Black Lives Matter!

Dear Community,

We wanted to let you know that we have updated our values section on our web page to more clearly reflect our values.

We now state:

The clinicians and staff are committed to valuing Black clients. We want Black clients to feel  respected, heard, seen, believed and valued at Waves. We strongly agree that Black Lives Matter. 

The clinicians and staff are committed to valuing People of Color. We want People of Color to feel respected, heard, seen, believed and valued at Waves. 

Each staff member at Waves agrees to follow our non-discrimination policies (linked here). 

We are also ensuring that every member of our staff takes this class (Cultural Somatics Free 5 Session Ecourse). As white people, we commit to continue unlearning racism and striving towards being antiracist.

Some examples of courses we’ve been taken of late in addition to the course listed above are:

• California Psychological Association’s Go Back to Your Own Country: Conversation on Race and Racism during COVID-19 (Dr. Camilla attended)

• Motivo’s Racial Trauma in America: A Webinar for Mental Health Professionals with panelists Dr. Makungu Akinyela, Dr. Harrison Davis, Dr. Karla Sapp and Dr. Carla Smith (Dr. Abigail attended)

Here’s the link to watch yourself - shared with permission.

Edit: I’ve since learned that the video has a lot of distortion in it, including people cutting in and out, and partial answers! Please be gentle with yourself if you decide to watch it. Thanks for the scoop, Dr. Camilla.

HERE IS A SCREEN SHOT OF THE PRESENTERS FROM THE MOTIVO’S RACIAL TRAUMA IN AMERICA: A WEBINAR FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND WATCHING THE PRESENTATION YOURSELF. (THE PHOTO WAS SHARED WITH PERMISSION).

Here’s a link to the resource list from the presentation by the panelists and the active audience. We commit to work at being better allies.

In solidarity,

Dr. Abigail Weissman (she, her, hers)

Founder and Psychologist

Waves, A Psychological Corporation