Are you someone who is doing the emotional labor of managing microaggressions in your daily life?
If this has been your experience, we encourage you to reach out to Bricolage Wellness. We have clinicians who offer specialized counseling designed to combat the anxiety and depression that can arise from managing implicit bias and microaggressions on a regular basis. Receiving specialized training from DEI expert, Tiye Sherrod, M.S.E., doctoral student at the University of Illinois focusing on diversity and inclusion, our clinicians engage in a regular exploration of social justice theory/pedagogy guided by Tiye’s robust 15 years of experience in this transformative work.
Our Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Efforts
Bricolage Wellness recognizes the unique challenges that historically marginalized people are facing in a world that is rooted in oppressive systems including but not limited to racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism, etc. As clinicians, we understand that our clients are multidimensional and exist at differing intersections of identities that impact their everyday lives. As part of our commitment to dismantling these systems that cause harm, we are actively involved in two key practices. We as clinicians:
- Do our individual work to better understand ourselves, the way oppressive systems show up in our work, and how to actively disrupt oppressive narratives/behaviors when we see them.
- Review our policies, procedures, offerings, etc. to ensure they are as equitable as possible in service to our clients and each other.
As part of this commitment, we at Bricolage Wellness shape our DEI efforts by prioritizing the following principles:
- Ensuring a Strong Process for Meaningful Dialogue – We ensure that our community understands the difference between debate (which is centered in winning) and dialogue (which is centered in learning). We dedicate ourselves to remaining in dialogue, even when it’s difficult, knowing that embracing the discomfort of difficult conversations is how we grow and achieve transformational change.
- Prioritizing Equity – We want to center and uplift the experiences, as well as the needs, of those who come from historically marginalized identities. We do this by allocating our time and resources to ensure people from those communities are fully supported.
- Promoting Diversity – We ensure that people from varying backgrounds are present in our organization and given the opportunity to contribute their ideas and talent for betterment of the community as a whole.
- Fostering Inclusion – We believe it’s critical that perspectives from people with different experiences have a substantive seat at the table when important conversations are being had. We understand that including divergent ideas, especially ideas from those targeted in our society, makes us a stronger and more equitable practice in the long-run.
