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Intergenerational Trauma Matters in your story
“Unhealed trauma acts like a rock thrown into a pond; it causes ripples that move outward, affecting many other bodies over time.”
-Resmaa Menakem
So much of trauma is pre-verbal and informed by the social contexts surrounding our family when we are born. As a result, your childhood experiences are shaped by your caregiver’s experiences as a child, and on it goes down the line…
Intergenerational healing acknowledges the way you are holding the wounds of your ancestors in your bones today, and gives you a choice in the matter.
Identity Matters in your Story
“Most traditional therapeutic practices do not address systematic oppression, ancestral trauma, LGTBQIA+ mental health and wellness, and the general mental, emotional, or physical plight of BIPOC and marginalized communities.”
- Dr. Jennifer Mullan Jennifer Mullan — CIIS Public Programs Podcast (ciispod.com)
Who we are raised by, what foods we eat, what soil we come from, what music we listen to, what languages we speak and how our bodies feel informs who we become. And then there is the soul truth of who you were born to become. I’m interested in meeting you on that soul journey.
There is a deep, body-based relief that comes from not having to explain yourself to someone. This beautiful non-verbal exchange that can occur with a mere glance. This exchange allows the parasympathetic nervous system to engage. This engagement slows the heart and gives you access to feelings of calm and access to a feeling of rest in the body. This is important in anti-oppressive therapy, as conversations about identity and dynamics of privilege, power and oppression can be difficult and uncomfortable, but are intrinsic to the way that I facilitate therapy.
Land Matters in your story
“Land is something sacred to all of us, whether we consciously appreciate it or not — it is the space upon which we play, live, eat, find love, and experience life. The land is ever-changing and ever-shifting, giving us — and other creatures and beings on the earth — an infinite number of gifts and lessons.”
- Native-Land.ca
We were all Indigenous once.
The Indigenous way of being recognizes nature as alive, as family, as kin, as you, and as me.
As a result of the colonial capitalist paradigm we have been severed from this sacred connection as a whole. Gesturing back to nature and her natural rhythms is how to heal our collective suffering in the face of expanding modernity.
Natureza Therapy resides on the stolen land of the Piscataway Conoy and Nacotchtank (Anacostan) Tribes. I give thanks for the abundant and unconditional offerings that their ancestral homeland has offered my people on their journey.
*Link to pay Indigenous Land Tax Coming soon!!*
Bem-vindo/Welcome,
I am so glad you are here.
I'm Laura. A disarming disrupter of the status quo.
There is a rising tide of decolonial, intersectional, liberation focused therapists like me who are here to shake up the patriarchal dynamics of western therapy.
I am a multicultural cis/het woman, raised speaking two languages. It was only later in my life that I learned to speak with nature. Through our conversations, I learned who I was meant to be, and learned to love unconditionally.
I call on you to return to the natural world, as a gesture of returning to yourself.
A healthy ecosystem is a diverse ecosystem, and you have always belonged.
The legacy of colonization has indoctrinated you to forget this sacred truth.
We have been waiting for you.