Cultural Attunement for the Global Majority in IFS
Cultural Attunement for the Global Majority in IFS
A success story in developing AI for the global majority and the healers who serve them
September 23, 2026 at 12-1pm ET
If you’re skeptical of AI in therapy, you have good reasons — tools built by companies that don’t share our values, trained on data that erases our clients, deployed with no one accountable for the harm. This hour offers a counterexample. Tamala Floyd (LCSW, IFS™ Lead Trainer) partnered with Parts Companion — built by a mission-driven organization devoted to the alleviation of inner suffering, not profit — to teach it the nine kinds of racism-related harm Global Majority clients carry into therapy, and the missteps practitioners make around them. We’ll start with the clinical material itself: the themes, the stumbles, the repairs. Then we’ll show you exactly how the technology was tested and held accountable — and let you judge for yourself whether AI, led with Self, can be worthy of the therapy room.
Whether you’re curious, cautious, or deeply skeptical about AI in therapy, your perspective belongs in this conversation. Join us by registering here.
Parts Companion spent six months working with three senior clinicians to teach Parts Companion how LGBTQ+ and Global Majority experiences actually show up in therapy — and how easily they get missed. This is the story of that work. Learn more about the journey here.
Meet Your Presenters:
Tamala Floyd, LCSW, IFS™ Lead Trainer & Consultant
Tamala Floyd, LCSW is a psychotherapist, author, speaker, consultant, and retreat facilitator with over 30 years of clinical experience. She received a master’s degree in social work from the University of Southern California and an undergraduate degree in psychology from California State University Long Beach. She served as a lead trainer at the Internal Family Systems Institute. She has taught at the University of Phoenix and the University of Southern California in human services and social work.
Tamala has worked in various settings including schools, criminal justice, hospitals, mental health agencies and private practice. She has expertise in childhood sexual abuse, women’s sexual trauma and domestic violence. Her current work focuses on healing intergenerational trauma and enhancing access to ancestral wisdom. Her newest book releases are Listening When Parts Speak: A Practical Guide to Healing with Internal Family Systems Therapy and Ancestor Wisdom and Healing the Wounded Mother.
Adam Taylor, Senior Director at Evolve Labs
Adam leads the Evolve Labs division at Evolve.org, spearheading internal product concepts to bring Evolve’s own innovative ideas like “Parts Companion” to life. A “maker” at heart, he brings over 20 years of experience in building mobile, web, and AI products, and is a seasoned entrepreneur and startup operator.
Since discovering mindfulness and meditation in his early 20s Adam has witnessed how much of society’s challenges and suffering reduces to a cultural under-appreciation and under-development of consciousness, and how many of today’s most used technologies exacerbate this issue. As such, he finds a perfect home at Evolve, developing technology opinionated toward the evolution of consciousness, intentionality, and pro-social outcomes.
