Written in collaboration with Dr. Shena Younger
As information continues to unfold across the Diddy trial, many in our neighborhood—particularly Black ladies and femmes—are sitting with an advanced, painful mixture of feelings. For a lot of survivors, this second is greater than a headline. It’s private. It brings up deep wounds, ancestral ache, and the ever-present reminder of how violence towards Black our bodies—particularly Black ladies’s our bodies—too typically goes ignored, silenced, or justified.
At Remedy for Black Ladies, we imagine that conversations like this matter. And we imagine they need to occur with care, intention, and a dedication to centering Black survivors of their therapeutic.
In that spirit, we’re honored to share assets and reflections from Dr. Shena Younger—an embodiment-focused psychologist, healer, creator, and survivor—who has devoted her life to creating areas for Black ladies and femmes to really feel at residence and free of their our bodies once more. She joined us on the podcast to share knowledge about what therapeutic can appear like following a sexual assault. Beneath are excerpts from her heartfelt message and choices for our neighborhood, shared with permission.
“I would like us to be finished with the tradition of secrecy round sexual trauma. It has held us, our our bodies, and our communities hostage lengthy sufficient… It’s time to revisit the me too and add on: I’m therapeutic from it too. To breathe in solidarity, and to grab our freedom again collectively.”
—Dr. Shena Younger
Assets for Therapeutic & Help
🖤 Physique Rites
Dr. Shena’s holistic embodiment workbook, Physique Rites, is a robust companion for Black ladies, femmes, and non-binary survivors of sexual trauma. The guide presents 4 guided therapeutic journeys rooted in embodiment, African religious traditions, and intuitive knowledge. It’s out there wherever books are offered (with encouragement to assist Black-owned bookstores!).
📜 An Open Letter to Black Survivors
In 2023, Dr. Shena penned an open letter to Cassie and different Black survivors that continues to resonate deeply. It’s a must-read for anybody in search of affirmation, validation, and kinship.
🎥 YouTube Sequence: Let’s Proceed the Dialog
In partnership with the Me Too Motion, this dialogue sequence explores therapeutic by way of neighborhood, storytelling, and truth-telling. Watch it right here.
🧘🏽♀️ Therapeutic on the Mat
A ten-week embodiment workshop and assist group for survivors, led by Dr. Shena. The following cohort begins in September 2025. Be taught extra or share with purchasers right here.
🤝🏾 Session for Clinicians
For therapists and clinicians supporting survivors, Dr. Shena presents each particular person and group session centered in holistic, decolonized therapeutic frameworks. Attain out right here to study extra.
As therapists, advocates, and members of a broader neighborhood, we’ve got a possibility—and a accountability—to carry area for survivors with tenderness, technique, and reality. The tradition of silence round sexual violence should be damaged. And breaking it begins with us.
Let’s maintain exhibiting up. Let’s maintain believing. Let’s maintain constructing a future the place each Black survivor is aware of they’re seen, supported, and protected.
With care,
The Remedy for Black Ladies Crew
