"Queer People Locked Out of American Psychological Association"
...is the title of an article by Dr. Christopher Beasley that he shared on Linked In yesterday. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/queer-peop...
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- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
Music Therapy for Rejection or Low Self-Confidence: Thank You Brother Ali!
This song NEVER fails to lift me up and return me to a better place within myself. It's my go-to song for when I feel like crap about...
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- Nov 9, 2021
- 4 min
Own Your Power: Be Out of Control
"What the world needs is masses of women who are entirely out of control," writes Glennon Doyle, in her book "Untamed." What does she...
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- Nov 2, 2021
- 2 min
Call me Autistic!
Lydia Brown, an intern at ASAN (Autistic Self Advocacy Network) writes: "When we say 'person with autism,' we say that it is unfortunate...
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- Nov 1, 2021
- 4 min
Music Therapy for Frustration and Rage: Kimmortal saves the day!
Anger and rage are vital to our emotional, physical, and spiritual survival. These emotions can communicate to us when something is very...
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- Oct 10, 2021
- 3 min
Memory for Liberation: From the Therapy Office to the U.S. Stage
We know that for healing, therapy frequently involves taking an honest and often painful look at our history, reclaiming unknown,...
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- Sep 28, 2021
- 2 min
Impostor Syndrome: It's Not What You Think
I was beyond flattered (read Impostor Syndrome trigger!!) when I was invited to be a keynote speaker for the Graduate Women in Science's...
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- Sep 27, 2021
- 1 min
Decolonization for Mental Health! A Love Letter From Three Palestinian Mental Health Workers
Decolonization is pro-mental health. All forms of colonization, from their impact on civil rights to human dignity to various forms of...
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- Sep 15, 2021
- 1 min
Why I need a Woman of Color Therapist
This is the title of Gloria Oladipo's deep and comprehensive article. She discusses the difficulties she's had with previous therapists...
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- Sep 15, 2021
- 1 min
Having Trouble Finding a Clinician of Color?
You are not alone! Clinicians of color are severely under-represented in the U.S. For example, in comparing a recent study by the APA and...
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- Sep 14, 2021
- 1 min
Body Appreciation - A Musical Meditation
I've been using mindfulness and mediation scripts for many years in therapy. Yet when I listened to this song, it felt like this was what...
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- Sep 12, 2021
- 6 min
Is APA Really Doing the Professed Anti-Racism Work?
On May 29, 2020, the American Psychological Association (APA) president issued a press release, like many other organizations, to take a...
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- Sep 12, 2021
- 7 min
A Psychologist's Take on anti-Asian Hate Crimes
As a clinical psychologist and multi-racial Asian woman, I have noticed continued misguided statements about the perpetrators of...
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- Sep 12, 2021
- 3 min
The Personal is Political. Therefore Therapy is Political.
I'm far from the first to argue this. But given the predominantly White, male, cisgender, heterosexual, wealthy/middle-class frameworks...
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