Unpacking Racial Trauma in Relationships

Racial trauma can have a significant impact on how we behave in intimate relationships. Dr. Steven Kniffley Jr. explains why it’s important to begin healing — and how to be an ally.

“The passing down of intergenerational trauma is real,” says Dr. Steven Kniffley Jr. “And unless we are engaging in our own healing, we’ll pass it down to our youth as well.”

Dr. Kniffley is a racial trauma expert, an Afrocentric psychologist, and an associate professor at the Spalding University School of Professional Psychology. His work centers on hel…