KINNECTED
a facilitated support group for the global majority
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collective healing
interdependence
About us
Kinnected is drawn from the word kinship and connected. Kinnected is a facilitated support group for folks of the global majority. The idea of Kinnected birthed from the desire to foster relational skills for collective care within the global majority. As we exist in a world with polycrisis it more important than ever that we are strengthening our relationships to ourselves, our neighbors, and the earth that homes all living beings. We acknowledge that western therapy has its limitations and neglects building relational skills the move us toward integrated selves and community. We understand our existence is tied up in our relationship to one another. We not only understand the importance of interdependence but we actively practice it. We acknowledge and continue to build capacity to repair after rupture. This work is messy and beautiful, generative and inconvenient. It is necessary for our liberation and survival. Relationships will outlast empire.
interdependence, community, collective care, rupture & repair, capacity building, and more.
Themes covered in kinnected
Nuance of nervous system regulation
We will learn how the nervous system supports. our survival. We will explore the different survival strategies in the threat response cycle and understand the important if orienting to safety and connection.
Skills for collective care
We will explore co regulation and emotional attunement. We will build capacity to care beyond ourselves.
Foundations of interdependence
We will explore relationships as the organizing principle of the universe. Interdependence is integral to our survival.
Skills for navigating repair after rupture
We will explore how to navigate relationships when rupture occurs. We will build tools and resources that move us toward a practice of repair. We will cultivate our discernment and intuition to navigate complex relationships.
relationships outlast empire
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relationships outlast empire ·
rupture & repair
Nothing exists outside of relationship.
Values of Kinnected
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collaboration
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coherence
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compassion
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curiosity
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care
Meet your facilitator(s)
Tolulope Mejolagbe, she/her, LPC, LMHCA,
Tolu is a child of immigrants from southwest Nigeria with Yoruba ancestry. She is a licensed mental health professional in Texas and Washington with over a decade of experience supporting marginalized communities. Her practice is grounded in cultural humility, somatic awareness, and trauma-informed care, with a particular focus on serving the global majority and first- and second-generation Americans. Through her work, Tolu helps clients heal from cultural stress, anxiety, trauma, and burnout while untangling harmful cultural narratives that inhibit full self-expression. Learn more about Tolu’s practice here.
Meet your facilitator(s)
Gitika Talwar, she/her, PhD
Gitika Talwar is a licensed Clinical-Community Psychologist and the founder of Prāṇh Healing & Wellness. She specializes in supporting adults navigating trauma, anxiety, and depression. Her therapeutic style is deeply informed by decolonial and liberatory values, integrating powerful, evidence-based approaches like CBT, DBT, and Narrative Therapy. Gitika's work is committed to cultural humility, recognizing the vital role of systemic and cultural contexts in your healing journey.
Fluent in English, Hindi, and Urdu, Gitika is attuned to the intersections of caste, race, gender, sexuality, disability, intergenerational trauma and immigration status. She is dedicated to fostering therapist-initiated, community-based healing spaces that address systemic harm and our collective longing to heal.
Frequently asked questions
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This group is for individuals that identify as black, indigenous, or people of color.
I addition it is for folks who are ready to learn and grow in their relational capacity when it comes to being a good neighbor.
This space is for folks who are ready to practice the action of community not just simply belong to one.
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This group offering is $590 investment for 5 weeks.
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This group will meet for 5 weeks virtually. We will meet for 1.5 hours each week.
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We will meet once a week for 5 weeks.
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We will meet virtually. The link will be sent once you have registered.
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It will be a hybrid of psycho-educational mixed with space for processing and embodying the content.
Healing
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Wellness