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Resmaa Menakem



Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, is an American author, psychotherapist, and trauma specialist. He has served as the director of Tubman Family Alliance and specializes in the relationship between trauma and the human body. Menakem is the author of New York Times bestseller My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies.

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Rock the Boat: How to Use Conflict to Heal and Deepen Your Relationship

Conflict is a natural part of any intimate relationship. Yet most couples either avoid it or try to smooth over their differences. Either way, integrity is compromised and growth is stunted.

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White Supremacy as a Trauma Response

For the past three decades, we’ve earnestly tried to address white supremacy with reason, principles, and ideas — using dialogue, forums, discussions, education, and mental training. Clearly, this isn’t working as well as we’d expected.

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Resmaa Menakem Interview - My Grandmother's Hands

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Therapist Expands Book on Racialized Trauma to Video E-Course

“When we start to talk about trauma, usually we’re talking about something personally that happened to you, but I started to see the traumatic effects of white supremacy,” said Resmaa Menakem.

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