It’s time to UnSettle Your Practice

The program for white, licensed, mental health professionals seeking to unsettle their practice to create a truly welcoming space that can both benefit and transform the lives of your clients and your community.

You love the idea of having a holistic, decolonized therapeutic practice

 

And you know that to truly decolonize your practice, you need to actively do the work to examine biases that you hold and blind spots that you have. But there’s a problem...

 

You're not currently able to move past the feelings that you find yourself stuck in. 

Are you:

  • are worried or scared about how you present to clients who look different from you?

  • doubt you can provide care that meets client needs effectively?

  • feel stuck and unsure? You’re not asking the questions that you’d like to because you do not want to offend anyone. And that feeling of shame feels so big and overwhelming to attempt and then be “wrong”. So you choose silence and  just don’t ask.

  • wonder if the ways in which you've tried to integrate all of your learning is actually serving the clients that you see or if there is something that you are still missing?

  • feel unease when you are asked to actually examine your learnings (or re-learnings) from your white and/or colonized education? 

  • are afraid of making a mistake with a client or colleague who holds marginalized identities and are unsure of how to address the mistake without causing further harm or placing the burden of teaching you how to do better?

 

Does this sound like you?

 

If you're like most white, mental health clinicians looking at decolonizing their practice, you're still struggling to figure out how to move from the cognitive learning that you’ve been engaging in for years into the space where it makes sense in your body.

 

Let's face it - you have attended all the training that you possible can; you have sought out more inclusive peer consultation groups or supervision for accountability and in depth discussions; and/or you’re engaged in literature (books or online) that talks about things like “how to be a better white therapist” or “how to decolonize my therapeutic practice” and it doesn’t seem to be landing in your therapeutic practice like you hoped that it would. 

 

At this point, you may be thinking, "There's got to be a better way."

 

⭐A way to provide truly equitable and culturally responsive care to all clients

 

⭐ A way to integrate decolonial practices seamlessly into your therapeutic approach

 

⭐ A way to effectively address the impacts of historical and intergenerational trauma

 

Good news!  There is a way to embody the cognitive work that you’ve done in order to actually begin to decolonize your practice.

Your embodied, decolonized therapeutic practice is waiting!

Imagine what it’ll feel like when you:

 

đŸŒ± confidently integrate decolonial practices into your therapy sessions. You'll feel a renewed sense of purpose and effectiveness in your work, knowing that you're truly meeting the diverse needs of all your clients.

 

đŸŒ± have a robust toolkit of practical strategies to address your own bias and blind spots. You'll feel empowered to engage in different kinds of conversations without getting stuck in your own emotions, enabling you to making a meaningful difference in your clients' lives and contributing to broader healing in marginalized communities.

 

đŸŒ±are a part of a supportive network of like-minded, heart-centred professionals, all committed to decolonizing mental health care. You'll no longer feel isolated in your journey, but instead energised by collaboration, shared learning, and mutual support as you navigate challenges and celebrate successes together.

 

đŸŒ± can confidently engage in discussions about race, power, and privilege in therapy sessions, creating a safe space for clients to explore these crucial issues. You'll feel a deep sense of authenticity in your practice, knowing you're addressing the root causes of many mental health challenges.

Hey there! I'm Sasha!

 

If we haven’t met yet, my name is Sasha and my ancestors are from Migisi Sahgaigan. For those who are unfamiliar of where it is – it is also known as Eagle Lake, First Nation in Treaty Three (1873) in Ontario, Canada.

I am a psychotherapist, consultant and curious human being who is also on my own journey of unlearning colonized ways of knowing and relearning and reconnecting to Indigenous ways of knowing. I’m here to support you through your own journey as I have done with many other colleagues and friends. I’m so excited that you’re here!

It’s time to UnSettle Your Practice 

 

The program for white, licensed, mental health professionals seeking to unsettle their practice by making active, embodied decisions to disassemble processes that include colonialism, systemic oppression, and anti-liberation in their practices. The invitation is to create a truly welcoming space that can both benefit and transform the lives of your clients and your community.

 

UnSettle Your Practice isn't just another cultural competence workshop. It is an immersive journey that will challenge you to:

  • Uncover and process the complex emotions that arise when confronting colonial systems in mental health care

  • Develop somatic awareness of how things like colonialism, racism, or ableism shows up in your body and your practice

  • Create a more inclusive, equitable, and effective healing space for all your clients

  • Create a plan that is detailed for you and your practice. 

Here's a sneak peek!

Module 1: Polyvagal Theory + Embodiment Practices

 

This module provides an introduction to the work that you will be doing in the course. It provides groundwork for having embodied practices (and how therapy can be a disembodied practice!), an introduction to Polyvagal Theory, and ideas like window of tolerance.
 

Module 2: Social locations + identites

 

This module will invite you to look at the various parts of your identity and how they impact your therapeutic practice. We will also look at how these identities have helped to shape your practice’s ethos, how parts of your identity are showing up in both the therapy room and within other spaces, and how this impacts your work with clients.   

Module 3: Biases (the implicit + explicit)

 

This module provides an exploration of the concepts of implicit and explicit bias, with the invitation for you to deepen your understanding of your own biases and how this can influence your individual behaviour, how it can show up in your practice, and how you operate in society at large.

 

Module 4: Areas for Growth

 

This module provides an exploration of the concept of virtue signalling, examining its underlying motivations, characteristics, and potential impacts on individuals and those who you may come across in your practice. You will be invited to reflect on your own behaviours of virtue signalling, in order to explore its complexities and implications on unsettling your practices. This module is also where we begin looking at uncomfortable feelings that may be showing up in your practice and becoming more familiar with them.

