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Providers' listing will be updated when their slots/offering is full.
ALL SERVICES LISTED HERE BY PROVIDERS ARE FREE TO BIPOC ORGANIZERS, LEADERS, PROTESTORS, AGITATORS AND LIBERATORS
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Catherine Nyhan, LPC
I am a 48 year old queer white counselor. I am a cult and "conversion" therapy survivor & thus often work with marginalized people who have experienced trauma. I consider myself to be in recovery, have experienced temporary homelessness and have lived in the "middle" class. I am an educator, and I try to be a meditator. I believe in resilience as well as reparations. I work within my Queer Community and with BIPOC that intersect with these identities and this is an opportunity to bring healing justice and a moment of restoration to exhausted individuals in need of care. PAST PROVIDER |
Jenjee Sengkhammee, PhD
I identify as a Hmong American woman (she/her) raised in the United States. I came to Portland, Oregon, by way of Green Bay, Wisconsin, where I grew up following my family's escape from the Secret War in Laos in the 1970's. As a woman of color from a refugee family, experiences of culture and racial identity have shaped my understanding of the world. I am a licensed psychologist who provides culturally-oriented care in my private practice. Available for Group Processing Racial Trauma Group Nov 15th 2-4pm, 20th 5:30-7:30pm *Support and processing group for folx looking for a space to process racial trauma and the state of our country. ducation on trauma, trauma symptoms, and provide general mental health support in a group format. Participants are welcome to attend both sessions. * |
Jennifer Rose Marie Serna
Latinx folk herbalist, mother, regenerative farmer, land activist, skill educator and owner of Wapato Island Farm. Learning from her great abuelita, Grandma Mary, a Mexican yerbatera and family matriarch, Jennifer began her journey with plant wisdom, healing, and food as nourishment at a young age. She has been learning herbalism for most of her life, which has deepened and grown into a practice of curandera, ancestral healing, and folk tradition practices with food, medicine, and deep soul work. Jennifer’s vision is to continue supporting BIPOC communities such as Migrant and field workers, indigenous peoples and black food sovereignty within the framework of healing justice, identifying an (holistic) response to and interventions on generational trauma and violence. Honoring these sacred land she lives on with her family, and the people that come to Wapato Island Farm for healing, learning, medicine and wisdom. PAST PROVIDER |
Anjuli Shah-Johnson, LPC
I am a bi-cultural, female identified, child of an immigrant, clinical social worker and massage therapist. I believe that trauma, including systemic oppression, is held in the body as well as the mind. I strive to create a safe space for healing of the BIPOC community with a focus on healing through somatic practices including movement and prior to COVID, therapeutic touch. PAST PROVIDER |
Ronkwahrhakónha Dube
Hello! My name is Ronkwahrhakónha, or Lune for short. (Makes sense when you hear it aloud because the Mohawk language was transcribed horribly by settlers. Anyway--) I'm Mohawk, Abenaki, and Jewish, and approach healing from a magical and emotional perspective. That means I draw on my own battles with C-PTSD to give trauma-informed magical services that utilize traditional medicines as well as modern witchcraft practices. Available for Tarot and Indigenous Healing Nov 15th-22nd |
Dr. Valerie Yeo, Psy.D
(she/her) I am an Asian-American, immigrant, female identified, queer psychologist. Health and wellness are informed by context and systemic structures, and are more than a collection of symptoms. Trauma manifests when we start to believe the messages reflected back to us, about us, by oppressive structures. The work of dismantling these structures within and without can be exhausting, painful, and liberating. I believe in engaging an integrative and collaborative approach, and value creating a container where people can feel seen, heard, and understood without judgment. I also believe that the heart, body, mind, and spirit are interconnected, and moving toward health engages our whole selves PAST PROVIDER |
Toni Cornett
I have experienced some painful life circumstances. I have had abandonment issues with my father, experienced psychical and emotional abuse, and used drugs, alcohol, and significant others to hide from my pain. I have found a way to lead a life of my own choosing. I live a life of joy. I have done this through spiritual principles that have truly changed my life. I have done the work. I have overcome fears, crushed anxiety, and no longer allow fear of not being enough to control me. I have become/been a listening ear to people. People have told me I changed their life. I am a life changer. I am initiated by life and highly qualified to help people through pain. As a black woman, I will listen to you without judgment that is so often present in the “helping” community. FYI I'm English speaking. PAST PROVIDER |
