You'll never succeed: How to avoid the trap of negative self talk - with Kira Banks

Dr. Kira Banks works to remove the emotional power of oppression from being internalized, using a form of therapy called Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT).

"Internalized oppression," she believes, becomes a part of you. Better to conceptualize it as "appropriated," because then you can put it down. Through ACT, people learn to separate their feelings about their oppression from their actual selves.

This time Jean interviews Dr. Kira about her work. Are you interested in how this works?

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Jean Latting is an organizational consultant, inclusive leadership coach, and behavioral scientist.

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Articles mentioned in the conversation

Banks, K. H., S. Goswami, et al. (2021). "Interrupting internalized racial oppression: A community based ACT intervention." Journal of contextual behavioral science 20: 89-93.

Sellers, R. M., M. A. Smith, et al. (1998). "Multidimensional model of racial identity: a reconceptualization of African American racial identity." Personality and social psychology review 2(1): 18-39.