In this groundbreaking book, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of Trauma and body-centered psychology.
He also trained at Peter Levine\'s Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute..
Bessel van der Kolk ( The Body Keeps the Score ).
David Schnarch ( Passionate Marriage ) and Dr.
Menakem has studied with bestselling authors Dr.
Phil as an expert on conflict and violence.
He has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show and Dr.
Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW , is a therapist with decades of experience currently in private practice in Minneapolis, MN, specializing in trauma, body-centered psychotherapy, and violence prevention.
Offers a step-by-step healing process, in addition to incisive social commentary.
Paves the way for a new, body-centered understanding of white supremacy—how it is literally in our blood and our nervous system.
My Grandmother\'s Hands is a call to action for all of us to recognize that racism is not about the head, but about the body, and introduces an alternative view of what we can do to grow beyond our entrenched Racialized divide.
So do blue Americans—our police.
White Americans suffer their own secondary Trauma as well.
Our collective agony doesn\'t just affect African Americans.
Menakem argues this destruction will continue until Americans learn to heal the generational anguish of white supremacy, which is deeply embedded in all our bodies.
The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the Trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society.
In this groundbreaking book, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of Trauma and body-centered psychology
