Heal the Healers BTR Book Club has announced the 2026 summer read;  Decolonizing Therapy  Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice by Jennifer Mullan, PsyD. Our partners, Norton Mental Health, are offering the BTR community (U.S. only) 20% off plus free shipping! This book is the emotional companion and guide to decolonization. It is an invitation for Eurocentrically trained clinicians to acknowledge privileged and oppressed parts while relearning what we thought we knew. Ignoring collective global trauma makes delivering effective therapy impossible; not knowing how to interrogate privilege (as a therapist, client, or both) makes healing elusive; and shying away from understanding how we as professionals may be participating in oppression is irresponsible. Get the zoom link to join us here! Get Jennifer Mullan’s book here!

Hosted by Black Therapists Rock board members, Dante Brown and Denise Montgomery, the club is a delightful haven for readers of all kinds open to the entire community.  Every three months or so, we’ll discover new authors and share perspectives on the information covered. We’ll also have the pleasure of inviting authors to join us for virtual discussions, giving us unique insights into their works. Our mission is to create a welcoming community where everyone can connect, engage, and grow through the magic of reading. Get the zoom link here to join the book club and connect with the community!

2026 Dates:

May 27  Chapters 1-3

June 24 Chapters 4-6

July 29 Chapters 7-8 (Author Dr. Jennifer Mullan will join us!)

August 19 Chapters 9-10

More on the book:

Decolonizing Therapy by Jennifer Mullan, PsyD

Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice

“Jennifer Mullan offers a fiery provocation to all of us-especially those called to serve as therapists, practitioners, and healers. The call is to grasp at the root that which really harms us, those oppressive practices of our training that do more to dehumanize and disconnect than we’ve known.”

-Prentis Hemphill, The Embodiment Institute

An essential work that centers colonial and historical trauma in a framework for healing, Decolonizing Therapy illuminates that all therapy is—and always has been— inherently political. This book is the emotional companion and guide to decolonization. Ignoring collective global trauma makes delivering effective therapy impossible; not knowing how to interrogate privilege (as a therapist, client, or both) makes healing elusive; and shying away from understanding how we as professionals may be participating in oppression is irresponsible.

Learn more and get 20% off and free shipping from our partners at Norton Mental Health here.