Trisha Fey L. Elizarde-Miller
Trisha’s Philippine ancestral resilience fighting Spanish colonialism and current day U.S. imperialism, has unearthed Trisha’s passion for helping Filipino Americans, communities of color, and community organizers discover our truths by acknowledging the ways systemic oppression has traumatized us by stifling and silencing our voices. One of the ways Trisha supports embodied truth is by facilitating trauma-sensitive movement practices, breath work, and asana. A mover for over 20 years, she has experience in a variety of dance styles and movement expressions with her origins going back to classical dance styles, high school drill/dance and contemporary dance. She has her 200-hr yoga training and has been teaching for 3 years. Trisha constantly finds new ways to grow her movement practice, unveil her personal truth, discovering her love for heels dance, pole, and vogue femme. She is currently pursuing her Master’s in Mental Health Counseling and Dance/Movement Therapy. Available for Yoga, Movement Healing *by appt* and Class - BIPOC Yin and Restoration Nov 24th 5:30pm *code RADICALREST* |
Deirdre Harris-Rundle,
LPC Intern As a queer trans woman working in the mental health field, I feel the importance of community members serving their community and providing empathy and care that can only come through shared experience. I specialize in providing human-centered counseling to queer- and trans- identified individuals, focusing on processing minority stress and navigating the intersection of mental health and identity. As a white person I also endeavor to practice cultural humility, recognize my privilege, and cede space to those facing oppression while offering my support where it is welcome. I am offering brief counseling (1 to 3 sessions) with an emphasis on building resiliency. Available for Brief Counseling Nov 15th-17th, 20th-22nd AM/Afternoon/PM |
Annie Rosen
I am a cisgendered, hetero, Chicana, Jewish woman (she/her). I was born into a family that values education and experience, listening, self-examination, and above all, doing no harm. I believe in approaching liberation work with consideration for both the internal and external experiences of individuals. As a Movement and Yoga teacher, Musician, Storyteller, and Clown I encourage people to be as Big as they are in the world and/or be aware of the space they take. PAST PROVIDER |
Johanna Rayman, LCSW, GCFP
I’m a white, cisgender, lesbian woman of northern European and Jewish descent, in my 50s, currently non-disabled with a history of persistent pain. I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner. Anti-oppression philosophy has been important in my work for the past 30 years; I recognize that often our “psychological problems” are our response to an unhealthy, unjust society. I have many years' experience working with LGBTQIA+ and Latinx people; all services available in Spanish. I strive to practice cultural humility, to be aware of my own privilege, and to counter the power inequality that is often present in counselor/client interactions. I am offering personalized Awareness Through Movement lessons that help you move more easily, reduce pain, honor your own process, and feel connected to yourself. Available for Movement Healing Nov 16th, 18th, 20th AM/Afternoon |
Jessica Duncan Wex, LMT
Jessie is a white, hetero cis-female and uses she/her pronouns. She is a Licensed Massage Therapist, movement specialist and is currently pursuing a career in nursing. Jessie’s practice incorporates traditional Thai medicine, Swedish massage, myo-fascial release, visceral manipulation and craniosacral therapy. For her Therapeutic Massage sessions, clients are fully clothed and lay on a custom floor mat. Jessie values education, self-inquiry and access to healing for all bodies regardless of their race, age, gender and socioeconomic status. Jessie believes that no one can truly heal until the suffering and oppression of others is recognized and repaired. PAST PROVIDER |
Andrea Thompson, LMT
I am a biracial Black, able-bodied, lower middle class, cis/het woman that was born in Portland Oregon and has been practicing Massage Therapy for over 20 years. It is my belief that freedom from dis-ease, whether mental, emotional, physical or Spiritual, is something that we all inherently deserve. It has been and is my honor to continue to make services accessible to those who historically have not had access due to financial, cultural, gender-oriented and/or systemic disenfranchisement. I specialize in body-based modalities, like Craniosacral Therapy, that bring a deep sense of awareness to the body while tapping into one's inherent healing capabilities. Witnessing the growth and stability which come from the healing process on my table inspired me to begin offering a monthly Ecstatic Dance for BIPOC in the Portland area. The dances are powerful way for BIPOC to be in community while safely exploring movement and expression on the dance floor. Anything that brings me and the people in my life more empowerment, healthy embodiment and a deeper sense of connection is my passion. PAST PROVIDER Donations: Paypal afaithfire@hotmail.com |
