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When "Western" psychology’s dominating definition of health is forced onto people of diverse cultures, it can cause further stigmatization, shame, and division among families and communities. We must ask ourselves how this same system can cause chronic disconnection when working with the next generation of healers?
As supervisors we are not only responsible for meeting board requirements, but are often tasked with helping associates to identify who they are as healers and who they want to be. What we as supervisors choose to attune to, how we foster growth, and the means in which we engage with healers in training is directly interconnected with the type of healing our community has access to, and the associates that put their trust in us to walk with them on their journey.
To interrupt the cycle of pain we see in our communities we will explore how to shift from top-down to bottom-up process and guide our supervisees as they engage in ethical healing practices and heal from the wounding incurred during the academic process. We will discuss shifting from power-hoarding to power sharing. This requires providers to first unlearn and heal in order to collaborate in anti-oppressive, non-exploitive ways. Decolonizing power, knowledge, and relationships is a process that we must commit to as ethical mental health professionals who are guiding our future healers.
What Participants Are Saying:
“I am forever changed by this training. I felt like my heart burst open. I would have loved a full-day training!”
“It was really awesome to be in a learning space where I didn't have to think about what to ‘cut out’ and which pieces I could use, what to adapt to be anti-oppressive, and to not feel invisible. THAT's how you center qtbipoc/marginalized wisdom!! Loved it. The facilitator has great talent and I would highly recommend her for training and consultation for all clinicians.”
“Increased awareness of oppressive systems within supervision relationships in order to create paths of healing to challenge the systems.”
“Increased my awareness of top-down approaches and introduced me to bottom-down approaches that I look forward to studying and integrating into my own process of becoming then can offer its insights in my work as a budding clinical supervisor.”
“It brought greater awareness to the challenges supervisees with diverse identities face in supervision and how to best support them.”
“As an Indigenous provider who incorporates my ancestral wisdom in the work I do, I came out of this training with more new knowledge and terminology.”
When "Western" psychology’s dominating definition of health is forced onto people of diverse cultures, it can cause further stigmatization, shame, and division among families and communities. We must ask ourselves how this same system can cause chronic disconnection when working with the next generation of healers?
As supervisors we are not only responsible for meeting board requirements, but are often tasked with helping associates to identify who they are as healers and who they want to be. What we as supervisors choose to attune to, how we foster growth, and the means in which we engage with healers in training is directly interconnected with the type of healing our community has access to, and the associates that put their trust in us to walk with them on their journey.
To interrupt the cycle of pain we see in our communities we will explore how to shift from top-down to bottom-up process and guide our supervisees as they engage in ethical healing practices and heal from the wounding incurred during the academic process. We will discuss shifting from power-hoarding to power sharing. This requires providers to first unlearn and heal in order to collaborate in anti-oppressive, non-exploitive ways. Decolonizing power, knowledge, and relationships is a process that we must commit to as ethical mental health professionals who are guiding our future healers.
What Participants Are Saying:
“I am forever changed by this training. I felt like my heart burst open. I would have loved a full-day training!”
“It was really awesome to be in a learning space where I didn't have to think about what to ‘cut out’ and which pieces I could use, what to adapt to be anti-oppressive, and to not feel invisible. THAT's how you center qtbipoc/marginalized wisdom!! Loved it. The facilitator has great talent and I would highly recommend her for training and consultation for all clinicians.”
“Increased awareness of oppressive systems within supervision relationships in order to create paths of healing to challenge the systems.”
“Increased my awareness of top-down approaches and introduced me to bottom-down approaches that I look forward to studying and integrating into my own process of becoming then can offer its insights in my work as a budding clinical supervisor.”
“It brought greater awareness to the challenges supervisees with diverse identities face in supervision and how to best support them.”
“As an Indigenous provider who incorporates my ancestral wisdom in the work I do, I came out of this training with more new knowledge and terminology.”