Multiple Overlapping Truths: A Mixed-Race Identity Development Workbook
Description
What happens when mixed-race people are frequently told they are not who they know themselves to be? It can cause problems with belonging, guilt and shame, imposter syndrome, isolation, and inauthenticity. Because mixed people often feel harmed and limited by outsider perspectives and judgments, they must develop the skills to define their own identities. This workbook helps mixed people live authentically and represent themselves accurately by practicing courage, learning the skills to explore their history and heritage, and developing language for their self-created narrative.
Lola Osunkoya guides readers through a crash course in:
- Identity exploration and development
- Therapeutic framing around belonging and survival skills
- Theories of change
- 12 guided self-reflection exercises
Readers will complete this book with a renewed sense of self-acceptance and empowerment!
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Person
Lola Osunkoya is a licensed psychotherapist and owner of the counseling practice, Neither/Both LLC. Lola completed a Master's Degree in Adlerian Counseling and Psychotherapy in 2012, where she wrote a thesis on the identity development of mixed-race people. She has created and facilitated racial identity-based content for therapy clinics, county agencies, high schools, universities, and community organizations. Lola uses writing and multimedia art to explore themes of identity, bringing theoretical concepts about race to mainstream art and conversations. Healing from the damaging impact of racism is a central theme of her work.
