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Mindful Inquiry Therapy LLC

Mindful Inquiry Therapy LLC, an intersectional, pleasure focused, and trauma informed private therapy practice located in Portland, Oregon.

03/31/2023

On this day of trans visibility, I hope that we can all be reminded of the joys and the hope that the trans community brings to our communities. This is a reminder that during these turbulent times of oppressive tactics that we must band together to protect the love that we have for each other . I hope that this is will be a time and a reminder not to move through life with fear, but to reengage with the joys that life brings. As an ally, my hope is to use this time to re-commit to my work to ensure that within my communities, folks with trans experience can feel safe and whole in this world. I ask that all allies who see this to use this as an opportunity to check in with their attitudes and actions to around trans people and commit to ensuring the safety of our LGBTQIA+ communities. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

03/08/2023

To all the fighters, to all the dreamers, to all the planners, to all the people at rest. This is been a difficult time in America, where we have seen the freedoms and agencies of women and femmes stripped away due to fear and propaganda. Today we celebrate all women, from all walks of life and all experiences, to highlight their skills, talents and and voices and, to support women in their fight for freedom. Today we ask that you reach out on this International Women’s Day to support the fight for 🟰 🏳️‍⚧️ 💚

02/28/2023

A is for Audre. Audre Lorde was an American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist. She was a self-described "black, le***an, mother, warrior, poet," who "dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, s*xism, classism, and homophobia. Her work has inspired many of our current activists, and her work is pivotal and understanding, Intersectionality and power.

02/27/2023

B is for bell. bell hooks was the author of over 30 books, including Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (1981), named by Publisher’s Weekly as one of the 20 most influential books published in 20 years; Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (1984); Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics (1991), winner of the American Book Award/Before Columbus Foundation Award; Teaching to Transgress (1994); the children’s book Homemade Love (2002), named the Bank Street College Children’s Book of the Year; and the poetry collections And There We Wept (1978) and When Angels Speak of Love (2005), and Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place (2012), winner of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association’s Best Poetry Award.   Throughout her life, hooks explored the relationship between s*xism, racism, and economic disparity in books aimed at scholars and at the public. In an interview with Bomb Magazine, she said, “To think of certain ways of writing as activism is crucial. What does it matter if we write eloquently about decolonization if it’s just white privileged kids reading our eloquent theory about it? Masses of black people suffer from internalized racism, our intellectual work will never impact on their lives if we do not move it out of the academy. That’s why I think mass media is so important.”

02/27/2023

C is for Childs. In 1969, E. Kitch Childs helped to found the Association for Women in Psychology. She was also a founding member of Chicago’s Gay Liberation Front. In addition to being a leader for women in psychology and the LGBTQ+ community, she also owned her own practice in which she provided therapy to LGBTQ+ folks, people living with HIV/AIDS, and other marginalized members of her community. She practiced feminist therapy, and centered her research and work around the experiences of Black women and feminist theory.

02/27/2023

D is for Du Bois. W.E.B Du Bois, a scholar at the historically Black Atlanta University, established himself as a leading thinker on race and the plight of Black Americans. He challenged the position held by Booker T. Washington, another contemporary prominent intellectual, that Southern Blacks should compromise their basic rights in exchange for education and legal justice. He also spoke out against the notion popularized by abolitionist Frederick Douglass that Black Americans should integrate with white society. In an essay published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1897, "Strivings of the Negro People," Du Bois wrote that Black Americans should instead embrace their African heritage even as they worked and lived in the United States.

02/27/2023

E is for Ev’Yan. Ev'Yan Whitney is a s*xuality doula, s*x educator, and author who helps women, femmes, and nonbinary folks liberate, decolonize, and heal their relationships to s*x, pleasure, and their bodies. Check out her work Sensual Self to get in touch with your body. .whitney

02/24/2023

F is for Fannie.
*T/W Sterilization*

Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) received a hysterectomy by a white doctor without her consent while undergoing surgery to remove a uterine tumor. Such forced sterilization of Black women, as a way to reduce the Black population, was so widespread it was dubbed a “Mississippi appendectomy.” From this tragic Hammer became an organizer for Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and, in 1964, helped organize the Freedom Summer where Black and White students helped Black people register to vote. Hammer also co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), which challenged the local Democratic Party’s efforts to block Black participation, and she launched a Freedom Farm Cooperative (FFC) and built a sustainable farming practice.
For more about her courageous life check out For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer by Chana Kai Lee

02/24/2023

G is for Greene. Beverly Greene is the author of the landmark article "When the Therapist is White and the Patient is Black: Considerations for Psychotherapy in the Feminist Heteros*xual and Le***an Communities." She is a pioneer of intersectional psychology, and her work on heteros*xism, s*xism, and racism has illuminated how different intersecting facets of a person’s identity shape their experiences of privilege, oppression, and mental health. Dr. Greene’s work earned her the honor of the Distinguished Publication Award from the Association for Women in Psychology in 2008.

02/24/2023

H is for Hart. Ericka Hart is a s*x educator, speaker, and workshop facilitator providing social-justice-focused s*x education to young people.
Her experiences as a breast cancer survivor shaped her work as a s*x educator, and she teaches about body image and positivity, q***r literacy, inclusiveness, and gender. She also speaks to a general audience about her areas of expertise, which include kink, polyamory, and the intersection of s*x and health care.

02/19/2023

I is for Inez. Inez Beverly Prosser is considered to be the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in psychology. Her dissertation, “The Non-Academic Development of Negro Children in Mixed and Segregated Schools,” evaluated the effects of racial inequality and racism on the development of Black children’s identity and mental health. Her research and arguments helped lead some of the first discussions about desegregating American schools. For more information check out her articles.

02/17/2023

J is for Joy. Dr. Joy Harden Bradford is a licensed psychologist, speaker and the host of the wildly popular mental health podcast, Therapy for Black Girls. Her work focuses on making mental health topics more relevant and accessible for Black women and using pop culture to illustrate psychological concepts. Dr Harden Bradford is a living pioneer who deserves all the daps and claps. For more check out her podcast Therapy for Black Girls today!

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