Fuck Coming Out. Why Don’t Y’all Come the Fuck In?
Queerness and Connectio, Healing and Resistance, Culture and Mental Health, Boundaries and Self-Definition, Community and Connection, Identity and Self-Acceptance, Tanisha Christie LCSW Tanisha Christie Queerness and Connectio, Healing and Resistance, Culture and Mental Health, Boundaries and Self-Definition, Community and Connection, Identity and Self-Acceptance, Tanisha Christie LCSW Tanisha Christie

Fuck Coming Out. Why Don’t Y’all Come the Fuck In?

Fuck coming out. We’re staying the fuck inside. Our sexuality isn’t a TED Talk. Our gender isn’t your HR diversity exercise where someone nods gravely and says, “Thank you for sharing.” (Translation: please don’t sue us.) Straight people roll through life unexamined, while we’re expected to hold press conferences at family holidays. Our cousins bring home a Tinder date and it’s “Pass the gravy.” We bring our partners and it’s suddenly a symposium: “So how do you two… uh… live?

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Independence, Autonomy, and Healing: Rethinking Freedom in Therapy
Autonomy and Boundaries, Trauma and Healing, Family and Identity, Community and Connection, Resistance and Self-Love, Culture and Mental Health, Tanisha Christie LCSW Tanisha Christie Autonomy and Boundaries, Trauma and Healing, Family and Identity, Community and Connection, Resistance and Self-Love, Culture and Mental Health, Tanisha Christie LCSW Tanisha Christie

Independence, Autonomy, and Healing: Rethinking Freedom in Therapy

Freedom is one of those words we toss around easily — especially in the therapy room. We say things like “find your voice,” “set yourself free,” or “take back control.” But what does freedom mean when you’ve never felt safe enough to make your own choices? What does it mean when every time you tried to choose yourself, someone told you that you were being selfish, disloyal, or ungrateful?

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