488: The Power Of Community For Mind/Body/Spirit Connection with Eugene Ellis

Welcome back to `Therapy Chat! This week's guest, Eugene Ellis, is a UK-based therapist with a background in systems theory, play therapy and adoption work who identifies as a Buddhist and is helping people talk about race through his recent book, "Transforming Race Conversations - A Healing Guide for Us All," which was previously released in 2021 as "The Race Conversation".

Eugene's book delves into the story of race, exploring its historical and social construction, the language of race, the impact of race trauma on the body, and how intergenerational race trauma continues to impact us today. For the past 22 years, he has been the director and founder of the Black, African and Asian Therapy Network, the UK's largest independent organisation to specialise in working therapeutically with Black, African, Caribbean and Asian people.

We talked about the importance of supportive communities in helping us stay connected in mind, body and spirit through the tumultuous times we're living through. This conversation, which relates well with the discussion of authenticity from last week's episode, was deep and vulnerable, and I hope you'll find it inspiring as you listen.

Find Eugene Ellis's book, Transforming Race Conversations: A healing guide for us all on the WW Norton publishing website here. 

Learn about the Black, African and Asian Therapy Network (BAATN) here.

Find Therapy in Colour on Jessica Kingsley Publishers site.

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