When it comes to addressing systemic racism and injustice, “therapy’s not enough,” says trauma expert Mary Jo Barrett. But that doesn’t mean therapists can’t be a part of the effort to create change.

Still, according to Ra Frye, founder of Chicago-based gang intervention process Pride ROC, any therapist who wants to step up needs to understand that in the United States, inequality and historical trauma are so interwoven into communities of color that therapeutic intervention requires “another level of thought and approach.”

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