THERAPY WITH ME
I think of therapy as a conversation and connection between two, equal people. We meet, we chat, and together, we figure out:
What's not working.
What feels bad.
What needs listening to.
What needs healing.
What's working ( and how to do more of it).
What skills we can build to help.
What do we need to feel like ourselves again.
We co-research all this stuff through questions, reflections, body-awareness, and support.
What this translates to: I ask a lot of questions. Sometimes I drink coffee too. Sometimes I tell bad jokes. Sometimes you cry. Sometimes we laugh until our stomachs hurt. Sometimes I just listen. Sometimes I shit talk people who hurt you. Sometimes I teach you stuff. Sometimes you teach me stuff. No matter what, I’ll always be real with you.
One of the coolest things about therapy is the therapeutic relationship. Not only do we get to figure out all the stuff I just listed but, if I do my job well, I get to model what a happy, healthy, positive, supportive, caring, and loving relationship looks and feels like.
With the right therapist, therapy can be empowering, inspiring, supportive, fun, experimental, safe, and - maybe for a while - the one place you can 100% be yourself.
IMPORTANT
The Raging Therapist Counselling Services is committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity. This is an anti-racist space and members of all marginalized communities are welcome, supported, and uplifted. This is a feminist, pro BLM, LGBTQIA2S+ and neurodivergence affirming practice with a commitment to addressing social justice issues and dismantling oppressive ideologies that hinder growth, freedom and equality. With shedding the stigma of struggle as it’s mission, TRTCS strives to to de-pathologize human suffering while celebrating and empowering the diversity in our selves and our communities.