An international activist movement bringing justice, healing, and freedom to Black people across the globe. #BlackLivesMatter was founded by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi.

Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

Attempts to avoid non-white people and communities or to be formal, correct, and cold in dealings with them.

Process of taking on social and cultural traits of the majority race in the nation in which one resides.

A practice, set of beliefs, and value system that recognizes the historic oppression and violence perpetuated against Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian American bodies in the US and that works to educate people about this oppression and to end that oppression in our current day.

Someone who is educating themselves about anti-racism and actively working to educate others about anti-racism and who works to end racism and other forms of intersectional oppression.

All Lives Matter: A slogan used to demean and challenge the Black Lives Matter Movement, and maintaining a perspective centered upon "racial dismissal, ignoring, and denial.”

Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to adapt to changes in an individual's environment by creating new neural connections over time. It explains how the human brain is able to master new skills, store new memories, adapt, and even recover after a traumatic brain injury or traumatic exposure.

Creative arts therapy, often referred to as “Art Therapy”, seeks to improve clients' overall physical and mental well-being. This modality uses techniques derived from various art forms to improve coordination and communication, increase social function, and enable the expression and processing of feelings.

Expressive Art Therapies are the use of the creative arts as a form of therapy, including the distinct disciplines of: expressive arts therapy and creative arts therapy. Unlike traditional art expression, emphasis is placed on the process rather than the final product.

Dance/movement therapy (DMT) is defined as the psychotherapeutic use of body movement to promote cognitive, social, emotional, and physical integration, for the purpose of improving physical and mental health, and overall well-being.

Somatic Education is a method of teaching folks how to release chronic muscle tension, improve posture and movement, so they may feel free of the pain and damage they are experiencing in their bodies.

Psychoeducation is an evidence-based therapeutic intervention for clients and their loved ones, it helps to provide information in order to better support, understand and cope with a mental illness.

Yoga Nidra is a form of guided meditation also known as “effortless relaxation”. It is most often practiced lying down with a teacher guiding the session. It encourages us to draw our attention inwards, and we develop the skills to surf between states of sleep and wakefulness, where our body returns to its natural state of homeostasis.

TIC is an approach that guides itself from the assumption that an individual is more likely than not to have a trauma history. TIC recognizes the prevalence of traumatic experiences in society and acknowledges the ongoing role trauma may play in an individual's life.

This gradual shift in terminology is motivated by the fact that the term survivor denotes a sense of empowerment and strength in recovery to some, while the term victim may denote a sense of helplessness to others. However, some people identify as a victim, while others may prefer the term survivor. At Repose, the best way for us to honor your therapeutic journey is to ask for your preference.

Gender refers to the attitudes, feelings, and behaviors that a given culture associates with a person’s biological sex.

Mindfulness is a state of being. It is the quality of being wholly present and completely engaged in whatever we are doing in the moment. Allowing ourselves to be free from judgment and distraction, and fully attuned to our thoughts and feelings without getting trapped in them. This moment-to-moment awareness is one that is trained through breathwork, meditation, and guided imagery, allowing us to enhance this skill and utilize it in our daily lives.

There is often a link between one’s identity and the risk of traumatic exposure. Any verbal or nonverbal prejudiced communication whether on an individual or systemic level, may contribute to one feeling overwhelmed. This may then turn into an inability for one to adequately cope. Some traumatic events occur solely as a result of how someone may describe or express their identity (gender, racial and sexual minorities for example). Such chronic traumatic experiences may negatively impact an individual's identity and identity expression, and result in an alteration in identity and self-esteem.

Intergenerational trauma is a psychological term that asserts that trauma can be transferred between generations. It states that after the first generation of survivors experiences trauma, they transfer this trauma to their children via altered genes and behavioral conditioning often perpetuated by continued race-based traumatic stress.