Dissociation
Black History Month reminders
Posted: February 4, 2024
As February is Black History month, I wanted to reiterate a few things I have said in the past that bear repeating: Black Lives Matter movement Black Trans Lives Matter Black history is American History I acknowledge I have unearned privilege because of my skin…
Paula Yoo Quote
Posted: January 28, 2024
I was listening to the podcast My Favorite Murder (episode 405) the other day and heard this really important quote by Paula Yoo, “You can have compassion, but compassion is no mutually exclusive from justice. At the end of the day, now that I know…
Trauma work
Posted: January 28, 2024
There is a common misconception about trauma therapy that all we do or all we focus on is the bad thing(s) that happened. But trauma work includes working on the things that resulted from the trauma, such as your lack of trust in yourself, being…
Benefits of Crying
Posted: January 28, 2024
Something that comes up in therapy sometimes is the question of crying. It comes up most often in my work because there is an attitude of crying as pointless or a waste of time. We certainly get this message in society, particularly for masculine presenting…