Current:Home > InvestCan therapy solve racism? -GlobalInvest
Can therapy solve racism?
Burley Garcia View
Date:2025-04-08 01:34:15
Nearly 20% of Americans turned to therapy in 2020. Many of those people were looking to process some of the big, painful events they were living through, including the pandemic, a contentious election cycle, and of course, the summer's racial reckoning. But that had us wondering: What exactly can therapy accomplish? Can it mitigate the effects of racism? Help us undo how we internalize racial trauma? Today, we're sharing the stories of two Latinx people who tried to use therapy as a means to understand and combat anti-Blackness in their own lives.
veryGood! (2439)
Related
- Toyota to invest $922 million to build a new paint facility at its Kentucky complex
- What should you wear to run in the cold? Build an outfit with this paper doll
- Warning for Seafood Lovers: Climate Change Could Crash These Important Fisheries
- As Solar Panel Prices Plunge, U.S. Developers Look to Diversify
- What to know about Tuesday’s US House primaries to replace Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz
- U.S. Taxpayers on the Hook for Insuring Farmers Against Growing Climate Risks
- First U.S. Offshore Wind Turbine Factory Opens in Virginia, But Has No Customers Yet
- State Clean Air Agencies Lose $112 Million in EPA Budget-Cutting
- SFO's new sensory room helps neurodivergent travelers fight flying jitters
- Utah's governor has signed a bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth
Ranking
- $73.5M beach replenishment project starts in January at Jersey Shore
- Chicago West Hilariously Calls Out Kim Kardashian’s Cooking in Mother’s Day Card
- Anti-fatness keeps fat people on the margins, says Aubrey Gordon
- Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny's Latest Date Night Proves They're In Sync
- Charges tied to China weigh on GM in Q4, but profit and revenue top expectations
- Ukraine: The Handoff
- Ohio’s Struggling Manufacturing Sector Finds Clean Energy Clientele
- The Bachelor's Colton Underwood Marries Jordan C. Brown in California Wedding
Recommendation
Head of the Federal Aviation Administration to resign, allowing Trump to pick his successor
Florida police officer relieved of duty after dispute with deputy over speeding
Anne Heche Laid to Rest 9 Months After Fatal Car Crash
Maine Governor Proposes 63 Clean Energy and Environment Reversals
Civic engagement nonprofits say democracy needs support in between big elections. Do funders agree?
First U.S. Offshore Wind Turbine Factory Opens in Virginia, But Has No Customers Yet
How Damar Hamlin's collapse fueled anti-vaccine conspiracy theories
What should you wear to run in the cold? Build an outfit with this paper doll