Stephanie Van, LCSW

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Stephanie Van, LCSW

Check our ourbestselvestherapy.com to learn more about our team of therapists. We currently have ope

02/05/2024

One of my clients is coming out as a trans man and is in need of models of other trans men/masc folks who are into men. It wasn't easy to find, but my personal ig community really pulled through!

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I'm posting here to share with my client and anyone else who might be looking for similar resources, affirmation, connection. Feel free to add/correct in the comments.

09/29/2023

We recently bid farewell to the baddest b***h on the therapy block 😆, our dear Ray! 🥹 Ray really took the opportunity of being in private practice right out of grad school to shine. He did the hard work of learning how to integrate his personal and professional selves as an East LA punk drag q***r who loves his community to become the vessel, mirror, and model that clients needed. He really co-created a brave space with his QT and BIPOC clients that allowed them to express themselves, come out, build healthier relationships and tools, and face their traumas 😌🌟

Our team will not be the same without Ray, but I trust that his presence has brought out the sass, creativity, and deep love in each of us 💖

We wish you the best of luck Ray!
🎃🐈‍⬛🌈🍄💅👛❤️‍🔥

08/03/2023

Summer therapy steez 🌞🌾🌻

01/05/2023

Reposted from our therapist Ginny .asw Happy new year y’all! 🥳 Guess what?? Your favorite Filipinx therapist is on psychology today! You won’t be able to miss me lol

I’m open for new clients 🌱✨😌 I’m so grateful and looking forward to another year of growth, healing, learning and unlearning with you all!

Here’s a quote for the middle of your week:
“At the center of your being, you have the answer, you know who you are and you know what you want”.
(Lao Tzu)

PS: Click on the link in my bio to read more about me and if you feel called reach out and we can set up a free consultation 🙏🏽

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10/28/2022

tldr: Our Best Selves is now Our Whole Selves 🌱😌

At the end of summer, the team got together to brainstorm a new name and logo. (I was told my mosquito pants are a look 😜) I loved the words and images that organically came forth as we thought about our group practice.

We've grown from an individual practice that started in 2018 to a team of 5. I have learned so much the past three years through my relationships with our therapists traci, Ray, and Ginny, and our administrator Kimler. I love the different energies that each of us brings. We are building the trust and care required to endure hardships and grow together, all while enjoying being our whole selves at work and doing work we love.

I originally chose "Our Best Selves" because I do believe there is power in defining our best self and in being in community in that process of self-definition. We can learn to release the fear of naming what the best version of our self is, and to embrace the lifelong process of straying from it and returning to it over and over again.

Nevertheless, we as a practice intend to hold space for all the selves within a person, relationship, or community. We help people bear witness to and reconcile with all the parts that make up who they are -- all with a culturally-grounded, liberatory lens.

Look out for groups Our Whole Selves will be launching in 2023! Ginny and Ray are taking new clients and have a few sliding scale slots. We also do trainings and workshops on healing in minoritized communities.

serves as both the group's and my individual therapy account. Follow the other therapists:
🔹 Ray Sanchez
🔹 Ginny Dolores .asw
🔹 traci ishigo

Many thanks to Kendall Tani for our new logo 🍄

07/15/2022

All these gates do not make the social workers we need, by far.

Reposted from The gate keeping will continue, but only if we allow it to….

What are the other ways in which this field upholds white supremacy via gate-keeping?

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05/19/2022

Thanks SIPA LA] for inviting .asw to offer free yoga, grounding exercises, and tarot readings last weekend, at the super Pilipinx Eagle Rock Plaza too! (Hehe we went to Seafood City after.) It was nice to see and reconnect with folks at . Proud of our Ginny! 🥰.
Reposted from .asw It was so wonderful to table at SIPA LA] APAHM festival last Saturday! Thanks to everyone who came out and all those I met!

03/30/2022

I currently have openings for couples clients! I really enjoy the dynamic nature of working with couples on their relationships. I generally use the trauma resiliency model, parts therapy, attachment theory, and an anti-oppressive framework to facilitate a couple's movement through the hardest moments of their relationship in order to find a new equilibrium. I have expertise in couples who struggle with identity differences, trauma histories, big life changes, and navigating families of origin.

Q***r, Trans, Nonbinary, Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color to the front! Virtual and outdoor sessions available. Check out the website (link in bio) for more info about my practice. Email steph@ourbestselvestherapy.com to set up a free, 20-minute video consultation.

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02/16/2022

Hi folks, here are new headshots of me and basic info about this practice 🌱 I own Our Best Selves Therapy with my longtime partner, Kimler, who handles administration and billing. I provide psychotherapy as well as supervision to therapists working towards their license. We contribute to the wellness of people in California who are Q***r, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and/or of Color, and we offer healers from these same communities a path beyond nonprofit and government agencies to meet their calling.

I am so grateful for our team, made up of folks I've connected with in organizing and cal state la communities ❤️‍🔥 Ginny .asw is currently open for individuals and couples Monday mornings, Wednesday afternoons, and Thursday middays/afternoons. Ray has openings for individual clients, full fee and sliding scale, on weekday mornings and afternoons. traci and I are not taking new clients right now, but check out traci's solidarity movement work on and more at .

📸: Jeffer Giang patiently told me jokes and asked me silly questions to get me to loosen up for these beautiful golden hour pics at my beloved LA River. Support your local QTBIPOC economy.

01/12/2022

We have really reached this point 🤣😑

Let's take sooo much care of ourselves and each other this year 🤗🥰 All that's happening in the world must be balanced with a fierce gentleness ❤️‍🔥🌱

Reposted from the oh so generous w the posts 🙏 Let’s go!

Image creator unknown, please tag if known. Ty!

11/18/2021

Own what you know.
Own what you don't know.
Surround yourself with people who are honest and reflect your values.
Let them see you enough to lift you up and call you in.
Move through the world with trust in yourself and those around you.
Create a safe base to wander from.
Allow energy to move through you as it needs to.

Let yourself fail enough to flourish (and yes, it sucks to fail).

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http://ourbestselvestherapy.com/

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