About Us
Barrow & Obasaju Consulting is a multi-racial women-owned consulting firm, specializing in the nexus of systems, trauma, and healing.
Mayowa and Kate have partnered since 2013 on designing and implementing transformative anti-oppressive initiatives. In addition to our collaborative work, we each have fifteen years of clinical, facilitation, and systems change experience.
Mayowa and Kate have partnered since 2013 on designing and implementing transformative anti-oppressive initiatives. In addition to our collaborative work, we each have fifteen years of clinical, facilitation, and systems change experience.
mayowa obasaju
Mayowa Obasaju, PhD, is a clinical and community, trauma and healing focused licensed psychologist, trainer, and educator. Mayowa works as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in the Psychology Department and as a supervisor of social workers at Wediko Children's Services-NY Based School Program. She is also an Ordained Interfaith Minister.
For seven years, Mayowa worked at the Furman Counseling Center of Barnard College, Columbia University. At the Furman Counseling Center, she provided individual and group psychotherapy with a focus on healing work with students who have experienced various forms of trauma. Additionally, Mayowa provided consultation, workshops, and lectures, for outreach and education activities on campus with a focus on intersectionality, social justice, and wellness.
Her roles at Barnard also included acting as a liaison to the Sexual Violence Response & Rape Crisis/ Anti-Violence Support Center of Columbia University and liaison to the Office of International and Intercultural Student Programs. Additionally, Mayowa supervised psychology externs and social work interns.
As an adjunct faculty, Mayowa also co-taught the Diversity, Racism, Oppression, and Privilege (DROP) course for graduate social work students at the Silver School of Social Work at NYU from 2013-2015.
Mayowa has completed advanced training in Indigenous Focusing-Oriented Therapy for Complex Trauma, Somatics and Trauma, Training for Change, Multicultural Family Therapy, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Her unpaid work centers on integrating spirituality and healing from various forms and levels of trauma and oppression, program and curriculum development, and gender justice, centered on the intersectional experiences of women of color. She is a board member of Healing of Memories and a member Black Women’s Blueprint (BWB), the Radical Social Work Group (RSWG), and Standing in Our Power (SiOP).
Mayowa graduated with a PhD in clinical and community psychology from Georgia State University. She is a licensed psychologist in the state of New York.
For seven years, Mayowa worked at the Furman Counseling Center of Barnard College, Columbia University. At the Furman Counseling Center, she provided individual and group psychotherapy with a focus on healing work with students who have experienced various forms of trauma. Additionally, Mayowa provided consultation, workshops, and lectures, for outreach and education activities on campus with a focus on intersectionality, social justice, and wellness.
Her roles at Barnard also included acting as a liaison to the Sexual Violence Response & Rape Crisis/ Anti-Violence Support Center of Columbia University and liaison to the Office of International and Intercultural Student Programs. Additionally, Mayowa supervised psychology externs and social work interns.
As an adjunct faculty, Mayowa also co-taught the Diversity, Racism, Oppression, and Privilege (DROP) course for graduate social work students at the Silver School of Social Work at NYU from 2013-2015.
Mayowa has completed advanced training in Indigenous Focusing-Oriented Therapy for Complex Trauma, Somatics and Trauma, Training for Change, Multicultural Family Therapy, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Her unpaid work centers on integrating spirituality and healing from various forms and levels of trauma and oppression, program and curriculum development, and gender justice, centered on the intersectional experiences of women of color. She is a board member of Healing of Memories and a member Black Women’s Blueprint (BWB), the Radical Social Work Group (RSWG), and Standing in Our Power (SiOP).
Mayowa graduated with a PhD in clinical and community psychology from Georgia State University. She is a licensed psychologist in the state of New York.
kate barrow
Kate Barrow, LCSW, specializes in clinical and trauma-informed approaches to power, identity, and systems change work. She currently works as an organizational consultant, leadership coach, therapist, and professional trainer. For information about her anti-oppressive management services, visit katebarrow.com.
Kate was the director of staff training and development for the Center for Court Innovation from 2015-2018, where she was responsible for leading all professional development activities for an interdisciplinary staff of over 500. In this role she directed over 150 hours of annual training. She joined the Center in 2009, and worked in multiple court-based clinical and leadership roles at Midtown Community Court, Bronx Family Court, and the Red Hook Community Justice Center. While working at the Center she was the lead clinical author of a brief trauma-informed and systems-focused CBT group called "Up & Out." It is currently being offered as an alternative to incarceration program in three boroughs.
Her work at the Center and in prior social service organizations has focused on providing services to and developing programs for marginalized people, including homeless queer youth, trauma-survivors, LGBTQ people, young people with serious mental health issues, and systems-involved youth, families, and adults.
Kate was an adjunct professor at New York University from 2012-2015, where she co-taught graduate level courses on anti-oppressive social work practice, and social work in criminal justice settings. She was the founding organizer of the RISE: Social Work to End Oppression collective, a group of radical social workers who provided social justice education in the NYC-area from 2009-2013.
Kate has completed training in conflict mediation through the New York Peace Institute, is a SIFI-certified field instructor for social work students, and completed a year-long advanced certificate in clinical supervision through Smith College. She has also trained extensively with transformative educational organizations such as Training for Change, People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, Stone Circles, Interaction Institute for Social Change, Race Forward, and the Critical Therapy Center. Kate was named an emerging social work leader by the National Association of Social Workers New York City Chapter in 2014 for her social justice work.
Kate completed her undergraduate studies at Naropa University in Contemplative Psychology and received her MSW from the Silver School of Social Work at NYU. She is a licensed clinical social worker in the state of New York.
Kate was the director of staff training and development for the Center for Court Innovation from 2015-2018, where she was responsible for leading all professional development activities for an interdisciplinary staff of over 500. In this role she directed over 150 hours of annual training. She joined the Center in 2009, and worked in multiple court-based clinical and leadership roles at Midtown Community Court, Bronx Family Court, and the Red Hook Community Justice Center. While working at the Center she was the lead clinical author of a brief trauma-informed and systems-focused CBT group called "Up & Out." It is currently being offered as an alternative to incarceration program in three boroughs.
Her work at the Center and in prior social service organizations has focused on providing services to and developing programs for marginalized people, including homeless queer youth, trauma-survivors, LGBTQ people, young people with serious mental health issues, and systems-involved youth, families, and adults.
Kate was an adjunct professor at New York University from 2012-2015, where she co-taught graduate level courses on anti-oppressive social work practice, and social work in criminal justice settings. She was the founding organizer of the RISE: Social Work to End Oppression collective, a group of radical social workers who provided social justice education in the NYC-area from 2009-2013.
Kate has completed training in conflict mediation through the New York Peace Institute, is a SIFI-certified field instructor for social work students, and completed a year-long advanced certificate in clinical supervision through Smith College. She has also trained extensively with transformative educational organizations such as Training for Change, People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, Stone Circles, Interaction Institute for Social Change, Race Forward, and the Critical Therapy Center. Kate was named an emerging social work leader by the National Association of Social Workers New York City Chapter in 2014 for her social justice work.
Kate completed her undergraduate studies at Naropa University in Contemplative Psychology and received her MSW from the Silver School of Social Work at NYU. She is a licensed clinical social worker in the state of New York.