My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies By LICSW Resmaa Menakem, MSW

"My Grandmother's Hands" by Resmaa Menakem is a groundbreaking book that examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of trauma and body-centered psychology. Menakem argues that racism is not just a mental construct but is deeply embedded in our bodies and nervous systems, affecting both African Americans and white Americans alike.

The book explores how the body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society. Menakem contends that this destruction will continue until Americans learn to heal the generational anguish of white supremacy.

"My Grandmother's Hands" offers a step-by-step healing process based on the latest neuroscience and somatic healing methods, in addition to incisive social commentary. It paves the way for a new, body-centered understanding of white supremacy and provides an alternative view of what we can do to grow beyond our entrenched racialized divide.

Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, is a therapist with decades of experience currently in private practice in Minneapolis, MN, specializing in trauma, body-centered psychotherapy, and violence prevention. He has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show and Dr. Phil as an expert on conflict and violence.

Menakem has studied with bestselling authors Dr. David Schnarch (Passionate Marriage) and Dr. Bessel van der Kolk (The Body Keeps the Score). He also trained at Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute. 📚❤️