Decolonization is something to be thinking about every day, in every therapy session and all aspects of our lives. In November we are going to focus on it specifically by bringing awareness to the ways that play, therapy and it’s access has been colonized, recognizing how it shows up in the playroom & how to work against it. Of course I will be learning too! #redwoodcenterforchildrenandfamilies #childcenteredplaytherapy #decolonization #playtherapist #kids | The Redwood Center for Children & Fam

I deeply believe in the curative potential of therapy while remaining critically aware of the history and limitations of Western psychology. Psychology, as a field, has long been entangled with systems of social control, emerging alongside colonial expansion, industrialization, and institutionalization. Early psychological theories were wielded to justify racial hierarchies, reinforce colonial rule, and pathologize those who resisted dominant social norms—women, LGBTQ individuals, and Indigenous