We, as therapists, have an opportunity to educate and challenge people to the conscious and unconscious aspects of racism. In this episode, Dr. Graham Taylor speaks with Alethea Glave, LCSW, about therapy specifically addressing mental health in underserved and underrepresented communities. Together they discuss the importance of creating a safe space and being intentional on normalizing and decolonizing therapy, helping clients recognize the other dimensions to their mental health, understanding history and recognizing they systemic issues, and ways to grow and promote W.E.A.L.T.H. principles (worth, esteem, awareness, love, tuning, and healing). If we, as therapists, can have that trust in the relationship together, and this is a safest place a client can have, we can invite them to get uncomfortable and challenge the ideas and their contributions to racism.

Resources

For more information about Alethea Glave and Melanated Counseling, please visit: https://www.melanatedcounseling.com

For more information about Alethea’s work with Coordinated Behavioral Care (CBC), please visit: https://cbcare.org

Or the innovative Pathway Home Program, please visit: https://cbcare.org/innovative-programs/pathway-home/

For more information about Mental Health specifically for black communities or for information and resources, please visit: https://mhanational.org

For more information about Shawna Murray Browne, please visit: https://www.shawnamurraybrowne.com