I help clinicians, healers, and coaches incorporate decolonized and liberatory values in their practices so that you can have a practice and/or service-based business that is truly affirming and welcoming to clients who hold marginalized identities.
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Reader, Something else that keeps surfacing in conversations with fellow therapists and healers is the tension of being both witness and participant in a world on fire. We’re navigating burnout, grief, systemic violence—and then showing up to hold others through the same storms. ❌ This isn’t a sign that you’re not being an effective therapist. This isn't a personal shortcoming either... ✅ This is a reflection of living and working within a system that asks us to care endlessly -while most of the time- offering little care in return. In liberatory work, we aren’t separate from what we’re unlearning. We’re not exempt from the contradictions. We may be carrying the same intergenerational trauma, the same weight of injustice, and the same longing for rest that our clients do. To do this work decolonially means refusing to pathologize our own capacity, and instead honoring the relational and political nature of our exhaustion. It means telling the truth: that even our uncertainty, our grief, our stuckness—can be sacred material for healing. So if you’re tired, you’re not alone. And you don’t need to carry it all alone either. In community and shameless uncertainty 💛 Silvana @ Decolonize Your Practice PS. You can read previous Liberatory Letters here. PPS. Happening this Thursday inside The Therapist Connection... Join me! ⬇️ ⬆️ Let's connect! |
Hi! I'm Silvana.
I help clinicians, healers, and coaches incorporate decolonized and liberatory values in their practices so that you can have a practice and/or service-based business that is truly affirming and welcoming to clients who hold marginalized identities.
Reader, A quick update on what I've been up to (you can skip this box to read the Liberatory Letter below): 🎙️ Last year (and last year was a completely different time) I recorded a podcast interview with Maegan Megginson from the Deeply Rested Podcast titled "Love, Joy, and Liberation: A Shame-Free Approach to Decolonization" (for service providers) and you can listen to it here. 🖥️ Next week on 4/24 I am presenting the first part of 3-part Workshop Series for The Therapist Connection titled...
Reader, A quick update on what I've been up to (you can skip this box to read the Liberatory Letter below): 🔥🔥 I'm preparing a 3-part Workshop Series for The Therapist Connection. In April: "Decolonizing Your Practice: A 4-Step Guide for Private Practitioners". In May: "Navigating Code-Switching in Clinical Spaces: Insights for B.I.POC Practitioners and Allies". In June: "Decolonizing Mental Health: Bridging Personal and Professional Transformation". Hope to see you there! Last year I talked...
Reader, A quick update on what I've been up to (you can skip this box to read the Liberatory Letter below): 📖 Reading: Room At The Table, A Leader's Guide To Advancing Health Equity And Justice by Dr. Renée Branch Canady 🖥️ Developing a self-paced course on identities and intersectionality as key components of having a decolonial practice. Get automatically on the waitlist by clicking this link. ☀️ The last round (ever) of the program Decolonize Your Practice later this year. This will be a...