I help therapists, healers, and space-holders bring decolonial and liberatory values into their work—so you’re not just saying you’re aligned… you’re actually practicing it. ⬆️ More integrity, more connection, more liberation. ⬇️ Less burnout, less performative wokeness, less colonial residue. If you want a practice where marginalized clients feel safe, seen, and honored—and you want to feel more grounded and intentional in your work—subscribe and join a growing community of practitioners doing this work differently. You practice can be liberatory-- let's get you there!
The Work Beyond Sameness
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Reader, Many of us understand the value of affinity spaces. We know how powerful it can be to gather with people who share aspects of our lived experience, where less energy is spent explaining and more energy can be spent reflecting, processing, and healing. But what happens when the work requires us to be in relationship across difference? What happens when we need to navigate power, accountability, discomfort, rupture, feedback, and repair with people whose identities and experiences are not the same as our own? Because the truth is, we do not live, work, or play in affinity spaces. We live in families, workplaces, communities, organizations, and relationships shaped by intersecting identities, power dynamics, and different lived experiences. And that means liberation work cannot only happen among people who are like us. In this month's blog post, I explore when we need to move beyond affinity spaces, and what cross-identity spaces can teach us about accountability, relationship, and practicing liberation in real time. Read the article: "When Affinity Spaces Aren't Enough" With liberatory care, Silvana Liberatory Letters | The Practice of Liberation | Decolonize Your Practice PS. One of the things we'll explore is how to move from understanding these dynamics intellectually to working with them inside our actual practices—without perfectionism, overwhelm, or needing to overhaul everything at once. We'll look at where change is possible, what gets in the way, and how to begin making liberatory shifts that are grounded in your real-life capacity. ⬆️ Let's connect! |
Liberatory Letters
I help therapists, healers, and space-holders bring decolonial and liberatory values into their work—so you’re not just saying you’re aligned… you’re actually practicing it. ⬆️ More integrity, more connection, more liberation. ⬇️ Less burnout, less performative wokeness, less colonial residue. If you want a practice where marginalized clients feel safe, seen, and honored—and you want to feel more grounded and intentional in your work—subscribe and join a growing community of practitioners doing this work differently. You practice can be liberatory-- let's get you there!
June 2026 | issue #8 Reader, i was lucky enough to travel extensively within my country during my formative years. every year, for as long as i can remember, i travelled during the summer with my parents. always to the interior, as a contrast to my upbringing in an urban, traffic-heavy city of eight million people. as i got older, my dad began bringing me along on some of his work trips. he is an engineer who specializes in renewable energy and weatherization projects for poor, rural, and...
Reader, A quick update on what I've been up to: 💻 Decolonizing Mental Health Therapy, a 3-hour CE workshop in collaboration with Therapist To Therapists. We'll examine colonialism in mental health, the importance of identities and code-switching, and discuss ways of decolonizing mental health practice. Learn more below or here. 🖥️ Start Here, 90-minute live workshop on Decolonizing Your Practice. I'll walk you through my 4-step framework to start Decolonizing your mental health practice—...
Reader, A quick update on what I've been up to: 💻 Decolonizing Mental Health Therapy: Examining power, identity, and practice, a 3-hour workshop (with CEs) in collaboration with Therapist To Therapists. We'll examine colonialism in mental health, the importance of identities and code-switching, and discuss ways of decolonizing mental health practice. Learn more below or here. 🖥️ In June, 90-minute workshop on Decolonizing Your Practice. I'll walk you through my 4-step framework to start...