Overhead shot of people working in a community garden. In the past few years, I have been stretching myself to decolonize my own therapeutic lens, my view of the world, and my place in this tumultuous world. The authors, podcast hosts, and speakers I have been learning from are in agreement: No one is coming to save us. We see community care and mutual aid playing out in Minneapolis in opposition of this administrations attack on American people. Like many other white people in the world, I...

We're talking about space...though not this kind. My husband and I have been going through it this year. After years of serving the refugee community in various positions, he was laid off and eventually let go when the Trump administration shut down almost all refugee resettlement in the US. We weren't wholly surprised, we just thought it might take a bit longer. He was excellent at his job and loved helping that population. It was heartbreaking for him to experience that loss, not to mention...

Mosaic made of various small, smooth stones on a brick path. Internal Family Systems (IFS) or "parts" work is one of the newest trends in therapy work. Like most popular, new ideas, the modality promises to yield results towards healing and assist individuals in acting from their highest Self. IFS is the brainchild of Dick Schwartz who took the theory of Family Systems and internalized it on an individual level, treating the solo human as their own expansive system. These ideas build on...