Why even therapy in these times?

Written By rhiannon theurer

  • trust me, your therapist is asking the same question (or should be! unless you want a Golden Retriever therapist, which is your call!)

  • what therapy can't do: make you feel better about climate change, famine, war :(

  • can/should! be a place to get validation (maybe therapy is the only place you get gendered correctly, or aren't told you're just being a downer about fascism)

  • AND not just for venting (there are other places to do that) - you deserve more than just venting

  • process old trauma so you're not frozen by the authoritarian men popping up everywhere. "the pain of this present moment is enough to bear."

  • learn to better care for yourself, so you can be more effective in the world

  • learn to get along better with others, even under great stress, so you don't wreck your mutual aid group

  • don't collude with the fascists who tell you to hate yourself

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