Duration: 1h 7m 38s
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In this conversation recorded for Black Therapists Rock, Gabor introduces Compassionate Inquiry and discusses the myth of “normal.” He acknowledges how systemic oppression leads to health disparity, and how we as therapists can bring more compassion to therapeutic practice using Compassionate Inquiry. Gabor introduces a de-stigmatized perspective to view neurodivergence and addiction, and to bring more compassion to therapeutic practice.
After 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, Dr. Maté worked for over a decade in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. The bestselling author of four books published in over thirty languages, Gabor is an internationally renowned speaker highly sought after for his expertise on addiction, trauma, childhood development, and the relationship between stress and illness. His book on addiction received the Hubert Evans Prize for literary non-fiction.
