Therapy and popular psychology are built around white privilege.

"Exercise helps prevent depression!" Sounds nice if you're not being accosted at the gym to prove you belong there or getting lynched because you went for a jog. 1/7

"Do the things you value! Spend time in nature daily for better mental health!" All makes sense when you don't have to worry about somebody trying to call a hit in on you because of the color of your skin and you dared to take care of the environment. 2/7

Old-school CBT tools like a Thought Record, to prove intrusive thoughts are "irrational", might seem cool unless your client has to watch news stories every night that prove their anxieties about getting pulled over for no reason and shot are entirely grounded in reality. 3/7

When I struggled w OCD, I'd avoid going in a store w a bag bcs I was afraid of being accused of stealing or that I'd steal and wouldn't know. Getting over that involved taking bags into stores. Easy ERP exercise if you're white. More complicated, maybe deadly if you're not. 4/7

We pathologize natural reactions to imbalances around people and blame it on mythical imbalances in them.

"You have to fight structural racism and white supremacy every day AND let's label your attempts to deal with it as a Disorder. Fix that, too!" 5/7

I could go on, but other white people working in mental health, we have to:

* Participate in creating a more just society bcs that IS mental health.
* Dismantle the racist, privileged, everything-phobic, sexist foundations of the sector.

And one more... 6/7

* Make space for black, indigenous, POC voices in mental health spaces. If you're asked to be on an all-white panel, DECLINE. Explain why. Suggest someone. Psych associations are some of the least diverse in healthcare. The lack of perspectives impacts theory, research, and care.