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Liberatory Letters

I'm Silvana, decolonization and liberation consultant and educator for therapists, healers and space holders.

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!

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There’s no such thing as decolonial therapy

Reader, A quick update on what I've been up to: 💻 A minicourse on how to better understand your and your clients' intersectionality using this wheel of power and privilege. ☀️ Last chance to book a 1:1 Decolonial Consultation at the current rate ($220).Get clarity in your practice without bypassing systemic grief.Support your clients more deeply without abandoning your own liberation.Clinicians are using this space to pivot their decolonial work in uncertain times — so they can show up...

8 months ago • 2 min read
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May 2026 | issue #7 hey there, i’m trying something new…to honor my boundaries, i’m experimenting with moving The POL to the first monday of the month. i’m also practicing a bit of self-grace—and modeling it, too. meaning: if you don’t receive The POL on the first monday, it likely means i needed to allocate some of my bandwidth (time, energy, or nervous system capacity) to other parts of my full life—and you’ll receive it on the first tuesday instead. you’ll still be getting everything that...

about 6 hours ago • 5 min read
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Reader, A quick update on what I've been up to: 🌻 Community Liberation Sessions, the next meetings take place in May, and you're welcome to join live (with a limited replay available.) This is a virtual gathering space for therapists, healers, and space-holders practicing decolonization — in real time.Learn more below or here. 💻 Decolonizing Mental Health Therapy: Examining power, identity, and practice, a 3-hour workshop (with CEUs) in collaboration with Therapist To Therapists.Learn more...

5 days ago • 3 min read
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Reader, A quick note—honoring my bandwidth… This Monday, the second Community Liberation Session for BIPoC clinicians took place. And tomorrow (Thursday), we gather for the second session for white-identified clinicians. Someone recently asked: "What space do I join if I’m half white and half BIPoC? Here’s my answer—one that might help you decide which space to join, and also support you if you’re thinking about offering your own affinity spaces: who are affinity spaces for? With care,...

12 days ago • 1 min read
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Reader, We meet next week for the second round of Community Liberation Sessions.These are affinity spaces. The group of BIPOC clinicians will meet on Monday, Apr 20 — 3pm PT / 6pm ETThe group of white-identified clinicians will meet on Thursday, Apr 23 — 2pm PT / 5pm ET So… why affinity? Because shared identity can create shared context and accountability.And shared context can create something we don’t often get elsewhere: Less explaining, less code-switching, less managing how we’re...

19 days ago • 2 min read

April 2026 | issue #6 Reader, for a very long while, most “alternative*” healers have told me i have a problem with my throat chakra *yes—you know i personally wouldn’t call them alternative, even though that’s what we’ve been taught to call them. they became “alternative” in a western context where everything must be western-science-backed, western-researched, peer-reviewed, peer-approved… all uprooted, diluted, and bleached of its original ancestral meaning. so my throat chakra was...

20 days ago • 4 min read
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Reader, A quick update on what I've been up to: 💻 Community Liberation Sessions, the next meetings take place in two weeks, and you're welcome to join live (with a limited replay available.) This is a virtual gathering space for therapists, healers, and space-holders practicing decolonization — in real time.Learn more below or here. A couple of weeks ago, I told you that burnout and moral tension were among the main concerns for therapists wanting a liberatory practice. I ran a few more polls...

26 days ago • 2 min read
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Reader, A quick update on what I've been up to: 💻 Community Liberation Sessions, (formerly Decolonized Consultation Sessions) started in March. And you're welcome to join us live in the following months (with a limited replay available.)This is a virtual gathering space for therapists, healers, and space-holders practicing decolonization — in real time.Learn more below or here. Let’s talk about burnout. Not the “take a bubble bath and you’ll feel better” kind. Not the kind that can be fixed...

about 1 month ago • 2 min read
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Reader, A quick update on what I've been up to: 💻 Community Liberation Sessions, (formerly Decolonized Consultation Sessions) started last week. And you're welcome to join us live in the following months (with a limited replay available.)This is a virtual gathering space for therapists, healers, and space-holders practicing decolonization — in real time.Learn more below or here. Since restarting the Community Liberation Sessions, I’ve been reflecting more deeply on something I’ve been...

about 1 month ago • 1 min read
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Reader, A quick update on what I've been up to: 💻 Community Liberation Sessions, (formerly Decolonized Consultation Sessions) start today. And you're welcome to join us live if you have a cancellation or watch it later (limited replay available.)This is a virtual gathering space for therapists, healers, and space-holders practicing decolonization — in real time.We'll answer questions, process dilemmas, and learn together how to support a decolonial practice.Learn more below or here. I...

about 2 months ago • 2 min read
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March 2026 Reader, At the end of the Gregorian year, I took a full month off from therapy clients. And I actually took time off. I didn’t check my work email, I disconnected completely, and I left out-of-office messages everywhere they could possibly live. I intentionally didn’t plan a vacation. I stayed home to, I guess, hang out with myself. No specific plans. No productivity goals. No “use this time wisely” strategy. Just a stack of books that I promised myself I would peruse, not finish...

about 2 months ago • 5 min read