Crystal Davis
(she/her & they/their) is an intuitive empath, reiki master/teacher, tarot reader, magic maker, and owner of Blooming Fire Healing. Crystal moves through the word as a 35-year-old, queer, black, cis woman aiming to honor and hold a safer, welcoming container for those who choose to work with her. Having spent a heaping handful of years in cross-class organizations with anti-oppression frameworks, they have a soft spot for all of the folks who give so much of themselves every day in service to their communities. Reiki and tarot can be blended into the same session utilized to support clarity and integration on deeper levels. Your intention, comfort, and participation are at the core of this work. My mission is to stoke your connection to ease, direction, depth, and self-love available within all of us by supporting the healing and magic that you carry in the world. Available for Tarot and Energy work/ Offering 2 Groups - Open Circle Healing Nov 15th 4pm (open to all) BIPOC Circle Healing Nov 29th 4pm *Please consider questions for tarot and come rested and hydrated for energy work* Donations: Venmo @CrystalTDavis |
Vanessa Washington, LPC
I am a biracial Black, cisgender female, born & raised in Portland. I believe and understand that Health and Justice are intertwined. Resistance, organizing, dismantling power structures can be rewarding, draining, emotional, traumatic, fulfilling, painful (etc.). I am committed both to directly engaging and also supporting the ongoing work of liberation, both individually and systemically. As a trauma therapist, I will be offering 40 minute “respite" sessions - I will hold space for you, help you safely manage the release of stress response, and help to identify/lean into sources of resiliency that you hold. This work is ongoing, and it will impact you. We can practice ways to recognize and manage triggers, and/or learn brief strategies for coping with intrusive stress to help prevent burnout. Pausing and leaning into your resiliency, your strength, your resources - is an act of self and communal love. I am offering a few minutes of rest, a space to vent/release, and can also provide you resources for ongoing counseling if wanted. Thank you for your work. Let yourself re-charge. I’m here, and I got you. Available for Brief Counseling and Energy Work Nov 17th, 19th, 24th AM/Afternoon/PM Donations: Venmo @SankofaCounseling |
Marca Cassity, LMFT
(They/Them) My journey as a therapist began by overcoming my own trauma and developing my resilience and empowerment as a two spirit, nonbinary, queer, mixed-race Native American who grew up on the Osage reservation of Oklahoma as an enrolled member of the tribe. I hold a MA in Counseling from John F. Kennedy University in Berkeley, California, and am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the states of California and Oregon. I completed my training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) trauma therapy at the Native American Health Center of San Francisco, and my training in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy at the Indian Country Child Trauma Center at the University of Oklahoma. I completed over 500 hours of telehealth counseling at Crisis Services of Alameda County serving folks in Oakland, CA. Throughout these experiences, I primarily supported marginalized communities, and I am ongoingly devoted to further educating myself to work with cultural competence across race, sex, gender, gender identity, sexuality, relationship status, class, nationality, and religion. I am offering Radical Rest participants a single 50-minute, no-fee, video session focused on strategies for nervous system calming, in a trauma-informed framework. Any donations will be passed along to bail fund for Portland protesters. PAST PROVIDER |
Renee Sills
