Oppression, Historical Trauma and Politicizing Your Practice An essential work that centers colonial and historical trauma in a framework for healing, Decolonizing Therapy illuminates that all therapy is - and always has been - inherently political. To better understand the mental health oppression and institutional violence that exists today, we must become familiar with the root of disembodiment from our histories, homelands, and healing practices. Only then will readers see how colonial, historical, and inter-generational legacies have always played a role in the treatment of mental health.
