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Healing Pathways
“… you are not defective, you are protective – something has happened to you. There is a difference.”
Ressma Menaken – My Grandmother’s Hands
Welcome! It's Time to Get Busy!
Hello and welcome. I am so glad your search landed you here. I work with people from various lifestyles, cultures, and identities to deconstruct internal assumptions, contradictions, and limiting beliefs that cause self, social, and environmental harming behaviors.
I offer over 30 years of professional and lived experiences in social work, higher education, community and school-based mental health, private practice, community organizing, and performance arts, working with individuals, organizations, and systems.
My methods are journeys designed to help you unpack, decolonize, and discharge what we have embodied and socially internalized to think, feel, understand, and behave about race, class, and othering.
My success rate are in the testimonies of the people and organizations I have worked with, who remind me how important it is to help people move through adversities so they can THrive!
Know this, I got you, and together we got this!
Aše, Amen, Áho ~ Keita
Services
THrive BIPOC Youth (13-21)
Keita uses an embodied framework designed explicitly for African Indigenous Latin Asian & BiPOC youth (13-22 yrs) exploring racial identity, ancestry, spirituality, life/career goals, adoption, foster care, biracial identity, queer-identified and exploring/questioning), gender diversity, and the dynamics of being Indigo, gifted & talented.
Individualized Leadership Development, Support & Success for *BiPOC/*ALANA Staff and Students
Somatic coaching services for organizations and institutions of higher education wanting to reduce burnout, support retention, and sustain recruitments by investing in staff success for their social justice organizers, DEI staff, diversity officers, social workers, and BIPOC staff/students navigating the effects toxic racial stress and compassion fatigue.
*ALANA (African Latina/o Native American Asian) and BiPOC (Black Indigenous People of Color).
Holistic Life Coaching for White Body Culture Emancipation
Are you in meaningful relations with ALANA/BiPOC bodies of culture as parents, partners, spouses, co- workers, friends, neighbors, practitioners, educators, or employers and feel overwhelmed by compassion fatigue or secondary traumatic racial stress? WE got you!
Somatic Dialogues in Diversity. Organizational Diversity, Racial Equity, and Inclusion Conflict Management
A communal somatic approach to diversity, racial equity, inclusion, and multicultural staffing for boards of directors, philanthropists, human resource directors, vice presidents, deans, directors of student affairs, board of trustees, presidents' staff groups, and institutes of higher education, addressing internal matters, policies, practices, and procedures regarding race, diversity, equity, inclusion, racial biases, mediation, and BIPOC staff/student support, recruitment, and retention.
BIPOC Somatic Engagement, Communal Healing & Liberation
Intergenerational healing for African Indigenous Latin Asian & BIPOC people is not radical; it is liberating! This practice is for individuals, organizations, and communities of color wanting to unpack skilfully, understand, and heal the oppressions of "Dirty Pain" (internalized racial trauma) that get in the way of progress re-envisioning, collective abundance, creativity, community organizing, and forming cross-cultural alliances.
IONA- reclaim, restore, and revitalize for Black Wombmen
Hello Beautiful, We are healing Black Wombmen by, for, and about Black Wombmen. "IONA" is a Gullah Geechee interpretation (Daughters of the Dust), meaning "I -Own -Her, "representing a time when Black mothers during the era of Reconstruction could finally own their daughters and themselves.
Keita developed IONA to acknowledge and teach embodied legacies of spiritual wisdom, roots-healing, creativity, resilience, ingenuity, steadfastness, and entrepreneurship of Phenomenal THriving Black Indigenous Wombmen. Aše
What People are Saying
"Working with Keita was a beautiful experience... During my session, things came up from my past that totally related to my current life experience. Keita stayed present with me as a guide and helped me as I found clarity in what I needed as I journeyed through self- awareness to a place of rejuvenation. Much love to you Keita!"
“As a clinician myself in the area it can be hard to find the right connection when my own need for therapy arises. Wow, I felt like I hit the jackpot on our first session. Keita takes the time to check in on all levels, cognitively, emotionally, energetically and this makes the work fast and profound. I would recommend her to my closest family and friends and at times I have.”
Highly recommend working with Keita! The educational, facilitated group work that Keita led, that I was a part of some years ago, has stayed with me in profound ways. Her work has so positively influenced my teaching, my friendships and my community work. Thank you for the work you do in the world, Keita!
As a black man today I am subjected to dysfunctional family dynamics and systematic racism. … you made me aware of family toxicity and how specific behaviors originated from slavery .Learning this feels as if a big weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Definitely feels like I’m taking the right steps to heal and love myself…
Keita has worked with me for a few years on some very, very deep and difficult issues. She has worked with me rather than “on “me. She is a mentor, and I am honored to be working with her.”
Mental Health and a peace about things that happen in life are important to me. I have tried numerous methods of therapy in my life. Dr. Keita Whitten's method is exactly what I needed. The beginning and ending grounding, and meditation not only got me ready for the session, but it is also something I carry through the day. She teaches self -love and acceptance and kindly reminds us of our core value system. Her method helped me understand my emotions and then accept them
Working with Keita Whitten helps me as a black man because it’s not the typical Approach to counseling and psychiatry that you go through in white society. I’m not being prescribed pills or put into any system. It feels good to be able to talk to someone that looks like me and who also has young black sons like me. Thank you Sister Keita!~
Keita is a deep healer and a powerful guide. She weaves a rare web of support, nurture, and empowerment that works its subtle magic at every level. Consulting Keita in her beautiful, comforting haven, I found nature, spirit, mind, body, will, and heart aligning to center me on my true path.
“Love how you were able to make me feel comfortable opening up and you're approach... I was able to find clarity after a few appointments with you and move on with my life in a healthier way, Thank you!”
Hi Keita!
I want to thank you again for your time and clear present attention during my sessions with you. I hope you know how effective your talents are! Seriously, i look forward to working with you again in the near future.
Since our last session I have been more present in my body. I could go on and on.
Just wanted to take a moment to let you know how much I appreciate working with you.
Blessings,
Hudson
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