Navigating Racialized Trauma and Our Nation’s Upheaval

Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, SEP, is a Senior Fellow at Meadows Behavioral Healthcare where he has built an intensive training curriculum for staff on cultural somatics and racialized trauma.

He has served as director of counseling services for the Tubman Family Alliance; as behavioral health director for African American Family Services in Minneapolis; as a domestic violence counselor for Wilder Foundation; as a certified Military and Family Life Consultant for the US Armed Forces; as a trauma consultant for the Minneapolis Public Schools; and as a Cultural Somatics consultant for the Minneapolis Police Department.

As a Community Care Counselor, he managed the wellness and counseling services for civilians on fifty-three US military bases in Afghanistan.

Resmaa studied and trained at Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, as well as with Dr. David Schnarch (author of the bestselling Passionate Marriage).

He currently teaches workshops on Cultural Somatics for audiences of African Americans, European Americans, and police officers.

He is also a therapist in private practice.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Resmaa Menakem is the founder/president of Justice Leadership Solutions. He is the owner of Unbound Therapy Resources. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Resmaa Menakem is a member of the National Association of Black Social Workers; the National Association of Social Workers; and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 

Sean Walsh, CEO, LISAC
As Chief Executive Officer of Meadows Behavioral Healthcare, Sean Walsh is responsible for the oversight of its family of programs which include The Meadows, Gentle Path for Men, Claudia Black Young Adult Center, The Meadows Ranch, Rio Retreat Center, Willow House for Women, The Meadows Malibu, The Meadows Texas, and The Meadows Outpatient Centers as well as Meadows Case Management. In the behavioral health field since 1996, Walsh has a clinical background, and although he has been a treatment center executive since 200, he is also a licensed therapist and highly invested in ensuring quality care to the patients Meadows Behavioral Healthcare serves.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Sean Walsh is the CEO of Meadows Behavioral Health. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Sean Walsh is a member of the National Association of Addiction Counselors and the American Association of Counselors.