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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • You Are Your Best Thing

    Tarana Burke and Brené Brown

Transformative Justice Resources

  • Holding Change: The Way of Emergent Strategy Facilitation and Mediation

    Adrienne Maree Brown

  • We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice

    Adrienne Maree Brown, Afterword by Malkia Devich-Cyril

  • Beyond Ally: The Pursuit of Racial Justice

    Maysa Akbar

  • Feminist Accountability: Disrupting Violence and Transforming Power

    Ann Russo

  • Pedagogy of the Oppressed

    Paulo Freire, Foreword by Donaldo Macedo

  • Pedagogy of Hope: Reliving Pedagogy of the Oppressed

    Paulo Freire

  • Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

    Audre Lorde, Foreword by Cheryl Clarke

  • The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

    Sonya Renee Taylor, Foreword by Ijeoma Oluo

Researchers

  • Critical Issues in Anti-Racist Research Methodologies

    George J. Sefa Dei and Gurpreet Singh Gurpreet Singh Johal

  • Community-Based Participatory Research: Testimonios from Chicana/O Studies

    Natalia Deeb-Sossa, Foreword by Louie F. Rodriguez

  • Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom

    Bell Hooks

  • Art Therapy for Social Justice: Radical Intersections

    Savneet K. Talwar

  • Art Therapy in Australia: Taking a Postcolonial, Aesthetic Turn

    Sheridan Linnell, Tarquam McKenna, and Andrea J. Gilroy

  • Emerging Perspectives in Art Therapy: Trends, Movements, and Developments

    Richard Carolan and Amy Backos

  • Gender Issues in Art Therapy

    Susab Hogan, Susan Hogan, Marian Liebmann, and Nancy Slater