Decolonizing Mental Health Delivery with Melody Li (Part 2, Episode 228)

Therapist Uncensored Podcast

Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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This is part two of a two-part series with the founder of Inclusive Therapists, Melody and TU Co-host, Sue Marriott. This episode features challenging yet important conversations on active anti-racist practices, exploration of oppression, and dismantling whiteness in mental health structures. Melody emphasizes the need for white clinicians to examine their own complicity in upholding oppressive systems and to listen to and center the experiences of marginalized communities. They also highlight the interconnectedness of healing and the power of collective liberation through rehumanizing.

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0:00.0	When I'm hearing about labels such as secure, insecure, another term we use a lot in this field as trauma.
0:12.0	So society might look at someone that you
0:15.2	know someone might label as insecurely attached and say what's wrong with you?
0:19.9	Why are you this way? A trauma informed therapists might ask, what happened to you?
0:26.2	A liberation oriented therapist would ask, what happened to you and your people? What happened to you and your people? What is
0:37.7	continuing to happen to you and your people? What is being
0:41.6	perpetuated right now? How am I a part of this
0:46.8	perpetuation? How can I follow your lead to bring about liberation for you and your people and that can be a place where we can really dive deeper into the healing that each of us deserve.
1:07.0	Welcome to Therapist Uncensored. Building on decades of professional experience
1:12.0	this podcast tackles
1:13.0	neurobiology, modern attachment, and more in an
1:16.0	honest way that's helpful in healing humans. Your session begins now with
1:19.9	Dr. Ann Kelly and Sue Marriott.
1:30.8	Hey everybody, friendly reminder, if you haven't yet purchased secure relating holding your own in an
1:34.8	insecure world it would be a wonderful time to do so. Pre-ordering really helps us but
1:40.4	also if you don't want to spend the money, certainly just go to your local library and ask for it.
1:45.6	That's another way to support us and kind of get the word out.
1:48.7	So thank you for that if you've already done it. If not, please just check out the book. I think you'll be really
1:52.7	impressed secure relating book.com. Now today's episode we continue a conversation with
1:58.3	melody Lee. They describe themselves as a queer non-binary colony-born migrant.
2:04.0	They're the founder of Inclusive Therapist, a social justice mental health community, and directory.
2:10.0	Their organization centers on the needs of marginalized communities, especially queer trans, black, indigenous, and people of color.
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