Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW, SEP is a therapist with decades of experience currently in private practice in Minneapolis, MN, specializing in trauma, body-centered psychotherapy, and violence prevention. He has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show and Dr. Phil and The Breakfast Club as an expert on racialization and violence. Menakem has studied with bestselling authors Dr. David Schnarch (Passionate Marriage) and Dr. James Maddock. He also trained at Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute.