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
Deserved shame and the white anti-racist
On June 22, 2021 by sarmientoveranoBy: Lucia Sarmiento Verano “Accompaniment (and therapeutic work with someone from a more marginalised group), as well as allyship and engaging in social justice struggles as a privileged person needs
Addressing Cultural Shame
On May 3, 2021 by sarmientoveranoBy: Lucia Sarmiento Verano Shame is now a subject that is widely discussed as one of the most complex and deep processes we can go through in the therapy room.
Thoughts on Integration from a Decolonial Perspective
On March 30, 2021 by sarmientoveranoBy: Lucia Sarmiento Verano As the end of my training program draws near, and given that our humanistic training involves three different modalities, more emphasis is given to integration models
A “missing comparison”, bringing the divide into focus
On February 12, 2021 by sarmientoveranoBy: Lucia Sarmiento Verano (Disclaimer: this article is based on my own personal experience of being an immigrant from the Global South in Europe. I cannot claim to speak for
Dialogue is not enough: the issue of power and multicultural therapy in humanistic theory and training.
On January 12, 2021 by sarmientoveranoBy: Lucia Sarmiento Verano Finishing a humanistic psychotherapy course in a leading institution while personally exploring issue of oppression, white supremacy, and colonialism has proved to be harder than expected.