I am a white, queer, gender-inclusive person of mixed Jewish and European descent. I use all pronouns respectfully. I am committed to a lifetime of liberation work. For me this work is rooted deeply in embodiment practices as/and spiritual praxis and focuses on dismantling the oppressive mindstates of white supremacy, capitalism, ableism and cis-hetero patriarchy while simultaneously cultivating creative self-knowing and generative relationality. I combine my training in various somatic methods (SomaSource, Body-Mind Centering, Yoga and Biodynamic Cranial Sacral therapies) with my training and practice in Tropical Astrology and Contemporary Arts. I facilitate and hold space for strengthening intuition and spiritual connection, relational integrity and creative life path. My desire is to be of service to anyone I work with, to use my gifts and vocations to hold space for their connection, remembering and aligning with their own innate wholeness and embodied wisdom. I specialize in, and deeply enjoy assisting clients in imagining and re-imagining how to build and resource self-directed, creative careers and life paths outside of mainstream culture. I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to work with those who walk with marginalized identities in this life and I recognize these exchanges as absolutely mutual and a profound opportunity for me to learn about perspectives beyond mine. PAST PROVIDER |
Kaila June
I am a white-bodied, able-bodied, queer, cisgender womxn who was raised in the Rocky Mountains to a middle-class family. I am a somatic movement teacher and dance-artist. My own family history, trauma healing, and early awareness of prejudice, racism, and injustice has fueled my commitment over the past 20 years to use movement as a vehicle for bodymind change. My core purpose as a movement guide is to cultivate somatic aliveness, deep respect, and compassion for our own living body and the bodies of others in order to co-create the sacred Life we share. Through Somatic Groundwork, a container for safety and support is created to allow for embodied active rest, tissue unwinding, and mindful curiosity in exploring patterns of support. PAST PROVIDER |
Amy Ruff, LCSW
(she/they) I am happy to meet with anyone interested in learning more about gender affirming surgeries and can provide medical assessments for surgery for those looking to take that step. I currently work at Brave Space, LLC. where I provide letters of support to trans and non-binary folks. I am also available to support anyone needing short-term or crisis-counseling. I believe healing justice is: acknowledgement of the harm that has been and is being committed in the name of white supremacy, contextualizing oppressive systems for people who may have internalized their inability to get their needs met, dismantling oppressive systems and ultimately providing restitution for those who have been harmed. Available for Brief Counseling and Gender Affirmation Consultation Nov 15th-18th, 20th-22nd AM/Afternoon/PM |
Ayomide Njo
Ayomide has been creating sacred spaces for people to move and play for over 20 years. It is a passion that she has never stopped cultivating. Being a Black and indigenous person growing up in Oregon Ayomide noticed a major lack of diversity in the yoga and movement community. So in 2016 she started Humans of Color Yoga project to bridge the gap. This was the first BIPOC only yoga class in the Portland metro area. The project grew and became Humans of Color Movement Alliance(HOCMA). The mission of HOCMA is to provide a platform for BIPOC teachers and students to create white person free Sanctuaries. Ayomide is passionate about this and has made it her life's mission to educating people on the need for these spaces. She believes that music, art and Movement are tools for evolution and revolution and everyone deserves a safe place to explore them. PAST PROVIDER |
Dr Adrianne Sebastian, ND
(she/siya/they) As a queer Filipina naturopathic physician and community organizer, I believe that health is more than an individual and their symptoms. Health is informed by environment, lived experience, generational trauma, the systems we survive. I utilize East Asian and Western medicine modalities that support and encourage the body’s own healing process – including nutrition, herbal medicine, energy work. I value harm reduction and working collaboratively to identify areas of growth and change, within your realm of possibility. I am committed to working with individuals from all walks of life and from every generation. I especially enjoy working with activists and organizers. I believe in health at every size and providing a culturally humble, gender-affirming, sex-positive approach. Available for Herbal and Nutritional Consults Nov 16th-18th Afternoon/Evening Nov 15th 1-4pm Community Health Offering see www.nafconusa.org for address details |
Kate Busby LAc SEP
(she/her) I am a white, able-bodied queer cis acupuncturist and Somatic Experiencing practitioner. My practice is focused on holistically treating the impacts of trauma on the body. Using gentle acupuncture and various somatic practices I help bodies build physiological regulation and a felt sense of safety while repairing the ways untreated shock, developmental trauma and toxic stress have disrupted physical and emotional health. I engage in ongoing work to make my practice more trauma-informed, specifically focusing on my biases and privilege while also working to change the culture of healing and healthcare to be anti-oppressive and healing justice oriented. PAST PROVIDER |
