Liberation Psychology began with Frantz Fanon (1925-1961), an Algerian psychiatrist who unapologetically explored the ailments of colonization on our bodies and psyches. The therapy I practice is rooted in solidarity, a struggle for liberation that unites everyone. We all have a part to play in healing our communities and our planet, a large undertaking that requires healing ourselves. Liberatory therapy includes the cultural, societal, spiritual, political, and historical aspects of your well-being.

As a white settler, practicing liberatory social work is being curious and reparative as I unlearn white supremacy and settler colonialism, and learn how to hold people in true equanimity. I must acknowledge the politics of therapy, for which I am always growing, and the women of the global majority that I learn from. Understanding and respecting the Black Radical Tradition is integral to how I navigate social work and destabilize the professionalization (colonization) of Indigenous healing traditions.