Racial Trauma Is Real

If you feel increased activation, exhaustion, guilty, hopelessness, and anger about racial violence, you are not alone. We are in the newest chapter of the civil rights movement, and this time has been a reckoning for many people, particularly White people or people learning about their part in systemic racism, white supremacy, and anti-blackness. For many BIPOC folx, there has been renewed trauma at seeing violence against brown and black bodies.

While I have specialized in trauma as a professional, I am taking new steps into understanding how to be a racial trauma-informed therapist. I have benefited from the training of Inclusive Therapists and want to share this Instagram post from @inclusivetherapists:

The questions “What happened to you and your people? What is still happening now?” are a great opening for all of us (including, and perhaps especially for White people) in our therapy or in conversations with those close to us. Being able to share and explore our stories is a great start to helping us identify and integrate how race is part of our lives.

To reach out for therapy or training with Inclusive Therapists, check out the website inclusivetherapists.com