Addressing social identity is inherently personal and involves our emotions (including my own). And so, rather than avoid them, I compassionately incorporate the natural human emotions that arise. As a clinical psychologist, I can manage these emotions with expertise and care. And importantly, as a lifelong social justice advocate, I incorporate the impacts of privilege and power differentials (and historical and current contexts and systems) to center the voices and experiences of marginalized communities. 

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I also incorporate scientific evidence on the impacts of implicit bias on behavior and design my content using theories of behaviorism, so that modeling and experiential and interactive activities are used to help sequentially build awareness and skills. With 15 years of feedback, I continue to be committed to iteratively adapting content to meet the evolving needs of diverse communities. 

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For the clinical folks: I use a cultural humility framework (Tervalon & Murray-Garcia, 1998), with an ACT approach. Meaning, I use a functional behaviorist framework to our natural avoidance of aversive emotions and mindfulness and values-directed action to develop and practice skills.