La Gr LPCC, Psychotherapist

10/05/2022

10/05/2022

Updated info:

La is invested in ongoing work to decolonize therapeutic practices in a collaborative space where clients hold and cultivate personal power, receive support, advocacy, accountability, gain personal insight, and discover authentic living.

Population: neurodivergent, disabled, q***r/lgbtqia+, gender expansive / gender nonconforming clients, Black, Indigenous, and POC clients, as well as others with various mental health concerns, identity development, and life issues.

La provides therapy with special consideration to:
Individuals who desire an intersectional therapist with lived and professional experience & active involvement in marginalized communities.

Trauma and stress-related concerns - including systemic trauma
Developing effective communication and emotional regulation skills.

Sex-positive, and kink-affirming therapy.
Relationship therapy (polycules, family marriage, couples).
Non-monogamy, and other nontraditional relationship structures
Neurodivergent burnout, anxious distress
Family members with loved ones who have marginalized identities
Adjustment concerns, transition
Impostor syndrome / identity (personal, professional) development.

Advocacy and programming to support the needs of Criminal Justice involved adults

02/01/2021

The clients I generally see: Anxiety, Trauma and Stress related disorders

* Black, Indigenous and POC navigating religious, systemic or other complex trauma, are looking to regain freedom and power, or who just want a POC therapist

*Professionals, therapists / healers graduate and college student adjustment concerns, impostor syndrome, identity and professional development

*General population needing to develop interpersonal effectiveness and emotional regulation skills

*General population navigating religious and personal identity trauma, mood dysregulation

* Addressing "normative culture" trauma, especially disabled, q***r/lgbtq+, gender expansive, nonconforming folx. or who just want a q***r GNC identified therapist

*Folx needing s*x positive, kink aware and affirming therapy

*Folx who are consensually non-monogamous

*Relationship therapy (all types)

*Family members with loved ones who have marginalized identities.

*Non POC who need help navigating race and culture related issues, and feel like a veil is being lifted to a surprising reality/ recognizing privilege / experiencing grief and overwhelm due to current events.

Aforementioned populations have scheduling priority. Of course, I also see general population (occasionally teens, mostly adults) for a variety of presenting concerns.

07/07/2020

There is an incredible disservice done to a generation that believes that is better to avoid topics which are not easily talked about. And by incredible disservice I mean privileged complicit violence. As therapists we need to uphold the ethic of nonmaleficence.

06/14/2020

Let's talk about the over-reliance of "self care" as a response to people who are experiencing trauma and distress.
Let's talk about the how mashing that button as soon as we hear discomfort from the client can be invalidating and therapy alliance interfering /destroying.
Let's talk about how therapists and helpers use this button in place of attending or sitting in the discomfort.
Let's talk about the over-reliance of "self-care" as a response to people who are experiencing trauma and distress. Primarily leaning into the client to fix the presenting issue with self-soothing and reframing can masquerade as a tool to reduce the tension of the helper (therapist), and not on the one seeking help (client.)
Here are some tips: Humility, Simple Vulnerability, Silence, Listening, Not making false equivocations to your own experiences and taking up space explaining how you can kind of relate. Put down the cape and settle into the reality that you have no idea. Uncomfortable? Good. Stay there in the common ground and support your client.

10/11/2019

I concur. I say this at least once a week. It is a good activity to plan out all of the what ifs. That skill is called coping ahead. It allows for your wise (balanced and thoughtful) mind to be in control of your communication, your decision making and regulates how you respond to yourself and others. So, think what is the best case scenario, what is the worse case scenario, what is the scenario in between AND how can I respond to each in meaningful and effective ways.

Change your “what if’s...” 💜

09/24/2019

It's true. Some days I feel like jumping out of my seat with applause and hoots watching people settle in, root down in themselves, and flourish. And sometimes in session I actually do.

09/16/2019

If only it were this easy.

By Stacy Holmstedt. http://www.stacyholmstedt.com/

09/15/2019

Just a thought.

09/06/2019

Mad props to the creator of this one. freetheself.com
Here is his FB Page. He has some other good stuff to check out. Healing Codependency & Trauma with Marshall Burtcher

I'm sad that so many people feel so affected by this meme. We all deserve better. Because we all ARE enough. More than enough. We are a part of the Divine. I hope that soon, every person on this thread can feel the truth of this. It may take practice, but it is possible. Just stop listening to voices that have an agenda other than your well-being.