Tag: community
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The World is on Fire, What Can Therapy Actually Do?
This is a question that a lot of people ask when considering therapy, especially in our current state, and it’s a good one. What can therapy actually fix when there are so many systems that are broken, so many atrocities occurring that we don’t know which way to look, and talking about things aren’t going…
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As a trans therapist, my trans clients teach me how to build a better future
I share my client’s fears and struggles; they help me as much as I help them. I am looking out the window on the train home from Philadelphia with Beverly Glenn-Copeland singing a love song in my headphones. The sun blinks from behind the trees as it is setting across this very Pennsylvania landscape: rolling…
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Whose Freedom? A Mental Health Lens on July 4th
July 4th is framed as a celebration of freedom: we got to cookouts, fireworks, parades, see flags waving proudly in red, white, and blue. It’s meant to symbolize independence, liberty, and a collective pride in our national identity. But for many of us, especially those of us who are queer, trans, disabled, Black, Indigenous, people…
