Tag - therapy

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Still healing: A daughter’s view of domestic violence that I survived with my mother

Against a pair of large open palms, a small child and a person with long hair face away from each other.

Dear ex-therapist, when I say one thing, I don’t mean my mother

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Trying to be an ally to the Autistic community as a mental health professional

Two people lie together on a bed with a yellow patterned cover. One looks into the distance, the other rests their head gently on the first person's shoulder, eyes closed. They share a pair of earphones, connected to a laptop placed beside them.

I grew up wanting a Bollywood romance — thankfully, life had other plans

A person sits on green grass, their legs crossed, face resting in one hand, looking straight ahead. They are bathed in yellow light from the sun above. In the sky, to the left, is a black cloud speckled with gold, inside which are three framed black and white portraits. A small creeper of flowers grows to the left.

Navigating healthcare as a Dalit, non-binary person with debilitating social anxiety

A person with a bindi on their forehead and a sheet of paper and laptop in front of them sits at a table. They are looking at the person beside them, who sits on a wheelchair and wears their black hair in a plait. A vase of red flowers is on the table between them and the walls are painted lavender.

As a counsellor with a disability, the sessions I take heal me

Breathing my way through trauma, with poetry

This basilisk has a raptor's beak, a cockscomb, wings, a tail and claws. He is being attacked by a weasel.

Donika Kelly’s ‘Bestiary’: A mental health journey recorded through poetry