Institute Presenter, Javier Garcia, LCSW-

Decolonizing the field focuses on identifying how the modern mental field is a continuation of the exploitation of our indigenous communities. Not the exploitation of materials, land, and body but the exploitation of healing knowledge and the lack of indigenous contribution to the field of mental health. Pervasive trauma treatment: trauma of racism is a comprehensive examination of the onset of racism and its impact on the psyche. We use a Frantz Fanonion psychotherapy model to assess for and directly treat "symptoms" of racism. Somatic-focused Trauma Treatment is a basic overview of somatic-focused psychotherapy interventions, incorporating polyvagal theory and themes of rupture and repair.