Episode 14
Peeling Back the Layers of Multicultural Competence with Sonya Lott, PhD
This is a powerful discussion about the ways each of us dances with power and privilege. How the very ways we are oppressed have possibly become how we oppress others, and also ourselves. And the liberation that begins when we remove the blinders and really see ourselves in each other.
I’m talking with Dr. Sonya Lott, a licensed psychologist in private practice with a specialization in complicated grief, the host of the Reflections on Multicultural Competence podcast, and the founder of CEMPSYCH, LLC, (Continuing Education in Multicultural Psychology). She's on a mission to transform the narratives created about ourselves and others through the socialization process and our experiences with power, privilege, and marginalization based on our many intersecting cultural identities.
As Dr. Lott says, “It's messy, trying to connect, to be in relationship — it's about being a relationship with oneself first and then with other people. Being able to show up in this vulnerable way. It's not you have a problem. We have a problem. How can we transform ourselves? And the work we do is with other people, by holding each other. Holding safe, sacred, brave spaces. We can't transform what comes up if we don't sit with it.”
Resources:
Visit Dr. Sonya Lott's website for more information about her clinical practice at: drsonyalott.com
Learn more about CEMPSYCH, LLC, Continuing Education in Multicultural Psychology at: cempsych.com
Listen to Dr. Sonya Lott’s podcast: Reflections on Multicultural Competence podcast
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