Jarell Bempong is a Black, gay, English-Ghanaian systems thinker, best-selling author, and psychotherapeutic innovator redefining how inclusion, technology, and healing intersect. As the founder of Bempong Talking Therapy™ and creator of the Intersectional Majority™ framework, he fuses ancestral wisdom, identity-based healing, and AI-powered insight to transform individual lives and institutional systems alike.
His innovation, Sage™ AI, is a revolutionary AI-augmented platform that brings together ICC™ (Intersectional Cultural Consciousness), IF™ (Intersectional Futurism), and BTT™ (Bempong Talking Therapy™) into one liberatory system. Sage™ is applied across therapy, coaching, and workplace DEI to illuminate hidden bias, track psychological safety, and drive systemic healing from the inside out.
Jarell’s work was born out of lived erasure—navigating British cultural assimilation and Ghanaian ancestral pride, while contending with the silencing of his race, sexuality, and neurodivergence in psychotherapy training. Therapy often ignored identity. DEI often ignored trauma. As a dyslexic, neurodivergent clinician with SpLDs, Jarell built Sage™ not only to serve his clients—but to liberate himself from inaccessible systems.
In therapy and coaching, Sage™ generates:
Weekly Therapeutic Insight Reports, and
Advanced ICC™ AI-Augmented Reports,
…designed to mirror internalised narratives, emotional evolution, and identity liberation. Clients describe the experience as “therapy that finally sees all of me.”
In the workplace, Sage™:
Maps burnout, bias, and psychological safety in real-time,
Tracks DEI progress across intersectional metrics,
Guides strategy with AI-backed reports and tailored inclusion analytics.
Its greatest power lies in its dual application: healing individuals while transforming institutions—because inclusion cannot be siloed. Whether in a therapy room or a boardroom, Sage™ sees the full human system.
Jarell’s bestselling book, White Talking Therapy Can’t Think in Black!, exposes systemic racism in mental health and offers a roadmap for decolonised, identity-anchored healing. Praised for its intersectional insight and cultural clarity, the book has become a cornerstone for therapists, policymakers, and clients alike seeking real change in a world of performative inclusion.
As a neurodivergent practitioner, Sage™ also removes barriers. Through transcription and linguistic AI, Jarell is fully present with his clients—no manual note-taking—while still generating award-standard, data-rich insights. Accessibility, depth, and liberation are embedded by design.
Clients across the UK and around the world—including Nigerian, Spanish, Indian, Portuguese, South Korean, Lebanese, and English identities—report rapid transformation. Efe, a Nigerian trauma survivor, shared:
“Sage™ helped me dismantle colonial-era beliefs I didn’t even have words for.”
Measured Impact:
Therapy & Coaching
+91% improvement in self-worth
+87% growth in emotional literacy
–73% reduction in guilt/self-blame language
Workplace DEI
Havas Kings Cross: 38% burnout reduction
Alstom UK&I: 90+ leaders trained in inclusive leadership
HN Wines: 76% DEI engagement rise
Sage™ centres the Intersectional Majority™—people whose lives straddle all 14 dimensions of systemic power:
Race & Ethnicity
Gender & Gender Identity
Sexuality
Disability
Neurodivergence
Class & Economic Power
Citizenship & Immigration
Education & Literacy
Language & Cultural Capital
Digital Inclusion
Algorithmic Bias & Tech Access
Religion & Spiritual Identity
Age & Generational Status
Caste & Indigeneity
These aren’t just data points—they are lived truths. Sage™ wasn’t built for the privileged few who benefit from existing systems. It was engineered from the margins outward, to decode pain, reclaim agency, and regenerate humanity.
“Technology must not replace humanity—it must be designed to remember it.”
To complement this nomination, please find my featured interview with the London Chamber of Commerce & Industry as the 2024 Business Person of the Year at the SME London Business Awards:
🎥 Business Person of the Year Interview – SME London Business Awards 2024
Hosted by the London Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI)
▶️ Watch Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDFZRIWbmMA
🎥 AI, Mental Health & Cultural Consciousness
Interview with Nuna, exploring how AI can be reimagined to serve the global majority.
▶️ Watch Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQpQrBRhwi4
🎥 Unlocking Boundless Potential: One Conversation at a Time
A soul-stirring interview that unpacks Jarell’s human-first, liberation-centred philosophy.
▶️ Watch Now https://youtu.be/XuW2p_U33aI
