The Soft Space Book Talks: Decolonizing Therapy with Dr. Jennifer Mullan
The Soft Space by Mama Glow
208 N 8th St, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA
New York
40.71714679999999
-73.9556836
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Join us at The Soft Space by Mama Glow, a premium wellness and live events oasis in Williamsburg Brooklyn for an intimate conversation followed by a book signing with Dr. Jennifer Mullan, author of Decolonizing Therapy.
The Soft Space Book Talks is a series of community centered book talks uplifting BIPOC mental wellness and care strategies with the goal of creating safe space for BIPOC folks and allies to engage with the community. Its a space to have important conversations around mental health in the BIPOC community. This series is made possible through the generous support of Kate Spade New York.
Dr. Jennifer Mullan's work is a call to action for therapists to politicize their practice through an emotional decolonial lens.
Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice is an essential work that centers colonial and historical trauma in a framework for healing, Decolonizing Therapy illuminates that all therapy is—and always has been— inherently political.
To better understand the mental health oppression and institutional violence that exists today, we must become familiar with the root of disembodiment from our histories, homelands, and healing practices. Only then will readers see how colonial, historical, and intergenerational legacies have always played a role in the treatment of mental health.
This book is the emotional companion and guide to decolonization. It is an invitation for Eurocentrically trained clinicians to acknowledge privileged and oppressed parts while relearning what we thought we knew. Ignoring collective global trauma makes delivering effective therapy impossible; not knowing how to interrogate privilege (as a therapist, client, or both) makes healing elusive; and shying away from understanding how we as professionals may be participating in oppression is irresponsible.
Monday, October 28th
6:30-8:30PM ET
Conversation with Dr. Jennifer Mullan & Latham Thomas, followed by a book signing with Dr. Mullan.
Investment: $40.00, includes a copy of the book.
$20.00, to attend the talk.
About Dr. Jennifer Mullan has a Doctorate of Psychology (Psy.D) in Clinical Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies; a Master’s in Counseling & Community Agencies from New York University’s Steinhardt School of Education. Dr. Mullan is currently a full-time Psychologist at New Jersey City University’s Counseling Center. She has 15 years of experience in clinical practice, higher education, teaching and grant writing. She is passionately committed to solidarity work that effectively addresses inequities based on race, gender, class, ability, gender identity and sexual orientation. Her professional research and clinical interests include complex and intergenerational trauma, group psychotherapy, QIBPOC and LGBTQIA wellness, spirituality & mindfulness practices, racism as trauma, healing in therapeutic settings, self-love as a revolutionary act and the process of decolonizing mental health. She founded Decolonizing Therapy, LLC. which seeks to create spaces to “call mental health professions IN” and begin to question the relatability of the mental health industrial complex to the people they serve.
No refunds. If you can not attend you can apply your ticket to a future event of equal value or transfer your ticket to another attendee.
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2024-10-28T18:30:00-04:00
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2024-10-28T20:30:00-04:00
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