11/17/2025
Being apolitical in the therapy room privileges the comfort of the privileged over the safety of the marginalized. It centers the therapist’s anxiety about “being political” over the client’s lived trauma. It sends the implicit message: You can talk about your symptoms, but not their roots. You can cry, but not rage. You can describe what hurts, but not who hurt you — especially if it’s the government, the culture, or capitalism itself.
To my fellow therapists: stop playing neutral. Stop minimizing systemic trauma to keep your comfort intact.
