 | We feel youSeeking counseling or therapy can be a vulnerable process, compounded by the challenges faced by individuals with marginalized identities. From neglect and prejudice to silencing, micro-aggressions, and language or financial barriers, finding quality care can become an overwhelming task. You deserve moreAt Inclusive Therapists, we believe connecting with a therapist, counselor, or coach should not feel like a gamble. Everyone, especially those with marginalized identities, deserves equitable access to radically affirming and culturally responsive mental health care. Simpler, safer, more transparentWe are dedicated to making this process simpler and safer, centering the needs of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and LGBTQIA2S+ intersections (QTBIPOC). Our mission prioritizes the voices and expressions of Neurodivergent and Disabled Communities of Color. Kick your shoes offWe're delighted to have you here and invite you to take a look around at our directory and mental health resources. Together, we celebrate our full spectrum of identities, and work to co-create a liberatory future. Warmly, Melody and the Inclusive Therapists team |
Our Core Valueswe are a mental health community that commits to and practicesAdvancing justice and liberation for people with marginalized identities, bodies and abilities: prioritizing Black Liberation, Indigenous Sovereignty, and Land Back Extending culturally affirming and responsive care, tending to harms perpetuated by ableism, sanism, capitalism, and white cishetero-patriarchy Centering and amplifying the voices and expressions of communities that are marginalized, oppressed, displaced, silenced, and neglected Reckoning with ways that mental health professionals are complicit in upholding oppression, and healing our internalized prejudice, -isms & -phobias Decolonizing & destigmatizing mental health care: shifting away from colonial, hegemonic practices and towards collective care, liberation Dismantling white supremacy-delusion and the carceral pipeline that the mental health field is founded upon Expanding on Our Values |
We are advocates. accomplices. activists.Inclusive Therapists are social justice-oriented professionals that strive to dismantle discrimination, stigma, racism, classism, ableism, sanism, and white cishetero-patriarchy in the mental health field. We are a mental health liberation movement pursuing equity, justice and celebration for marginalized communities.We are not fair-weather label wearers that watch silently in the face of oppression. We use our voices, expressions, collective power, and resources to empower BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, Neurodivergent and Disabled communities. |  Melody Li 盈希 (they/佢), LMFTFounder, mental health justice activist |
Meet our TeamThe hearts & minds that foster our community | |
Dr. Ebony Butler, Ph.Dshe/her Helps people redefine traumatic experiences and thrive in trauma recovery - reclaiming their lives and their bodies! |
Joyce Kabweshe/her Joyce Kabwe is a young creator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist (through her non-profit, Dream: Success) that is passionate about serving underrepresented communities. As an African American woman, she feels a duty to help her people, and all minorities, thrive and obtain the tools they need to reach their fullest potential. Her long-term goal is to grow her clothing brand, Munia, into a sustainable fashion and lifestyle brand that works with artisans in the Congo, where her family is from, and help create jobs through an ethical, sustainable supply chain. |
Amanda Huynhshe/they Amanda Huynh is a queer, neurodivergent Vietnamese Filipina woman and aspiring mental health counselor. She understands the importance of serving their communities with an anti-oppressive and trauma-informed lens, and uses her personal experience living with depression and anxiety to approach mental health care with empathy and compassion. They wholeheartedly believe that therapy must be an intersectional practice and hopes to bring social justice to the forefront of discussions and systemic change around mental health. |
Soumayah Nanjishe/her Soumayah Nanji is a PhD Candidate at Northcentral University as a Marriage and Family Therapy with a specialization in Culture, Diversity, and Social Justice in a Global Context. Miss Nanji is passionate about various facets of the therapy profession including arts therapy modalities, holistic wellness practices, and advocacy. As a practitioner, Soumayah envisions our social issues as a holistic experience of the eight areas of the wellness model and integrates holistic wellness practices with solution focused therapy. Her goal as a marriage and family therapy intern is to ensure that the diverse clients from a BIPOC background achieve optimal wellness. Soumayah looks forward to helping foster and strengthen community partnerships and social wellness initiatives at Inclusive Therapists. |
About the Founder |
