If This Sounds like You
Finding a therapist can be a daunting task on its own. Finding the right therapist when you're outside of the heteronormative and cisnormative expectations of a traditional society adds another layer of difficulty. It's probably not just about the fear of "Will I have to be careful with how I phrase something?", but also concerns like "Do I have to spend half the session educating them?". Beneath it all, there might be this worry of "How safe is it to bring all of me into this room?".
For many people I work with, these types of questions reflect a longer history. They're tied to our early years of learning what we could and could not ask for, ties to experiences of what parts of us were accepted while others stayed hidden. They may also be tied to moments when we had to shrink our whole selves in order to keep the peace or relationship intact.
If these experiences feel like they speak to you, then this page is probably for you.
Making Sense of It
The challenges that you face may not always be about identity directly, and yet somehow it feels like it comes back to it. They might be related to how you showed up in spaces you grew up in, how you might have hidden parts of yourself to exist alongside others. While they might have protected you, or even allowed you to thrive in certain areas, this self-editing may also influence how much of yourself you bring into your relationships, and how you experience them as well.
Living within cultures that do not seem to be shaped with you in mind can be exhausting, even invalidating. Part of reclaiming yourself may be to examine how all parts of yourself may exist within the space that is you, while identifying people and communities that see you for who you are as well. Perhaps, with more safety and acceptance, you may begin to put down weights that were never yours to carry in the first place.
Our Work Together
Our sessions together will start with reclaiming who you are in ways that build safety and community. They're about uncovering parts of yourself that might have felt the need to be hidden away because they were not welcomed in the spaces you lived in. We will build towards a space that facilitates a trust and confidence for these parts to feel accepted, whether that's within you or around you. Therapy eventually extends into advocating for your basic rights for existence, and identifying spaces that celebrate your expression.
In the meantime, perhaps starting small might be the way forward. You don't have to feel like you have had things figured out to begin, that's what our space together is for.
What if you could welcome all parts of you?
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