Living at the intersectionality of one or more marginalized identities is to live a life with the constant necessity to protect your space, affirm your worth, and embrace intentionality in your day-to-day living experience. It also requires the intentional avoidance of internalized self-hatred, expected assimilation, and hypervigilance for your safety in efforts to live a life full of purpose, peace, and inner-fulfillment. Society's intentional assault to the body and mind has damaged individual and collective wellness and resulted in the separation from ones true identity. It is time to reconnect, rediscover, & heal.
The Urban Institute of Mental Health is a mental health practice created to bring individual and collective healing to BIPOC, LGBQTIA+, and other marginalized populations. Our approach to delivering effective and culturally affirming therapy includes using specific intervention techniques and treatment modalities to destigmatize and decolonize mental health.
Making the first step to healing is the hardest, yet most courageous decision you will ever make. Difficult because living in the continual state of self-hatred has become the unhealthy norm for marginalized identities. We unconsciously resist change because we do not know what to expect. Courageous because your healing is collective healing for everyone.