On Community

Perhaps there's room for improvement in our relationships with friends. #nedranuggets

Western Therapy is Not Decolonized Western therapy loves to teach boundaries, self-reliance, and how to leave at the first sign of a “red flag.” But have we stopped to ask who that advice is really for? For Black, immigrant, and collectivist cultures, therapy often feels like it’s teaching us to abandon the very things that make us strong: connection, community, and interdependence. Of course, some cultures struggle with codependency, enmeshment, and lack of boundaries, but most of us in the west struggle with the opposite. We’ve been conditioned by capitalism to: ❌ Prioritize individuality over community. ❌ See relationships as transactional. ❌ Value independence over interdependence. Healing shouldn’t mean isolating ourselves further. It should mean learning how to be in relationship, to ask for help, to be vulnerable, to truly connect. The question is: How do we teach relational skills in a system that profits off our disconnection? Let’s talk about it. 👇🏾 💬 What’s one lesson you’ve had to unlearn from therapy? Do you have a therapist who practices from a decolonized lens? Help others find therapists like that in the comments! Each one teach one. #RelationalHealing #DecolonizingTherapy #BuildingCommunity #BlackLiberation #RelationalSkills