Decolonizing Therapy

Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice

De: Jennifer Mullan PsyD

Narrado por: Carmen Jewel Jones

A call to action for therapists to politicize their practice through an emotional decolonial lens.

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 listeners 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.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2023 Jennifer Mullan (P)2024 Tantor

essential education

in order to progress in a positive way, we need to understand eachother in a healthy way.

This book is a game changer!

Dr. Jenn Mullan is a rock star! She has informed us in very deep levels. She is a trailblazer while honoring her ancestors. This is a clear call to action internally and community based. Thank you Dr. Jenn for being you and sharing your old soul wisdom with us. We need it.

Decolonizing for Clincians

Well written, thoughtful, honest, candid and relevant resource for clinicians ready and/or desiring to go against the status quo. Helps to provide context and understanding of the mental health industrial complex. The why and how we got to where we are today.

Beautiful Foundation to Build on!

Absolutely transformative and should be read be all MHP’s, period! This work I believe should be a pre-requisite @ every institutional setting helpers are trained.

Every therapist should listen/read this book

This book was thoughtful and insightful. I feel like I have learned a lot and feel affirmed in many of my practices in counseling/social work. Every therapist, white identifying especially should read this.

Essential reading for mental health professionals

Essential reading for all mental health professionals. Especially those who work with historically targeted groups of people.

So Enlightened

The beauty of learning something new is beyond words! I will definitely listen again. Too much information for a one and done!

Important for anyone trying to decolonize and understand the world we live in

I'm not a mental health practitioner, though I have done much studying of trauma, abuse, etc.

I try to be an advocate and ally for others, and this book helped me have a better understanding of my own trauma and how I can hopefully help others.

I'm not a POC, but I am working to understand, decolonize, and do better as a human being.

Saving my life.

I am a therapist working through my own traumas and have been working with my fellow humans within systems for 10 years now. Jennifer articulates everything and it is validating to integrating my parts into a whole, rehumanizing myself, healing on deeper levels regardless of barriers on all levels of my life. This is the first time I’ve felt no shame in grieving what I couldn’t put words to.

Every therapist needs to read this

Life changing read as a student therapist in grad school in my first practicum setting.