Melody Li is a change maker and a force. Melody uses their voice and passion as a queer person of color to affect change and celebrate all identities and abilities in all bodies. Melody is a licensed marriage and family therapist, entrepreneur, a keynote speaker, a podcaster, an educator and an activist. They developed and founded The Inclusive Therapist offering a safer and simpler way to find culturally responsible and social justice therapists centered on the needs of black and indigenous people of color and the LGBTQIA+ community. Melody is also passionate about animal welfare.

What You Will Hear:

Who is Melody Li?

Building community and spaces with the intent to offer culturally responsive, justice and liberation oriented support for service users.

Mental and transdisciplinary liberation .

Reclaiming and restoring wellness to marginalized communities

Racialized trauma and intergenerational trauma

Learning to cope

Racial hierarchy, capitalism and white supremacy

The Inclusive Therapist

Quotes

“Conversations about culture often times is usually in the footnotes.”

“My culture is integrated with all forms of my well being.”

“If I am not actively dismantling and disrupting these systems that hold so much power that can do harm then I am complicit in the harm.”

“Not only is racialized trauma the impact of an act of violence, but it is the toll,the weight of navigating the world and not being able to relax into safety.”.

Mentioned:

https://www.inclusivetherapists.com/ (The Inclusive Therapist)

IG @inclusivetherapist

https://www.melodyli.com/ (MelodyLi.com)

IG @melodyhopeli

Austin Therapists of Color