HealingThrough Family Resistance

Learn to navigate family resistance while choosing healing, growth, and breaking intergenerational cycles.

Talk of breaking intergenerational cycles and healing from intergenerational traumas has become prominent in the Indo-Caribbean and general Caribbean community. It’s more common for first- and second-generation Canadians and Americans to undergo therapy to seek ways to heal from trauma and learn to practice healthy change. However, this change can often be met with resistance and backlash from family members, leaving those seeking positive change to feel defeated, frustrated, and hopeless. “Healing Through Family Resistance” is a workshop focused on providing insight on what resistance signifies, as well as support to those who are facing it. The goal of this workshop is to offer hope and a guiding light to those practicing healing and change.

“Healing Through Family Resistance” will be presented by Megan Mootoo. Megan is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario, practicing for over four years with a broad client population. Megan also has a background in spiritual care and loves journeying with others as they navigate questions about faith, life, death, meaning and purpose. As an Indo-Guyanese Canadian and former teacher, she is passionate about educating and providing support to those in her cultural community and beyond.

PLEASE NOTE: This workshop discusses topics that are personal, sensitive and possibly triggering. Creating a space that is safe and honest is top priority. As you prepare for this workshop, be open to possibly feeling vulnerable, and to hold the sacred vulnerabilities of others, with respect, non-judgement and confidentiality. Of course, the choice to disclose any personal information is fully yours.

About the Facilitator: Megan Mootoo

Megan Mootoo is an Indo-Guyanese Canadian Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. She holds a Master of Pastoral Studies in Psychotherapy and Spiritual Care from Knox College at the University of Toronto, and has been practicing psychotherapy for over four years. Megan’s deepest desire is to help others know their greatest potential and live abundant lives of joy and peace. She uses a culturally-informed and integrative approach that includes multiple therapies and mindfulness to help clients meet their therapeutic goals. Megan has worked with a diverse group of clients in both the private practice and hospital settings. Further, she supports every therapeutic journey with empathy, non-judgement and safety, as she carries a personal understanding of the complexity of one’s culture and social location. Outside of providing therapeutic support, Megan enjoys travelling locally and abroad, acting and creative writing, educating others, reading, volunteering, watching movies, and spending time by the lake with friends and family.

-Megan Mootoo, RP, MPS, MA