Amanda Ball, LPC Intern
I am a White, able-bodied, queer and cisgender woman (she/her pronouns). I have trained in therapy modalities that incorporate mindfulness, somatic awareness and experiential process. My philosophy is that we all possess inherent wholeness, and when barriers and limiting beliefs are removed, we thrive. Both during my time in the mental health field, and my previous career in public health, I have worked with many marginalized and underserved populations including the LGBTQ+ community, POC, people with disabilities, immigrant and Spanish-speaking populations, and trans youth and their families. As an intersectional feminist I acknowledge the role systemic, institutionalized oppression plays in the lives and wellbeing of marginalized communities. I hold the intention of being a life-long student in the “unlearning” of white supremacy and work to contribute to the liberation and empowerment of all beings, and Black folks in particular. I aim to learn about each of my client’s experiences in the world with curiosity and respect. Outside of the counseling room I love to sing, create art and play in nature. As an LPC Intern in Oregon I receive supervision from Anne-Marie Benjamin, LPC, and Deanna Cor, PhD, LPC. Available for Meditation Workshop Nov 18th-20th AM/Afternoon/PM Grounding with the 5 senses, Finding moments of safety through visualization & somatic practice, Moving through overwhelm with movement & sound |
Niema Lightseed Wilson, LMT
(she/her) is a poet and priestess of the new paradigm dedicated to inviting personal and collective transformation through embodiment education, language, art, and ritual. An artist since childhood (BFA Theatre Performance, Roosevelt University, 2002) and a healing professional since 2004 (Hatha Yoga Teaching, Temple of Kriya Yoga, 2004; Massage Therapy, East West College of the Healing Arts, 2017), she writes and performs medicinal poetry, offers therapeutic bodywork and creativity coaching, teaches about the role of somatic awareness in the liberation process, creates community ceremonies, explores the relationship between gravity and social justice, and seeks the marrow of life through a variety of meditative and creative disciplines. As a fat Black woman navigating the intersection of multiple forms of oppression while determinedly seeking the joy that is our true nature and living as art, she strives to create brave spaces where the structures we have inherited can be transmuted and the work of seeing, accepting, and celebrating the fullness of the human experience is possible. PAST PROVIDER |
Jessica Schaffer
I am a 52 year-old, white, able-bodied, cis lesbian. I am also a Nervous System Health Educator and Wellness Mentor who is passionate about introducing people to the concept of stress physiology (how our bodies process and metabolize stress and how they are influenced by it) and sharing tools to help us manage and balance our responses to stress and trauma. My work is founded on the belief that when we understand how our nervous systems work, when we can track and monitor the underlying physiology driving our behaviors and shaping our life experiences, when we can be in creative dialogue with our body's innate responses, and when we can learn to apply simple, self-care practices that support us in navigating the impacts of stress, we have greater access to the innate resilience that lives in each of our bodies. And that access can change the way we show up in our lives including the way we approach advocacy and anti-racism/anti-oppression work. I engage in ongoing work to assure that my practice and approach continues to be trauma-informed in a truly embodied way. That includes ongoing exploration to address my own privilege and biases. Available for Nervous System Coaching Nov 17th, 19th *Please watch this video before your session: Into to RESET* |
Jeevan Singh
My name Jeevan comes from the Sanskrit जीवन jīvana, meaning life force, or more specifically that which animates every living being. A name that’s fitting, as it speaks to my life’s work - guiding womxn & gender-diverse babes back into the sanctuaries of their bodies, to reclaim their birthright of aliveness, wholeness and embodiment. My lineage spans four continents - with recent family coming from Northern India, Ecuador and Puerto Rico. In addition to being South Asian-Indigenous-European, I also identify as queer, able-bodied, middle class, and as a womxn. I hold a doctorate in East Asian Medicine and a masters in integrative mental health. The work that I offer has a strong mental health focus, and is rooted in traditional Eastern medicine, Hakomi mindfulness-based somatic therapy and earth-based healing. PAST PROVIDER |
Lisa Mae Osborn, M.S., L.Ac.
