Surprise! Therapists are humans and also go to therapy! Gaby Teresa shares her recent breakthroughs in her own therapy experiences as a queer, Latina woman and therapist. Click here to learn more about how women are forced to stay silent and how to move forward in your own healing journey. Because mira, we’ve got to stop silencing women. Especially BIPOC women.

In therapy, it is very common to have questions about yourself, the therapeutic process, and your therapist. Over the years that I have practiced as a therapist, I have seen a common thread of questions that are frequently asked by my clients. We hope the answers to these six common therapy questions will help you understand therapy better and feel validated in your experience.

This blog is here to serve as a sex re-education of sorts. It’s going to begin to explore how to teach others, and ourselves, about navigating sex without a shame-based perspective. Sex education is an expansive topic, so this will not cover gender exploration, specifics around sexual identity exploration, or the like. It is a starting place to be of service to your inner child or potentially an avenue for you to discuss sex in a new way with the children in your life that you love.

Restricting or eliminating access to abortion, thus forcing someone to experience trauma and/or carry a child to term against their will is, incontestably, part of this same systems of oppression. This is about the regulation of certain bodies, and it is about how we govern, how we think of human rights, and how systems of oppression divide us. Click here to learn more and take action.

If you haven’t watched Turning Red yet, it’s on Disney+ and is a great animated film with diverse Asian representation! Amanda Lam, our care coordinator, dives deeps into the themes of puberty, intergenerational trauma, and more in this blog. Click here to read more about how Turning Red depicts generational differences within Asian families.

Toxic masculinity shows up in how we hold space for men and boys who are having a hard time. Every time we enforce toughness or silence from a struggling masculine person in our life, we are sending the message that we don’t want them to open up. Toxic masculinity is there in the discomfort you feel when our brothers cry, express their pain, and share their vulnerability. Read more on how to heal from toxic masculinity and allow space for vulnerability, nurturing, and community.

Why do we have dreams, and what do they mean? How we interpret our dreams means as much as the interpretation itself, and Anna loves exploring this creative process with clients. To her it’s like tarot, astrology, enneagram, whatever—a new venue for understanding something about yourself. Who cares if it’s capital-T True! Read more for 5 ways on how to interpret and find meaning in your dreams!

In a time where TV show options are overwhelming, it takes something for a show to be popular. Euphoria seems to have it. It’s provocative, chaotic, sexy, full of drama and feels; it is akin to a car crash dressed in an extensive eye makeup look; we cannot look away. In this blog, Caitlin, Gaby, and Anna will discuss how sexuality is presented through the character of Kat, how the lens of socioeconomic status, oppression and privilege impacts the characters of Euphoria, and how grief is portrayed in this show.

Let’s be real. Everything fucking sucks right now. The world is going through it, and marginalized folx really feel it. This blog post is specifically for people in a position of privilege in our current political climate. Read more on how to be an ally, starting with understanding intersectionality and assessing your privilege.