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Why healing advice can feel like cultural erasure

My therapist keeps telling me to let go of anger about historical trauma, but that anger is the only thing that makes me feel connected to my ancestors' resistance.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Western therapeutic models may pathologize emotional responses that carry Indigenous political and spiritual significance.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous identity and land?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.