What Is Liberation-Centered Therapy?

Hey there, beautiful soul.

Let’s talk about something that’s been at the heart of my work—even before Ihad language for it: Liberation-Centered Therapy.

For years, I’ve witnessed how traditional mental health models often ask Blackwomen and marginalized folks to heal in a vacuum. To adjust to systems thatwere never built for us. To shrink, comply, and self-soothe—without naming theroot causes of our suffering.

And let me be clear… That’s not healing. That’s survival.

The Roots of Liberation-Centered Therapy

Liberation-Centered Therapy is a clinical approach informedby Liberation Psychology, a movement pioneered by Ignacio Martín-Baró, apsychologist and Jesuit priest working in El Salvador during the 1980s.

Martín-Baró believed that traditional psychology often ignores the impact ofsystemic oppression—whether that’s racism, poverty, gender-based violence, orhistorical trauma.

In short: He argued that we can’t heal the individual without addressing theconditions they’re surviving in.

What Makes My Approach Liberation-Centered?

At Transcendent Wellness and Therapy, PLLC, I weavetogether:

✔️ Clinical Skill: Grounded in evidence-based modalities like CBT, DBT, andtrauma-focused care.

✔️ Spiritual Wisdom: Infused with practices like Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, ancestralhealing, and mindfulness work that connects you to something bigger than thepresent struggle.

✔️ Cultural Context: Recognizing that your identity, your history, and your lived experience matter in the healing process.

✔️ Nervous System Awareness: Teaching clients how their bodies store oppression-induced stress—and how to regulate, release, and reclaim their energy.

✔️ The R.A.C.E. to Liberation™ Framework:
- Resilience: Bouncing back and springing forward
- Acceptance: Honoring what is, without abandoning yourself
- Compassion: Extending radical grace toward yourself—while also settingboundaries that allow you to feel safe enough to offer compassion to others,without draining or betraying yourself
- Expression: Reclaiming your voice and living in your sacred truth

Who Is Liberation-Centered Therapy For?

- Black and BIPOC women feeling emotionally exhausted bysystemic pressures
- Changemakers, high-achieving professionals, and creatives burning out fromover-functioning
- Anyone navigating trauma, PMDD, grief, anxiety, or identity fatigue
- Those wanting a therapist who gets the cultural, historical, ancestral, andspiritual layers of healing—not just the clinical symptoms
- Folks who are ready to reclaim their energy, their voice, and their right torest and heal

Ready to Begin?

If you’ve been craving a therapeutic space that sees thewhole you—mind, body, spirit, and story—you’re in the right place.

Explore my R.A.C.E. to Liberation™ framework, book a consultation, or simply stay tuned for more reflections like this.

Click here to schedule your first session or learn more →

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