Blog
How we think about mental health impacts our well-being. In these pages I offer my perspective - an African-centered, black-centered view of us and of what makes us well. an alternative path to healing both the personal and the collective.
The Price of Freedom
What is true freedom? And what does liberation look like for Black people? ...more
Decolonizing Mental Health ,Liberation
October 20, 2020•7 min read
My African Spiritual Psychoptherapy Practice
A description of psychotherapist Yema Ferreira's approach to integrating African spirituality in her clinical practice. ...more
Decolonizing Mental Health ,Therapy Healing &African spirituality
June 16, 2020•3 min read
The 6 Pillars of My Therapy Practice
The beauty of practicing psychotherapy for me lies in the possibility to tailor my practice to my own view of the world and of what it is to be human. ...more
Decolonizing Mental Health ,Therapy
May 05, 2020•5 min read
Healing the Personal, Healing the Collective
A perspective on the interface of individual and collective healing for people of african descent. ...more
Trauma ,Decolonizing Mental Health Therapy &Healing
May 09, 2019•3 min read
The Therapist as Healer
The link between highly sensitive people, healers, and the helping professtions. ...more
Decolonizing Mental Health
January 22, 2019•3 min read
Merry Christmas?
A reflection on the meaning of Christmas in the era of returning to our roots. ...more
Decolonizing Mental Health ,Identity
December 18, 2018•2 min read
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