Future Directions in Trauma, Feminism, and Intersectionality
June 30, 2026 Yolanda Loften Sims
Culturally responsive contemplative practices can help women heal from trauma within contexts of systemic oppression by restoring dignity, cultural identity, and collective agency, rather than merely reducing symptoms. Grounded in intersectionality and trauma-informed care, these approaches challenge reductionist wellness models and resist epistemic hierarchies. While neuroscience indicates shifts in attention and regulation, the authors argue healing must also be understood through lived experience, community knowledge, and justice-centered sustainability. They propose culturally responsive contemplative practice as an epistemological shift that reorients counseling, education, and research toward equity, relational care, and collective flourishing.