Over the Rug Therapy

Over the Rug Therapy Problems don’t improve when we sweep them under the rug. Let’s talk about it! � Trauma therapist �

I’ve complied a guide to doing the worst for your mental health (based on real life things I’ve discussed in therapy).Sa...
11/04/2025

I’ve complied a guide to doing the worst for your mental health (based on real life things I’ve discussed in therapy).

Save this post as a reminder of what not to do when you’re in the mood to ruin your own peace (again). Then share with a friend who can relate. 😪📨📤🫂

Spooky season is upon us, but I hear scary things year round!💀 Follow  if you believe healing is the real horror story 👻...
10/30/2025

Spooky season is upon us, but I hear scary things year round!

💀 Follow if you believe healing is the real horror story 👻🧟‍♀️

10/06/2025

If your prayers, policies, and politics don’t protect the most vulnerable, what good are they? May the world hand back to you exactly what you hand to others. ❤️‍🩹

As a therapist, I post on political topics because I want historically marginalized groups to know they are safe and protected here (in and out of the therapy room). 🫂🛋️

10/04/2025

A PSA for therapists and mental health professionals (and really… anyone who reads this):

I’m begging you to choose a side and I’m pleading with you that it’s the side of caring for greater humanity. Enough with neutrality when people’s lives and dignity and families and worth and love are on the line. The therapeutic guidelines for neutrality are not applicable outside the therapy room.

Neutrality may feel safe, but within social issues safety for you often means danger for someone else. Speak up about the injustices you see humans facing. There are countless, numerous, an offensive amount of atrocities happening globally right now—literally pick one and speak on it.

I am begging you to engage politically, because our lives depend on it.

09/30/2025

I’m part of a few Facebook groups for therapists, and lately it feels like everyday there’s a debate about the ins and outs of politics in the therapy room.

It feels like we’ve come to a point where BBIPOC people just need to accept straight hatred and dehumanization as a political leaning (????). I remember when I was challenged to work with a racist white man because it was a “great opportunity” to build my “therapist skillset.” We’re being called to endure oppressive behavior FOR WHAT? We’ve lost the plot.

Disagreeing on politics might sound like:
What’s the best process for granting visas or asylum?
Should public schools receive more funding than charter schools?
Should minimum wage be $15 or tied to inflation?
Should background checks for gun ownership be federal or state-level?
Should we expand rent control or increase housing subsidies?
What’s the best policy approach to address racial inequity?

Disagreeing on morals sounds like:
Do immigrants deserve safety and humane treatment at all?
Do all children deserve access to education?
Do workers deserve to earn enough to live?
Do people deserve to go to go out in public without being shot?
Do people deserve a safe place to live?
Do Black and Brown people deserve safety, dignity, and opportunity?

Arguing about pizza in school cafeterias is politics. Arguing about whether kids deserve to eat at all is a moral failure.

Sick and tired of having to continuously defend people’s BASIC human rights. And to think that there are therapists who say “I’ve never had a client bring up any political topics in session”—lmao, I can’t imagine! Take a look around!!!

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