Existing in a racist world is traumatizing and exhausting.
Most BIPOC people who start therapy with us feel depleted by race based trauma. Perhaps you can relate. Maybe you are constantly scanning for threats, feeling on-guard, and amped up. This leaves you feeling helpless and hopeless as you continue to live in oppressive systems.
Stuck in negativity and feeling disconnected and disempowered, you may feel like life is out of your control.
Do you feel numb, stressed, angry?
Do any of the following resonate with you?
If these sound true for you, we want you to know that you are having normal reactions to living in a racist world.
You may be the first in your family or community to get help with your mental health.
Find the strength you need.
It’s possible to feel better. Imagine a life where you could…
Helping BIPOC folks heal in a traumatizing world.
BIPOC therapy helps you rise above your challenges and start moving towards your ideal life with less suffering and more fulfillment.
You will get the effective skills you need to discover ways to cope with difficult life stuff and see that you deserve kindness and forgiveness - the same that you give to others.
Even if you are not sure that you find a therapist you can connect to and feel comfortable working with, being in therapy may still be able to help.
We believe that people in all identities and bodies deserve to have liberation-oriented mental health care — especially people with marginalized identities and bodies.
We work with many clients to heal from the toxic impacts of systemic oppression, racial trauma, othering, and/or the trauma of participating in and benefiting from White supremacy.
We are Echo Park Creative Psychology and we are therapists and humans who are here to help.
How does BIPOC therapy work?
BIPOC therapy consists of 50-minute, one-on-one sessions that help you work through your concerns. In addition to listening, your therapist will name when you are being gaslit, dismissed, and invalidated, while offering a direction forward, they play an active role.
Here’s how it will work step-by-step:
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First, your therapist will provide a safe, accepting space so that you will feel comfortable sharing your struggles with them.
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Through hearing your story, your therapist will start to get a picture of what your challenges are.
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Next your therapist will start by helping you with immediate concerns like managing difficult emotions and challenging life situations.
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You will also work together to discover what your goals are in therapy and in life.
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Keeping your unique goals in mind, you’ll figure out what’s needed to help you reach them.
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Over the course of your sessions, you will start making progress towards the life you desire.
Let’s get started.
Ready to start feeling better?
If you feel life is out of control, BIPOC therapy could help.
Schedule a call in our online scheduler, have a free phone or video consultation call, then schedule your first session.
We're here for you.