The topic of racial microaggressions is probably one that I get asked about the most in my line of work and in conversations with Black people and people of colour. I receive numerous stories of seemingly harmless interactions that leave people feeling exhausted, confused, slighted or disrespected. These experiences range from compliments that express surprise …
I have an interdisciplinary PhD in Social Work & Cultural Studies awarded by Flinders University of (Adelaide), a Masters degree in Counselling & Psychotherapy from Cairnmillar Institute (Melbourne) and a Bachelor of Social Work with First class honours. I am currently a registered Psychotherapist, with the Psychotherapists and Counsellors Federation of Australia and a senior academic at an Australian University.
I am an award-winning researcher with an established reputation for distinctive contribution in research in the field of race, identity and trauma. I am one of the leading African-Australian academic experts on the topics of race, racial trauma, racial fatigue, racial microagressions and African migranthood in Australia.
As a therapist, I deploy Afrocentric and decolonised approaches to therapy which utilise story telling as a way of identifying patterns of maladaptive coping mechanisms and trauma imprints. I don’t provide clinical diagnostic frameworks, rather, I am guided by principles of Afrocentricity, Ubuntu and trauma informed approaches, to dig safely into the stories my clients embody and support them to re-re-develop heathier and more dignified narratives for and about themselves. My practice is supervised by two clinicians. Both have over 40 years of practice experience combined.