Episode 40: Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma & Politicizing Your Practice with Jennifer Mullan, PsyD

After today's episode, head on over to @therapybookspodcast to learn about the latest giveaway. If you are enjoying these episodes and would like to support the podcast, please leave us a review. *The information shared in the podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler, interviews Jennifer Mullan, PsyD about her book Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma & Politicizing Your Practice (affiliate link). It is hard to pick just a few highlights as we discussed so much in this episode, but here are a few: 6:03: Learning and unlearning concept. 9:06 Defining what decolonizing therapy is. 14:12: Challenging the language that we use. 19:50: DSM and (lack of) multicultural classes in our education. 25:00 Beginning to talk about how the history of mental health is important. 25:56: How things are beginning to shift. 27:29: Why Dr. Mullan decided to write the book 29:00 This book is for practitioners. 31:32: Discussion around a shift in mental health treatment and exploring the history and how it applies to today. In addition, how as therapists we need to metabolize the energy we take on. 38:32: Practitioners are leaving mental health and the toll the work takes on people. 50:00: Gatekeeping