A Micro-aggression detailed
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by Vinodha Joly
9M ago
“We have a 1:30pm reservation, but we were wondering if we could get in a little earlier,” I say to the young woman at the front desk. I am with my son to celebrate Mother’s day – he is so proud that he is taking his mother out for lunch, having gotten his Dad’s credit card for the occasion. We were about 15 to 20 minutes early.   “You have a reservation? What’s the name”, the woman asks brusquely. I say my name, and almost immediately she says, “I don’t see it”. I know I have the reservation as I had just gotten a text confirmation,  I felt the familiar visceral reaction within me ..read more
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Standing Up to Microaggressions: A Clinician's Experience
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by Vinodha Joly
3y ago
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Microaggressions in Therapy
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by Vinodha Joly
3y ago
Microaggressions (noun) - Definition: everyday verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs, or insults, whether intentional or unintentional, which communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative messages to target persons based solely upon their marginalized group membership. - Derald Wing Sue, Ph. D. Looking back, a racial enactment between my white therapist and me, a person of color, seems inevitable. In our very first session, my therapist made some statements that revealed her  “White Savior” complex. I was taken aback by my therapist’s apparent lack of awareness of her own r ..read more
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When Your Therapy Client Ghosts You
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by Vinodha Joly
3y ago
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How To Learn To Finally Love Yourself
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by Vinodha Joly
4y ago
An interview with Authority Magazine, as part of their series “Learning to Finally Love Yourself ..read more
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Reaching Survivors: Domestic Violence, Gender, and Family Courts
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by Vinodha Joly
4y ago
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"There is no daughter."
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by Vinodha Joly
4y ago
    “There is no daughter”, my therapist said. The words shook me to the core and I began to sob uncontrollably.     Click to read full article ..read more
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Hall of Shame - False Narratives
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by Vinodha Joly
4y ago
Companies Promoting False Narratives of Evidence-Based Claims in Mental Health Services: Lyra Health - Based in Burlingame, California Clearview Treatment Programs (A Mental Health Service Program located in Los Angeles) - Erroneously equates Evidence-Based Treatments with Evidence-Based Practices. See link to their misleading and false advertisement. For an understanding of how these companies are propagating false narratives that mislead the public regarding effective treatments available and perpetuate turf ways between different psychotherapy models, see the article “Investigating False C ..read more
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When Your Therapy Client Ghosts You (and it isn't even Halloween)...
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by Vinodha Joly
4y ago
Ghost (verb) - Definition: to end a relationship with someone suddenly by stopping all communication with them. Although it is not very common to have clients ghost their therapist, I have had clients who have let me know by email that they will not be continuing therapy - a milder, kinder version to ghosting, but a break-up nevertheless. To my chagrin, at times, they have refused to take up my offer of a termination session, even when offered without charge. As in all break-ups, the one broken up with, and in this case, me, the therapist is left asking the questions: “Was it me or was it the ..read more
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Seeds of self-compassion
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by Vinodha Joly
4y ago
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