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Psychedelic Therapy and Racial Trauma: Offering Clients a Deeper Experience of Healing

By Chris Lyford — 2021

Like most people of color in the United States, psychotherapist and researcher Monnica Williams has experienced myriad forms of racism. Early in her career, understanding its effects on her mind and body motivated her to help clients address their own racial trauma in therapy.

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What is Historical Trauma?

Historical trauma is multigenerational trauma experienced by a specific cultural, racial or ethnic group.

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The Legacy of Trauma

An emerging line of research is exploring how historical and cultural traumas affect survivors’ children for generations to come.

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Collective Trauma From COVID-19

Events such as the COVID-19 pandemic can lead to collective trauma or long-term psychological effects that are shared by a large group of people.

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Helping Children of Color Heal from Collective Trauma

At the individual level, the psychological effects of trauma can be acute or long term, depending on a person’s experience and access to care. But at the community level, a complex and collective experience of trauma can lead to irreparable harm that lasts for generations.

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After Our Nation Grieves, It Can Grow

As a war veteran, I know that trauma survivors can emerge with a deeper, richer appreciation of life.

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James Baldwin Insisted We Tell the Truth About This Country. The Truth Is, We’ve Been Here Before

In each generation we have to experience the haunting ritual of a Black family grieving in public over the loss of a loved one at the hands of the police.

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What Is Collective Trauma?

How it could be impacting us.

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