 

Module 5: Embodied Connections

 

This module focuses on examining the emotional aspects of unsettling your practice and trying to bring them into an embodied awareness. We will look at common feelings that you may have experienced throughout this course or in your practice (think: guilt and shame!). These feelings can also arise as you challenge colonial structures, power dynamics, and oppressive systems.

Module 6: Areas to UnSettle

 

This module explores the concept of decolonizing your therapy practice by critically examining and challenging ideologies and structures that may have been introduced by or continue to perpetuate colonization standards.

These can include systemic oppression, power imbalances, and cultural hegemony. The invitation is to explore specific areas within your practice where colonial influences may be present and develop areas where you can unsettle your practice.

Module 7: Barriers to UnSettling

 

This module explores the various barriers that helpers may encounter when attempting to decolonize their practice. Through an in-depth examination of these barriers, it is my hope that you will have an understanding of the challenges involved in dismantling colonial ideologies and structures within therapy practice, but also see where there is room to grow and change.

Module 8: Your Working Intentions

 

This module is all about integration of the things that you’ve learned throughout your journey in UnSettle your Practice.  You get to decide where to start your plan and how you’ll move towards action in a thoughtful yet deliberate way to create a therapeutic practice that aligns with who you want to be as a practitioner. 



Yes, it's actually possible to...

 

... go from feeling stuck, full of doubt and overwhelmed to experiencing movement and growth in your practice. 

  • Experiential and embodied practices and embedded into the program to expand your window of tolerance. This will help you acknowledge and become acquainted with feelings that show up so you can have more capacity for them. You will begin to see challenges as opportunities for growth instead of feeling overwhelmed. 

Go from feeling like “where do I even start?!” to having a clear plan to unsettle your practice.

  • Through this course, you will have a clearer understanding of areas for growth, areas of strengths and a plan to overcome the challenges you may face. A decolonized, anti-oppressive and inclusive practice is easier than you think!

 

Go from feeling like you’re alone and don’t know where to start to having a community that supports you.

  • You’ll be surrounded by a community of like minded, heart centred individuals who will be there to give clarity, support you, and get unstuck. It’s a huge reminder that you are not alone!

 

identify your social locations and practice identities (maybe they currently do not match?) to help you have a clearer understanding of who you and your practice resonates with.

 

Enroll in UnSettle Your Practice today!  

Choose the best plan for you: 

Payment plan option

$500 /month x 4 (regularly $1999)

Limited time! $1000 off until November 30

  •  8 modules that balance information and embodied practice

  •  Guided somatic practices and emotional processing exercises

  • Reflective journaling prompts

  • Bi weekly small group discussions and peer support via "ask me anything" office hours

  • Lifetime access to session recordings and materials

  • 6 months of group community

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Pay in Full

$1999 (regularly $2999)

Limited time! $1000 off until November 30th

  •  8 modules that balance information and embodied practice

  •  Guided somatic practices and emotional processing exercises

  • Reflective journaling prompts

  • Bi weekly small group discussions and peer support via "ask me anything" office hours

  • Lifetime access to session recordings and materials

  • 6 months of group community

Sign me up

Get immediate and lifetime access to all content, including:

 

Video library 

Go at your own pace through the extensive video training library that takes you through each module (there’s eight in total!) to begin to unsettle your practice. 

 

Workbooks 

Filled with reflective prompts and exercises that will invite you to take stock of your practice, your feelings and how embodied you are when it comes to concepts like anti-oppression, decolonization, and social justice. 

 

Embodiment practices

Hours of various exercises to help you connect to your feelings that you may avoid (think: shame and guilt) and reflect on them so that you do not stay stuck in them

And these additional bonuses:

 

Community + support 

6 month access to our private community forum to ask your questions, get feedback, share wins and/or struggles and connect to other heart-centred mental health professionals. 

 

Collective circles* (optional bonus) 

You can choose to opt into collective circles and have a small group of people that you connect with on a schedule that works for you. 

 

“Ask anything” office hours 

Bi-weekly office hours where you can ask me anything. Seriously, anything. I want to create a space for you to be able to talk about difficult topics and move past feelings like guilt and shame. Shame can’t live in community, so please use this space to talk about anything!

You’re ready to join UnSettle Your Practice if you can say “yes” to any of these: 

 

  • You want to get in touch with emotional barriers and embody concepts of anti-oppression, liberation, and decolonization. You want to move past just conceptualization of these ideas

  • You’re motivated to extend your impact outside of your therapy room and support those who have historically held marginalised identities in a way that is truly supportive instead of just talking about doing it.

  • You’re willing to move outside of your comfort zone because you know that it will have deep impacts on not only just your practice but the larger community that you’re a part of. 

Enroll now

Payment plan - $500/mth

  • 8 modules that balance information and embodied practice
  •  Guided somatic practices and emotional processing exercises
  • Reflective journaling prompts
  • Bi weekly small group discussions and peer support via "ask me anything" office hours
  • Lifetime access to session recordings and materials
  • 6 months of group community
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Enroll now

Pay in full - $1499

  • 8 modules that balance information and embodied practice
  •  Guided somatic practices and emotional processing exercises
  • Reflective journaling prompts
  • Bi weekly small group discussions and peer support via "ask me anything" office hours
  • Lifetime access to session recordings and materials
  • 6 months of group community
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