KAP for BIPOC Clinicians

Sapience Therapy is offering a group experiential KAP retreat for clinicians of colour, in an effort to normalize the conversation and create inclusive communities.

  • 50 Enrolled
  • Professional
  • Last updated Feb '23
  • English
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Course Description

Sapience Therapy is offering a group experiential KAP retreat for clinicians of colour, in an effort to normalize the conversation and create inclusive communities.

The program includes a preparation session, a day-long experiential KAP session, and an integration session over a 3-week period. The program facilitators are SungLim Shin, Ph.D., a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice of KAP and Bhavya Rajanna, MD, FHM.

You will learn:

  • What is Bwiti?
  • Roles in Bwiti initiation/treatment
  • Instruments in Bwiti: ngombe, mogongo
  • What is an Nganga
    • Maboundi/Yombo
    • Maboundi/Yombo
  • Sustainability/reciprocity

You will learn:

  • History of the Fang tradition
  • Dissumba vs. Dissumba Fang
  • Ombwiri/Mbumbayano Fang
  • The kambo
  • State of Fang Bwiti in Gabon
  • Impact of Westerners coming to work with the sacred wood

You will learn:

  • History of the Missoko tradition
  • Various branches of Missoko initiation:
    • Miobe/Mioba
    • Ngonde Na Dipuma
    • Sengedia
  • The impact of logging on the tradition
  • What the future of Bwiti could look like in Gabon

You will learn:

  • History of Dissumba
  • Various branches of Dissumba initiation:
    • Abanji/Mabanji
    • Ilombo
    • Ombwiri
    • Ombudi
    • Loro
  • The ngombe (sacred harp)
  • Healing rituals involved in her tradition
  • Training to serve the wood
    • What does it involve?
    • How long does it take?

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Tatayo

Instructor

About Instructor

Tatayo (“Fruit of the Wind”) first arrived in Gabon in 1971 at the age of 21 and became a Gabonese citizen. In 1979, he became the first white person to be initiated into the Bwiti Fang tradition in Gabon. In 1994, he was initiated into the Misokko tradition. As a guide for numerous expeditions and missions, including those of National Geographic, the BBC, and others, Tatayo is considered to have “opened the door” to westerners in Gabon.

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Please see below for start and finish dates/times. This course is currently being offered live and dates/times will change throughout the year.

$650

This course includes

  • Modules 1
  • Duration 1 Days
  • Skills Professional
  • Language English
  • Availability Cohort
  • Certificate No
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