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How Therapy Can Help You Cope with Racism and Discrimination

Updated: Apr 5


Experiences of racism and discrimination cut deep. They can erode your sense of safety, identity, and self-worth. At Nada Johnson Consulting & Counselling Services (NJCCS), we understand that these experiences are not just social issues, they are mental health issues. Therapy can be a powerful space to process the pain, rebuild confidence, and reclaim your peace.


Whether you’ve faced overt racism, microaggressions, cultural invalidation, or systemic inequities, your feelings are valid, and healing is possible.


The Hidden Toll of Racism on Mental Health

Racism doesn’t have to be loud to hurt. Even subtle, repeated experiences can lead to:


🧠 Chronic stress and anxiety

💔 Depression or hopelessness

😞 Internalized self-doubt

😡 Anger or emotional exhaustion

🚫 Isolation or disconnection from others


Over time, these impacts can weigh heavily on your emotional and physical well-being.


How Therapy Can Help

Therapy offers a confidential, affirming space to unpack your experiences and emotions without judgment. At NJCCS, our approach is culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and grounded in anti-oppressive values.


Validation and Emotional Safety

Many women of color including Black women are gaslit or dismissed when they speak about racism. Therapy can provide the validation you may not receive elsewhere, acknowledging your experiences as real, painful, and worthy of attention.


Processing Racial Trauma

Therapy with Nada can help you explore how racism has affected your sense of self, relationships, and daily functioning. Through grounding techniques, mindfulness, and narrative therapy, you’ll begin to understand and heal from racialized trauma.


Building Coping Strategies

Learn tools to navigate environments that may not change overnight. These include setting boundaries, cultivating joy, managing racial stress, and finding strength in cultural identity.


Reclaiming Identity and Self-Worth

Racism often tries to diminish who you are. Therapy with Nada helps you reconnect with your cultural pride, personal values, and inner resilience. You are so much more than what the world projects onto you.




Therapy at NJCCS: Rooted in Cultural Understanding

Our services are shaped by the lived experiences of Black, Indigenous People Of Color (BIPOC) communities. We provide:


🌱 One-on-One Counselling

Work with Nada, a therapist who understands the complexities of racial trauma and cultural identity.


🧘🏾‍♀️ Support Groups for Racialized Women

Connect in safe, facilitated spaces with others who share similar experiences. Engage in healing practices like storytelling, art, and mindfulness.


📚 Psychoeducation Workshops

Learn about racial trauma, intergenerational pain, and empowerment practices that center your healing.


You Don’t Have to Carry This Alone

Healing from racism is not about ignoring your pain, it’s about transforming it. At NJCCS, we honor your story and walk with you toward a place of peace, power, and pride.


💙 You deserve to be heard. You deserve to be whole. 💙


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