Racial Trauma Is a Public Health Emergency [PsychologyToday.com]

Alison Cebulla 6/4/2010:21 AM

By Dara Winley Ph.D., Take Care Black Women
June 1, 2020

Today, I asked an African American client how she was doing in light of the ongoing hate crimes against Black people in this country, and she said: “It makes me feel disgusted… but mostly…unwanted.”

The word “unwanted” rang like bells in my ears. I was stuck. What do I say next? This was a unique moment in the therapy process where I found myself confronting an unwanted emotion I too harbored inside.

“Yeah…” I said…” I have felt the same.”

The recent and repeated incidents of police brutality in this country is a major public health problem and taking an arduous psychological toll on African American citizens everywhere.

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