I am a 47 year old, mildly neuro-divergent, mixed white European/Indigenous ancestry, middle-class, bisexual/queer femme living in the US. I am deep in a learning process and have been for a decade around my own trauma and healing work, and trying to understand more deeply all the ways that my own social location inform the intersectionality of my healing practice. I have taken and continue to participate in numerous trainings centering on racial justice and equity, anti-oppression trainings around fatphobia, queerness and disability justice. I've also participated in numerous Trauma-informed and resiliency trainings. Through Acupuncture, I specialize in working with pain syndromes of all types, no matter their origin, in a trauma-informed manner. Demographically and intersectionally, this includes all different types of folks, as everyone experiences pain in some way, however differently. PAST PROVIDER |
Dr. Karla Morgan, ND, SEP
I have spent a lifetime trying to understand my own trauma. Trying to release the block in my throat, the fear in my heart and the anger/deep rage at how injustice has affected my life and the lives of my loved ones. Not able to get away from the stranglehold of the white gaze and its power over my life, and with growing frustration at not being able to change it all with one strong push. I have studied spirituality, earth-based practices, herbalism, psychology, medicine, body work, body psychotherapies, art, religion….wandering the books and art of those wise catchers of truth, to find some guidance towards my life…my voice, which I didn’t just lose, but was ripped from my frame. As I find greater ease, and presence, slowly aligning myself with my own inner wisdom (the gateway to the great wisdom of our collective), I find myself in an exciting and wonderful place. The truths I have found for myself are aligned with so many others! It is with this excitement that I read the manifesto of Radical Rest, and the bios of the other providers involved here. Yes! Yes! Yes! It is bubbling up, emerging, dancing. We are dancing something new (and very old) into existence. I continue to learn, continue to practice. Continue to strive towards being humble, curious, and respectful. It is with this orientation that I come here to offer my services. Nov Offerings Full |
Jenni Goldstein LPC
I am a white, queer, Jewish, able-bodied cis-gender woman. I work as a somatic therapist in private practice and my work is primarily informed by Hakomi somatic psychotherapy, experiential attachment work, and various trauma modalities. I believe that inner change can support and grow the world we wish to belong to; that the micro can feed the macro. I hold an equity and social justice frame in all of my work. I do my best to connect our intra-psychic and interpersonal wounding to the greater system(s) we exist within, to normalize our responses to what we have been given and create possibilities for change. I am particularly interested in finding this change through the body & through relationship - to create not only an intellectual imagining of what's possible, but to facilitate an emergent experience of it. I am honored to work with clients who hold an array of social locations (BIPOC, queer, trans, etc) and to get to grow and learn together. I am supervised by Anne-Marie Benjamin, LPC. Available for Brief Counseling Nov 18th AM |
Melissa Platt, Ph.D
Melissa (she/her) is a queer, hard-of-hearing, Jewish, white psychologist. She focuses on helping people overcome the impact of betrayal trauma, or trauma perpetrated by someone who is depended upon such as a caregiver, institution, or country. For Radical Rest, Melissa is offering a teaching on the "social safety" part of your nervous system and how to strengthen it. We will do a brief practice together to get more familiar with your "social safety" system. Available for Nervous System Coaching Nov 17th, 19th AM/Afternoon *In this nervous system coaching session, we will spend some time connecting with the things that energize you, connect you to your own power, or make you feel held in the world. Participants may want to reflect in advance on what one or more of these nervous system superchargers may be for you. Examples include things like a beloved grandparent, a particular tree or animal, or an activity like fixing things or learning about how to grow food.* |
Genevieve Moore LAc, CPT
