Mystification & Exceptionalism as Vectors of Power in Therapy
On April 18, 2023 by sarmientoveranohow exceptionalism and mystification happen in the mental health professions, how they act as vectors of power, and why they enable and heighten the risk of harm to clients and our colleagues.
It’s A White Woman’s World – Group Whiteness in Process
On January 2, 2023 by sarmientoveranoFeatured photo credit: Teslariu Mihai I don’t want this text to be read as “I didn’t like group process so now I’m making a disparaging piece about it”. Rather, this
Book: Learning Whiteness – Arathi Sriprakash, Jessica Gerrard & Sophie Rudolph
On January 2, 2023 by sarmientoveranoWhat is this book about? The process of learning and internalising whiteness with a focus on how this educational project works in a settler colonial state such as Australia, including
Book: Class and Psychoanalysis – Joanna Ryan
On November 21, 2022 by sarmientoveranoWhat is this book about? The emotional and psychic processes of class and classism. Main topics explored: What is radical/new/different about it? The level of interdisciplinary thinking. Unlike most therapeutic
Dialogue is STILL not enough: further thoughts on power and multicultural therapy
On October 5, 2022 by sarmientoveranoI wrote about the idea of dialogue, dialogical relationship and working across cultures in psychotherapy a year and a half ago. In fact, it is that post that started this
Defensive Minds: harm across neuro-cognitive difference
On June 21, 2022 by sarmientoveranoBy: Lucia Sarmiento Verano Image credit: https://unsplash.com/@joshriemer Disclaimer: Please know that I am in no position to talk about neurodivergent experiences. I can only write from my own perspective as
Economic Migration and Disenfranchised Processes, an Exorcism Exercise
On April 18, 2022 by sarmientoveranoBy: Lucia Sarmiento Verano I have his mouth. And his nose. I did not inherit my mom’s and grandma’s tiny, perfectly shaped along racist and Eurocentric standards, almost Germanic, highly
White (in)humanity in therapy: The Ulterior Message Of Selective Outrage
On March 10, 2022 by sarmientoveranoBy: Lucia Sarmiento Verano I’ve been silent for a while but I cannot let this be. This is sucking the life out of me so here goes what I have
The Abyssal Line and the Articulation of Oppressions
On November 8, 2021 by sarmientoveranoBy: Lucia Sarmiento Verano DISCLAIMER: This article’s aim is to present a particular perspective on different types of oppression and struggles as explained by certain decolonial & feminist thinkers. We
Epistemic Justice: Therapy as a Liberatory Practice
On August 20, 2021 by sarmientoveranoBy: Lucia Sarmiento Verano Can Therapy help us fight against Epistemic Injustice? I keep coming back to writing about perspectives different than the White European middle class one. I am
