BIPOC Trauma Group
Therapeutic support group focused on building resilence, insight, knowledge, and skills.
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Group Description:
This group is to help those apart of BIPOC community who struggle with identifying their inner pain and desire to gain the tools necessary to confront and heal from their trauma. You will have a safe space to process emotions, thoughts and sensations that you may be fearful of exposing. While apart of this group, you will gain the knowledge and resources to cope with painful experiences and be able unveil hidden truths that you may be ashamed of.
IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE, YOU MUST HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL THERAPIST AND YOU MUST BE ABLE TO MITIGATE TALKING ABOUT THE EXPLICIT DETAILS OF YOUR TRAUMA DURING THE GROUP SESSIONS.
Our BIPOC Trauma Focused Group Leaders
Sam Prabhudesai, MS, MHC-LP
PSYCHOTHERAPIST
Samruddhi goes by Sam (she/her), born and reared in India, holds a Master’s degree in Mental health counseling from Pace University. Experienced in working with children, teens, and adults, Sam understands and addresses clients’ complex and diverse needs. Sam has counseled for anxiety, depression, PTSD, and other mental health concerns at a substance rehabilitation program, juvenile remand home, and an orphanage.
Sam’s varied and diverse life experiences grants her a unique ability to draw from evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Mindfulness-Based, Motivational Interviewing, solution-focused brief therapy, and art-based interventions. She believes in providing eclectic counseling, creating treatment plans that are individualized for each client. She empowers her clients to cultivate resilience, enhance self-awareness, and develop effective coping strategies for managing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and other mental health concerns. Sam’s sessions are not just clinical interactions, but warm conversations held in a safe space. At the core of this space is unyielding support, empathy, connectedness, and peace.
TAIWO MAJEKODUNMI, MA, LMHC
PSYCHOTHERAPIST & SUPERVISOR
Taiwo (She/Her) was born and raised in New York City, specifically in Queens and Brooklyn. She is a licensed mental health counselor and holds a master’s degree in mental health counseling from CUNY Brooklyn College. As someone who is voraciously curious and naturally empathetic, Taiwo has always had an ardent desire to understand the inner workings of the mind, which has allowed her to have vast experience in working a diverse demographic. As a first-generation Nigerian American woman, it has been Taiwo’s mission to provide access to those who are underrepresented with the tools they need to overcome their obstacles and heal from their pain. It has been her pleasure to serve those who need it and may not have the resources to access that help, especially because she has experience dealing with financial, racial and emotional hardships. She has provided adolescents and young and middle-aged adults with complex trauma, self-esteem, interpersonal relationships, personality disorders, anxiety, depression, and other mental health concerns in diverse clinical settings.
In treatment with Taiwo, she utilizes an eclectic approach utilizing methods from EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), interpersonal psychodynamic therapy, CBT (Cognitive Based Therapy), somatic approaches, ACT (Acceptance Commitment Therapy) and MBT (Mentalization Based Treatment). She believes that one must be present with their inner experiences without shame or judgment to heal from past or present trauma, which is the proactive of mindfulness. Taiwo employs a collaborative and relational approach to treatment, ensuring that the client’s needs are in the forefront of the treatment process. She expels authenticity and warmth that allows the client to feel safe and attended to. Taiwo will work with the client to help them reach their goals, but it will be at a pace that is up to the client as she believes the session is about the client and their emotional safety.
When working with Taiwo, she will challenge you to assist you in getting out of your comfort zone because discomfort, but with a safe space, is needed to grow and heal. She will also remind you to be kind and compassionate to yourself, as the practice of self-compassion is essential in her treatment process and to one’s healing in general. She hopes that the client will utilize these tools for the rest of their healing journeys.