(they/them). I'm a white, middle aged Non-Bianary, AFAB, acupuncturist.I approach life with a focus on liberation and anti authoritarian principles. I'm guided by the teachings of Barbra and Beverly Smith, Demita Frazier, Octavia Butler, and Adrien Maree Brown. In my practice I'm here to allow for space for patients, support them in the ways that they ask, develop and emergent strategies with the tools that I offer. Those tools are acupuncture, herbs, and movement therapies. I specialize in Sports Medicine, injury recovery, and pain management but I'm not limited to it. PAST PROVIDER |
Rachael Baskind, LPCi, SEP (she/her) I identify as a white-bodied, queer, Jewish, cisgender female, parent, 49, able-bodied, with ‘invisible’ disabilities, a trauma survivor, from a background of poverty, and with refugee ancestors. I am a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Registered LPC Intern, writer, ritualist, and Kohenet priestess-in-training, reclaiming the earth-based divine practices of my ancestors who span the diaspora, in acknowledgement we are living on the lands of others. I strive to be anti-racist, humble, and grateful in what I'm unlearning and learning. As a trauma therapist, my approach is anti-pathologizing, anti-oppressive, and liberatory. The systems in which we live and from which we come can be sources of strength or sources of great harm and suffering, and I strive to hold kindness and curiosity about which realms are meeting when we are meeting. I often work with folks who: have experienced complex trauma, are becoming/are parents, are seeking healing/justice after harmful medical or mental health care experiences, are living in a field of pervasive trauma due to oppression, are focused on anti-racist work, and are Resilient! My offerings include somatic tracking (individually and collectively), touch skills for nervous system regulation, trauma-informed movement and yoga, song, expressive arts, ritual, and action and advocacy. My clinical supervisors are Anne-Marie Benjamin, LPC and Wayne Scott, LCSW. Available for Individual Brief Counseling and Energy Work Nov by appt Venmo @Rachael-Baskind |
"Turtle" Susanna Niveen Farahat, LAc
(they/she) I am a queer Egyptian-American. I identify as mixed-race, though I am often percieved as white. In my practice, I use acupuncture, craniosacral therapy, Chinese herbs, moxibustion, and qigong. When people come to my practice, they often hold an intention for healing trauma in the body, particularly related to sexual and emotional violence, and to the violence of racism, and also for relieving the fatigue that often accompanies these experiences. I have a huge heart for organizers and activists who are helping our social systems shift and heal, and am so grateful for opportunities to gift care back. Thank you for being. Available for Ongoing Individual Acupuncture in Nov by appt |
Moorea Masa
I'm a queer daughter of a black woman and an immigrant. (She/her) I'm a musician/singer/artist and I've worked touring with many artists such as kd lang, Allen Stone, El Vy, Big Wild, The Decemberists, The Motet and more. I am excited to offer a vocal empowerment workshop to Radical Rest. My goal is to create a safe space for folx to explore their voices in non-judgment. My deep belief is the voice is one of the most vulnerable expressions we can have, and also one of the most powerful. I work with our bodies and breath to help folx connect to their authentic voices. I understand that trauma and the voice are deeply intertwined and my approach to teaching is a holistic and sensitive one. As a white-passing person I acknowledge my privilege and recognize I'm always learning, and that I try to be aware of how that privilege can present in the spaces I hold. This workshop is open to everyone and anyone, at any level of experience with music! PAST PROVIDER |
Julia Baker (they/them) Biracial, neurodivergent, gay. My healing philosophy centers embodied self-awareness practices as tools to cultivate acceptance, unearth truth, and move towards love (eventually). Deeply influenced by a decade-long journey through the mental health industrial complex, which was in part exacerbated by ungrounded spiritual seeking, I work one-on-one with students to meet them where they are with the therapeutic frameworks of yoga, meditation, and interpersonal neurobiology. Available for Movement Healing, Yoga, Meditation Nov 15th-22nd AM/Afternoon/PM Venmo: @jbakerpdx |
