acknowledge the realities of the power imbalance and how they may show up in the therapy space, you're at risk of harming individuals because the therapeutic relationship has the potential to reinforce inequality and oppression.⁣⁣

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Image Source: Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence (2005). Adapted: Ellen Tuzzolo (2016); Mary Julia Cooksey Cordero (@jewelspewels) (2019); The Conscious Kid (2020).

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How do we, as practitioners, resist covert white supremacy in our practice?

@withregram • @theconsciouskid White supremacy is a system of structural and societal racism which privileges white people over everyone else, regardless of the presence or absence of racial hatred.

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If you are unsure of what any of these terms mean, please feel free to look them up. There is an abundance of scholarship and research on each of these things.

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Think about the lack of support from most white colleagues, who close ranks to support their own. Think.⁣
#inthetrencheswithyou⁣
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Credit for the * line to @rachel.cargle @rainbowkimono & original meme by @riseupgoodwitch

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How can we make sure voices of historically oppressed groups are heard and validated in and outside of therapy? How do we ensure that white privilege is checked at our office doors? How can we examine power differentials?

Posted @withregram • @seerutkchawla

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Think about the pain I have had to revisit to write this. Think about the starkly different standards I am held up to. Think about the almost embarrassing power differential. Think about my internal battle with my internalised power differential, and feeling on the back foot.

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How can we take care of ourselves? How can we release and embrace abundance?

Posted @withregram • @socialjusticehealing You are never really alone, say it with me 🦋