Psychoeducation

TERF is an acronym for those people who are trans exclusionary radical feminists. In other words, these are feminists who are transphobic and do not consider trans women to be women. Just because women have been oppressed by a patriarchal society and faced discrimination, does…

So, this may come as a surprise to many of you, but race, just like gender, is a social construct. There is no underlying biological differences between races, the differences we see on the outside are nothing more than skin deep (pun intended). The idea…

Again, this quote is from Francine Shapiro’s EMDR therapy handbook. And what this quote is saying is that in EMDR therapy, the events we work to reprocess and desensitize don’t have to be THE truth. In EMDR therapy we make no promise that we can…

Vicarious trauma is a term in the psychological literature that has historically been used to talk about the negative impact on those in the helping profession who are exposed to others’ trauma. Think of first responders, therapists, EMTs, etc. But it can just as easily…

Okay my people, we need to do better. So stop asking your black and brown friends, neighbors, or coworkers to do this emotional labor for you. First of all, it is not their job or their place to educate you. Each of us needs to…

We do not live in a post-racial society, the repeated killing of black and brown people is on-going evidence of this fact. And it would be so much easier to believe that the only racists are the ones who go around carrying torches or wearing…