T. Aisha Edwards, LMHC
(xe/she) Aisha is a fire breathing light warrior, somatic trauma therapist, writer, Healer, and the proud child of Jamaican immigrants. Xe organizes Radical Rest, runs a private practice in downtown Vancouver, WA and speaks publicly on the intersection between somatics, body intimacy and social justice. Xer personal mission is to heal the internal legacy of slavery in two generations through radical anti-oppressive somatics. Xe believes that all beings can find and embody the unbroken. Available for Community Discussion - Micro-Interventions for Micro-Aggressions Nov 22nd 2-3:30pm *Trauma education and somatic skill building for working with discharging the trauma of daily micro-aggressions. With a Q&A period. Will be recorded for future listeners* |
Selin Strait
I am a 49 year old, white, queer, cis woman with hidden disabilities and an experiential, somatic and trauma therapist. I support people in bringing attention and acceptance to their experience, building connection with their bodies, emotions and nervous systems to build awareness, discernment, and connection to truth, wisdom and greater choice. I understand webs of trauma result from colonialism and settler colonialism, from generations of stolen land and chattel slavery; i know that ongoing genocide and violent anti-Blackness constantly retraumatize and reharm ...as a white therapist, I recognize that i embody white violence and can/may/do perpetuate it. I am practiced at identifying, uncovering and confronting white supremacy in myself and the world around me. I work to understand and see clients within their unique experiences within context, including the generational violence of settler colonialism, capitalism, heteropatriarchy and white supremacy and value their knowledge of their experience, acts of resistance, survival and resilience. Available for Brief Counseling Nov 17, 18, 21 AM/Afternoon/PM |
Carie Fox
Carie offers individualized movement healing, coaching or mediation. She’ll awaken, inspire and support your inner teacher, so that you move through life with less pain and more ease in a way that is true to you. Carie grew up internationally and bilingually (Spanish). Currently, she is studying Feldenkrais through a program in Colima, Mexico. A former lawyer and scientist, Carie has had many of her from-birth-family ideas transformed by a long experience of severe chronic pain and chronic fatigue, as well as by laughter and Improv. She gives an effective blend of body-centered, intuition-enhancing work, hard science (including decision science), long experience helping people in conflict and above all, a curiosity about what your inner teacher longs to convey. Available for Brief Coaching, and Movement Healing Nov 15th, 16th, 18th,19th, 22nd AM/PM Also available for Conflict Resolution Mediation by request |
Misako Yamamoto, L.Ac
(She/Her) My grandparents and great grandparents were imprisoned for 2 years at Tule Lake internment camp in northern California during WW2; My mother was born there in 1945. I am the daughter of an “issei” or first generation Japanese immigrant on my father’s side; I was born in Japan and raised in Portland, Oregon. As a practitioner of Traditional East Asian Medicine (TEAM) for over 16 years, I have studied and incorporated the 4 foundations of this holistic medicine: Acupuncture, herbology, bodywork therapies, and Qigong/internal cultivation exercises into my private practice and daily life. I am awakening to my own evolving identity as a Japanese-American mystic, earth healer, visionary, activist and artist. As I weave in a lifelong passion as an athlete, I stand at the intersection of fitness/movement, equity and racial justice, traditional healing practices and empowerment of the divine feminine. I am called to share my gifts with the BIPOC community as we transition towards the next stage of our collective liberation. Available for Qigong and Meditation Class Nov 22nd 10:30am |
*A Note on COVID 19*
All providers are personally responsible for creating offerings in expectations of their own and public safety. We empower recipients of these offerings to negotiate with your provider directly to ensure your health and safety.
All providers are personally responsible for creating offerings in expectations of their own and public safety. We empower recipients of these offerings to negotiate with your provider directly to ensure your health and safety.