Liberation Counseling, LLC – LGBTQIA+ Therapy in Florida
"The Place Where Social Justice and Counseling Meet"
No Liberation is complete until ALL liberation is complete! #freepalestine
I am a queer mixed female therapist who fights for social justice and LIBERATION ALWAYS!
Humans, people, men, women, and children are being killed as a result of a genocide that must not be ignored!
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The way that we show up for our clients has an impact on the quality of their care.
The way we validate and affirm identities and experiences has an impact on the quality of care.
The way we try and eliminate barriers to care impacts the quality of care
How we advocate for smaller caseloads and higher pay as mental health professionals impacts the quality of care
How we call out unethical and fraudulent BS in this field impacts the quality of care
The way we acknowledge how systems, policy, and capitalism affect our client’s mental health impacts the quality of care
How we recognize the intersectionality of race, ethnicity, culture, age, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic status, environment, background, and peer/ family dynamics showing up in clients’ mental health impacts the quality of care
The way we advocate for clients impacts the quality of care
The way we check and unpack our own biases and issues impacts the quality of care
We cannot pretend these things do not impact our client’s mental health care and treatment! This shit is political asf 🙄
#socialworkispolitical #mentalhealthcare #mentalhealth
Many things hinder our ability to love ourselves such as unrealistic societal expectations and assumptions, stereotypes of the boxes people think you should fit into, toxic beauty standards, the way white supremacy and heteronormativity show up in our culture and tells us that we are unacceptable if we do not look or do things a certain way, trauma from the childhood of constantly being compared to other kids and told we are not good enough, our identities never being validated or affirmed, our bodies being picked apart by friends or family members, never being told that we are beautiful the way we are, and the list goes on and on
These things are problematic because they hinder our ability to believe in ourselves and know who we are because we are constantly trying to seek validation in external things such as in materials or in people, we shrink ourselves to please others to be affirmed, or we are constantly running away from ourselves because we believe that we are not good enough by someone else’s standards
The cliche saying is if you can’t love yourself then how can you love others
I think the saying should be if you can’t love yourself then it may be more difficult to show up for others but I would rather you want to start your journey of self-love because you want to rather than you’re worried about other people because a lot of the time that is how we ended up in this self-hatred or identity crisis in the first place
There is no formula or quick path to loving yourself but understanding why you have trouble with it is a great place to start
Comment below if self-love is something you struggle with and share what has helped you 💗
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When I see a client who is experiencing extreme stress, and burnout one of the main sources of those stressors is often their job. We are taught from a young age that our worth is tied to productivity and ALL of us have experienced some type of praise or punishment for how well we can produce. In 2023 we are all collectively experiencing inflation and are noticing how no matter our levels of productivity we are met with low pay, layoffs, poor working conditions, abusive working environments, praise for self-abandonment, and punishment for setting boundaries.
This leads us to an inability to pay bills, experience displacement and homelessness, inability to receive health care, and overall struggle to get our basic needs met. All of these things can leave us with our mental health in shambles and sometimes cause pre-existing mental health conditions to get worse.
Yes! This is called internalized capitalism. Internalized Capitalism can look like…
We have to unlearn, explore, and fight in many different ways to engage in liberation from these capitalist ideals. To begin, we need to prioritize ourselves, lean in community with our loved ones, and be affirmed/validated in our experiences. But the most important thing is to keep dreaming and having hope for a world that allows us to thrive. Below are some anti-capitalist affirmations and journal prompts to help you in your process.
Addressing how capitalism affects mental health is an essential part of the therapeutic process for many clients. Often we place blame on ourselves while creating harmful narratives that we are the problem instead of looking at how systemic issues have harmed us. In therapy, I help clients process their feelings and notice how those narratives affect them. In some cases, we go further and set up action plans to either work towards changing the way they navigate through their work environments or make plans to remove themself from those environments and move towards spaces that meet their needs and align with their values.
#anticapitalism #mentalhealth #workstress #jobstress #therapyforstress
Thank you for being here. I wanted to share a little more about myself and how I combine social justice and counseling. Although I am just starting my career, I have had the pleasure of getting involved in local projects like starting a food pantry at a local middle school, where I led in mental health advocacy, providing community resources to underserved communities, case management, crisis management, and providing individual/ family/group counseling. This taught me how to approach therapy in a different way using a holistic approach to understanding how a person’s environment, the different systems they interact with, and their family dynamics affect who they are and their mental health.
Counseling is one of the ways I like to serve my community, the other way I reach people outside of the Orlando/Kissimmee area is with my podcast “Problem with Authority” podcast where I share my thoughts on hot topics, alongside some special guests. We cover topics like social justice, and how policy impacts our everyday lives and mental health.
Liberation Counseling came from my desire to provide the state of Florida access to quality mental health services, I want to make counseling an affordable and accessible option for everyone, and aside from helping, I want to take new and innovative practices and bring them into our sessions because we are all different and find liberation in different ways.
I do everything I can to make it easy for you, and that is why I provide my services virtually. It gives you the chance to set time for your mental health at any point of the day, whether that’s on the car ride to work, during lunch, after school, or whenever you find a quick 50 minutes in your day. When you are ready, click here to reach out.
