Tending the Roots: Healing Intergenerational Wounds in Communities of Color Through IFS

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Natalie Y. Gutiérrez, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist working primarily with BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) survivors of complex trauma—ranging from racial trauma, sexual trauma, attachment trauma, and intergenerational trauma. She is the founder of Mindful Journeys Marriage & Family Therapy PLLC and a certified internal family systems therapist and prospective trainer at the IFS Institute. Natalie’s individual and group healing work blends the intersections of psychotherapy, activism, and curanderismo. She has a large following on Instagram, where she shares her journey of healing and empowerment and currently resides in New York, NY.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Natalie Gutierrez is the founder of Mindful Journeys Marriage & Family Therapy, PLLC. and has an employment relationship with the Internal Family Systems Institute. She receives royalties as a published author. Natalie Gutierrez receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Natalie Gutierrez has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Objectives

1. Identify the unique way colonialism, systemic oppression, and racial trauma manifest in the internal systems of people of color.
2. Recognize how intergenerational trauma is transmitted through family systems, culture, and collective memory.
3. Describe strategies for building Self-to-Part relationships that honor cultural identity, ancestral resilience, and spiritual wisdom

Outline

Racial Trauma and Internal Systems 

• How colonialism, systemic oppression, and racial trauma manifest within the internal systems of people of color
• The role of collective memory and historical context 

Intergenerational Trauma and Cultural Transmission

• How trauma is transmitted through family systems and culture
• Intergenerational transmission - Ancestral resilience and survival

Honoring Cultural Identity in Self to Part Relationships 

• Strategies for building Self to Part relationships
• Cultural identity, ancestral resilience, and spiritual wisdom within parts work
• Culturally responsive IFS informed approaches to build safety and trust

Therapist Cultural Humility and Internal Reflection 

• Internalized legacies of colonialism and racial conditioning
• The impact of internal dynamics on the therapeutic relationship

Integrating IFS With Decolonial and Community Based Healing

• Integrating IFS concepts with decolonial healing perspectives
• The role of community based healing practices
• Collective healing and liberation alongside individual therapeutic work

Target Audience

• Counsellors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Psychiatrists
• Addiction Counsellors
• Nurses
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Other Mental Health Professionals