Who is Dr. Broderick Sawyer?
Originally a college basketball player from a small Connecticut city on the edge of NYC, I specialize in mindfulness meditation, compassion, and behavioral psychology.
I was formally trained in mindfulness and cognitive behavioral psychotherapy at the University of Louisville. From there, I completed an internship at Stony Brook University, where I received in-depth experience with mindfulness meditation, compassion-based therapy, and psychodynamic therapy.
About 8 years ago, I began my own inner journey, witnessing firsthand the transformational power of mindfulness and compassion-based meditation techniques. I now lead affordable, monthly online mindfulness meditation retreat spaces to share this transformational power with all who desire it.
Now as an independent contractor, in addition to leading online meditation spaces, I personally collaborate with non-profits, businesses, athletes, therapy clinics, universities, grassroots organizers, and other organizations, to provide custom-fitted teaching and consultation services.
What are Dr. Sawyer's Areas of Expertise?
Inclusivity and Racial Healing: In addition to successful DEI and racial healing education, organization members also need skills in managing emotional discomfort to ensure sustainable, embodied changes in inclusive behavior- especially in non-profit sectors. Dr. Sawyer covers all bases in this area, combining his expertise in compassion, racial trauma, and mental wellness to create a solid "psychological foundation" within your organization. He achieves this by assisting you in developing and teaching customized programming, speaking to your entire organization or to select stakeholders, and providing ongoing consultation support.
Mental Wellness and Performance Psychology: As a psychotherapist, Dr. Sawyer has plenty of experience teaching scientifically-backed skills of mental wellness and performance. When teaching outside of the therapy environment, he approaches mental skills like building muscle: Transforming mental performance into a routine hygienic activity, rather than an intimidating process. He uses his extensive experience, combined with his background as an athlete, to teach you the fundamentals of performance from a down-to-earth, skill-based perspective.
Training for Mental Health Professionals and Trainees: Dr. Sawyer was trained to provide psychotherapy using several theoretical perspectives (cognitive-behavioral, liberation psychology, mindfulness, relational psychodynamic, attachment, exposure, humanistic, compassion-focused, and more). Often, therapy clinics, training programs, and other treatment settings may desire exposure to diverse and integrative approaches to psychotherapy, but may not be able to hire full-time experts. Dr. Sawyer's offerings resolve this dilemma by collaborating with you to provide training and ongoing mentorship support across many topic areas, delivered with ultimate flexibility.
Mental Wellness for People of Color: For the past several years, Dr. Sawyer has personally created and taught flexible programming for mental wellness and generational healing in people of color, primarily in collaboration with grassroots organizers, non-profit organizations, and employee resource groups within businesses. He uses his expertise in racial trauma and generational healing to put on wellness workshops, create digital curriculum to develop resilience against racism, facilitate growth-promoting discussion, and much more.
Attention, Meditation, and Compassion: With 7 years of experience teaching and practicing attention, meditation, and compassion-based technology for 'engineering' joy and wellness, Dr. Sawyer is a well-practiced and embodied teacher. While also being grounded in a personal study of Eastern philosophy and ancient texts, Dr. Sawyer keeps these approaches culturally-authentic, all without sacrificing a need for practicality in the modern world.
What is his philosophy?
Mental wellness is a performance-based skill, which can be practiced. When these skills are practiced, mental wellness will transform all areas of life, regardless of goals.
In Dr. Sawyer's years of experience providing psychotherapy in 1 on 1 settings, the patients who learned to skillfully work with their inner environments were able to find and maintain wellness. He found that learning techniques to keep one's mental health running 'smoothly' was the fast-track to improving health, life performance, and becoming more compassionate to oneself and others.
Using a skill-building approach, altering the wellness and inclusivity of organizations is made possible. By becoming happier and higher-performing through skill-building in a non-threatening, educational, accessible way, people gain access to sustainable wellbeing, and they become more joyful, powerful, and compassionate.
