Participation.

MICA is a biweekly process group and consultation space that centers the layers, multitudes, and specificities of mixed race therapists. This will be a continuous, closed group — capped at 6 participants. Interested participants will be able to join the group when there are openings. The group will be gently guided by emergent themes determined collaboratively by the group’s facilitator and its members.

In addition to robust participation, participants are asked to complete a brief journal entry between each session and to share one word, sentence, or theme during checkins at the start of the following group. Each journal entry should be connected to the current theme and can take the form of personal narrative, a process recording, creative writing, multimedia art, etc. Optional readings and other media will be shared periodically, but are not required for group participation.

Schedule.

This biweekly group will meet on Wednesdays from 1:00 - 1:50 PM EST beginning January 8, 2025. Journal entries between sessions should be anticipated to require approximately 15 minutes per entry.

No sessions will in August (Summer Break) & December (Winter Break) Applicants are asked to make a six month commitment, with the option to continue indefinitely.

Finances.

The fee for the group is a monthly membership fee. Depending on how many Wednesdays occur, the group will meet 2-3 times on a given month. Missed sessions on behalf of participants will not be reimbursed, however, if the facilitator needs to cancel a session, it will be rescheduled with consideration to members’ schedules.

This payment structure is inspired and informed by the justice-oriented models put forth by Worts & Cunning Apothecary, Dr. Bayo Akomolafe, and Corporeal Writing. In an effort to reflect disparity in economic condition and access to wealth, the following payment system is designed for those with more wealth to help cover the costs of those with less access to wealth and resources. We trust your discernment of your current financial situation and how you fit into the global economic context.

As you decide what amount to pay, please consider your present-day financial situation governed by income, but also the following factors: historical discrimination faced by your peoples; your access to income and financial wealth, both current and anticipated (retirement, savings, investments, expectation of an inheritance; how easily could you earn more income compared to other people in your community, country, and world); people counting on your financial livelihood including dependents and community members; the socio-economic conditions of your locale (relative to other places in your country and in the world); your relationship to food & resource scarcity.

$180/mo — Solidarity

$150/mo — True Value

$120/mo — Community Care

About the facilitator:

My name is Onyx Fujii and I am a mixed race clinical social worker in private practice on unceded Lenni-Lenape land, colonially known as Philadephia, PA.

Most of my core identities are multifaceted and liminal. I was raised by a Japanese immigrant father and a 3rd generation American, Eastern European Jewish mother. I am neurodivergent and have lived with multiple chronic illnesses since childhood. I am queer and still fail to find connection to gender as a collective experience.

Professionally I balance my time between my private practice (offering therapy, clinical supervision, and consultation) and my role as co-director of the Kintsugi Therapist Collective. Personally I am a parent and dog parent , a creative writer and occasional art maker, a beachcomber, and an avid home cook. My professional practices, writing and art center the intersections of identity, trauma, (in)visibility, and connection.

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Please note:

Therapists do not need to be fully licensed to participate, however, the KTC Mixed Identity Clinical Alliance is a consulting relationship and not clinical supervision. Services do not count towards licensure and unlicensed therapists will need to have a clinical supervisor in the state in which they are practicing.

You can contact Onyx with questions about the group via email. Applications will be read on a rolling basis with a focus on maintaining an intimate, generative environment.