Expanding the inclusivity of Therapy with Marvin Toliver Pt 2
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Marvin Toliver is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, born and raised in East Oakland California. Marvin currently resides in Philadelphia Pennsylvania working as a therapist with the Radical Therapy Center. He’s also a co-founder of the mental health collective Melanated Social Work. Marvin is a queer Bi-sexual Black creator, writer, consultant, public speaker, mentor, wedding officiant, and radical educator. He encourages others to see the power within themselves and use their voices to fight for justice. Marvin’s work will be complete when white supremacy is dismantled and ALL Black people are liberated.
What You Will Hear:
- Social media
- Reflecting
- Imposter syndrome vs internalized racism
- Political aspects of being a therapist
- Choosing the correct therapist for you
- Reparations
- Music Therapy Mondays and Black Social Work Week
- TEDx Talk
Quotes:
“Therapy is not neutral”
“Each of our moral compasses are, are gonna be shaped by our environment, by our family, by our education, by our location, and by our politics.”
“I always encourage folks who are seeking therapists to ask all of the questions. Ask who you voted for in that 2020 election? Ask what you think about the Black Lives Matter movement? What you think about Palestine? All of those things are gonna inform me as a client if we're aligned and if we're not aligned, then I don't wanna work with you.”
“My ancestors already paid for this school debt.”
“To demand money from black folks, from indigenous folks for anything really, for literally anything I personally think it's criminal. The wealth, the power, influence that so many white folks have was because of enslaved Africans.”
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