What if we’ve been wrong to focus so much on the murders of trans people? In a nutshell, that’s the question Laurel Westbrook asks – and answers – in their new book Unlivable Lives: Violence and Identity in Transgender Activism (University of California Press, 2021)....
A paradox at the center of healing is that sometimes the way that survivors soothe their pain can also harm them. For example, substance use provides an escape from pain, but can harm bodily systems like the liver, areas of life like relationships; and pose dangers...
What are ACEs? The ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience) Study was once called “the most important public health study you’ve never heard of.” But by now, you may have heard of it, seen a movie about it, or seen an ACE questionnaire in your intake paperwork at your...
Therapists don’t know everything. Sometimes they are generalists, and sometimes they have focused their training on very particular techniques, illnesses, and challenges their clients might face: depression, anxiety, trauma, personality disorders, CBT, DBT, or EMDR....
The pandemic has moved many events online that we thought could only happen in the warm embrace of crowds, from music festivals to marriages. We may miss the company of people standing next to us, but in the case of support groups, their newfound online presence has...
