I am happy to share that all the books listed below are linked for purchase through the Semicolon Bookstore located here in Chicago, IL. This shop is a black woman owned bookstore and gallery space. Definitely recommend checking them out and supporting them in whatever capacity you can.
Anti-Racist Resources for Therapists
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Anti-Racist Psychotherapy
David Archer
Thought provoking as well as educational, this book explores anti-racism from a scientific and family systems approach. I learned so much and appreciate the author's ability to connect increased racial consciousness to stopping racial trauma.
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My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem
This book opened my eyes to the somatic experience of racial trauma. The education around the nervous system and the vagus nerve has informed my practice tremendously.
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The Racial Healing Handbook
Anneliese A. Singh, PhD, LPC
Now this book is what I call “doing the work.” Confronting internalized biases, assumptions and racism. An excellent guide to understanding yourself and awakening your racial consciousness.
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You Are Your Best Thing
Tarana Burke and Brené Brown
Transformative Justice Resources
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Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation
Adrienne Maree Brown
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We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice
Adrienne Maree Brown, Afterword by Malkia Devich-Cyril
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Beyond Ally: The Pursuit of Racial Justice
Maysa Akbar
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Feminist Accountability: Disrupting Violence and Transforming Power
Ann Russo
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Paulo Freire, Foreword by Donaldo Macedo
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Pedagogy of Hope: Reliving Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Paulo Freire
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Audre Lorde, Foreword by Cheryl Clarke
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The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
Sonya Renee Taylor, Foreword by Ijeoma Oluo
Researchers
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Critical Issues in Anti-Racist Research Methodologies
George J. Sefa Dei and Gurpreet Singh Gurpreet Singh Johal
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Community-Based Participatory Research: Testimonios from Chicana/O Studies
Natalia Deeb-Sossa, Foreword by Louie F. Rodriguez
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Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
Bell Hooks
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Art Therapy for Social Justice: Radical Intersections
Savneet K. Talwar
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Art Therapy in Australia: Taking a Postcolonial, Aesthetic Turn
Sheridan Linnell, Tarquam McKenna, and Andrea J. Gilroy
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Emerging Perspectives in Art Therapy: Trends, Movements, and Developments
Richard Carolan and Amy Backos
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Gender Issues in Art Therapy
Susab Hogan, Susan Hogan, Marian Liebmann, and Nancy Slater