You Deserve More

You are worthy of being understood, seen, heard, given voice and given choice. In times of hardship, society talks about prioritizing mental health & wellness. However - what is discounted, is the inaccessibility and poor quality of many of those mental health services available for BIPOC communities.

BIPOC folks unfortunatley, are put in a position where they have to use most of their time scouring the internet to find a therapist that gets it. That understands them. By the time they find that person, if they even ever do, time has been lost, wounds have deepened, and more bruises have been gathered.

Communities that are currently being hit hardest by events like the pandemic and systemic abuses are statistically the least likely to receive quality mental health services. 

The Reality

It is a saddening fact that the field of mental health and wellness disproportionately underrepresents people who are Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), however, it is important to recognize this reality in order to create change. Although BIPOC Americans have mental disorders at similar rates as white Americans, their treatment – or lack thereof – is very different. According to the Department of Health, BIPOC Americans have less access to mental health care, and are less likely to acquire quality treatment.

BIPOC folks often experience:

• PTSD-like symptoms caused by lifelong racial trauma

• Self-esteem and self-image issues due to a lack of representation in media

• Anxiety and depression in efforts to reconcile with euro-centric societal expectations

• Societal discrimination and micro-aggressions

How Can We Help?

At Repose, we strive to offer accessibility and representation by having a diverse therapist directory to help YOU get the care you deserve. Working with therapists that do not share the same identity as you, or have not received quality training in offering culturally competent anti-racist care can result in:

1. You experiencing subtle and/or even overt racism

2. Re-traumatization

3. Feeling stuck in receiving low quality care due to fear of retaliation

4. Taking on emotional labor and the labor of “explaining” your culture

5. Feeling like your cultural experience is being pathologized

6. Wasting your financial resources