3 Ways Political & Minority Stress Affects Bi and Pan Women
by Leigh Huggins, MA, AMFT How the next four years could impact sexual minority women Amidst the current political focus and minority stress from attacks on transgender healthcare and civil rights, it is important to acknowledge the potential effects of a conservative government on sexual minority women (SMW). SMW include any person with a...
Support After the 2025 Wildfires
LGBTQIA+ Experiences after Catastrophe While disaster does not discriminate, relief and recovery do (The Climate Reality Project, n.d.). Even when the worst possible scenario strikes the same geographic community, resources and relief can look very different based on marginalized experiences beforehand. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex and asexual (LGBTQIA+) people experience the impacts of...
What are the features of psychoanalytic psychotherapy?
Shelder (2010) describes what is in common with all the theories that fall under the umbrella of psychodynamic or psychoanalytic: 1. Focus on affect and expression of emotion Unlike other theories that explore thoughts, behaviors, or systems, psychoanalytic psychotherapy focuses on feelings. Not just negative feelings, but positive ones, conflicted feelings, and ones that may...