These two ongoing donation-based groups began in June 2020 amidst the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor rebellions, the zenith of the covid pandemic, and ongoing racial pandemic centered by today’s modern civil rights movement. As the world continues to turn, these groups remain a landing place for PGM folx to reality test racialized experiences, exist in solidarity, decolonize internalized paradigms, and deepen cultural understanding among others doing the same.
BIPOC Adult Group
Black, Indigenous, &/or People Of Color. White-passing & mixed-race BIPOC welcome.
- 1 session/week
- 90-minutes
- California residents
- online video-chat
- pay-what-you-may
- 8-10 members
- ages 21+
- Tuesday 8:30-10 PM
- first two weeks accepting members till capacity reached; waitlist thereafter.
- Centering BIPOC experiences, pandemic, & re-balancing in community amidst imbalances in society; co-facilitated**
Asian Adult Group
- 1 session/week
- 90-minutes
- California residents
- online video-chat
- pay-what-you-may
- ages 21+
- Tuesday 6-7:30 PM
- 8-10 members, first two weeks accepting members till capacity reached; waitlist thereafter.
- Centering Asian experiences, pandemic, & re-balancing in community amidst imbalances in society; co-facilitated.
FOR MORE INFO / TO RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/Signup4Group
GROUP FACILITATORS:
About Will (He/Him):
Will Lipsenthal is a passionate and caring therapist living in the Bay Area (Miwok and Ohlone land). Raised by a Taiwanese mother and a Jewish father, Will is familiar with walking the walk of an individual of multiple cultures. He is passionate about identity and one’s relationship to themself as well as with other’s. By working in a way to increase client’s own awareness, Will has found his therapy practice to feel alive, meaningful, and powerful. He utilizes therapeutic approaches ranging from gestalt, somatic, existential, multi-cultural, and integrative practices. Outside of the therapy room, Will can be found eating spicy food, watching movies or sports, and spending time in the outdoors. Registered Associate MFT #120426 at The Bay Area Gestalt Institute, supervised by Kyle Karen McMahan LMFT #52259
About Christhmus (pronoun at your pleasure):
Christhmus Presence (Chris Chu) is a 3.5-generation Muwekma Ohlone (San Francisco) land-settler, and Chinese-American Queer by Ancestors’ way of Guangdong, China. Pillars that guide them are liberation psychology, narrative psychology, somatic psychology, trauma-informed therapy, spirituality, and expressive arts. Tools held in support of self-resourcing, clarity, and ancestral connectivity include meditation, Tapping, and Brainspotting. They enjoy plants, creative expression, the power of community, and being in water.
Registered Associate MFT #125037 at the Center for Mindful Psychotherapy, supervised by Shawana Booker LCSW #29165
About AMJ (they/them/their):
AMJ ASW is a queer, disabled, nonbinary Black femme descendant of Africans who were enslaved in the Southeastern United States and ultimately settled in Low Country/Gullah Geechee/Lower Creek/Yamasee lands (Savannah, GA). They are a “coachy therapist”, focused on helping (QT)BIPOC blend ancestral healing traditions with therapeutic approaches such as Brainspotting, healing-centered (aka trauma-informed) therapy, expressive arts, aromatherapy, and problem-solving. AMJ resides in San Pedro and takes care of self via gardening, music, food, and their adorably snarky doggo named Dilla.