by The Anti-Therapist | Jan 10, 2026 | Complex Trauma, Dissociation, Journal Unleashed: Reflections, Plurality, Power and Systems in Mental Health, Therapy Harm, Uncategorized
I am writing as both a clinician and a plural person with lived experience. What follows is not a reaction to a television show, a disagreement about humor, or a matter of personal taste. It is an ethical critique of how influence, authority, and narrative control...
by The Anti-Therapist | Oct 7, 2025 | Attachment, Complex Trauma, Journal Unleashed: Reflections, Relational Healing
The Disappearing Sense of Connection There’s a strange, quiet ache that trauma survivors rarely have words for. It isn’t abandonment panic. It isn’t rejection fear. It’s the vanishing of closeness itself. You know someone cares. You know the relationship is solid...
by The Anti-Therapist | Oct 5, 2025 | Complex Trauma, Journal Unleashed: Reflections
My bones breathe exhaustion from endlessly hearing others say to survivors “Just Reach Out”. This is written for the survivors that may not have someone to reach out to…. A F#*king Reality?!?!?! There are no hotline numbers at the end of this post. No pep talks...
by The Anti-Therapist | Sep 25, 2025 | Complex Trauma, Journal Unleashed: Reflections, Relational Healing, Therapy Letters, Trauma-informed
Dear Therapist, There is a war that lives under my skin. From the outside it doesn’t look like war at all… It looks like polite sentences, careful eye contact, and the kind of smile that knows how to pass. I keep the appointments, I say the words, I sit in the chair....
by The Anti-Therapist | Aug 29, 2025 | Journal Unleashed: Reflections, Power and Systems in Mental Health, Trauma-informed
There’s a voice that often gets silenced in professional spaces: The voice of the therapist who is also a survivor. The coach who is also plural. The practitioner who is neurodivergent, trauma-impacted, and deeply human. In other words…those of us who live the work....
by The Anti-Therapist | Aug 24, 2025 | Journal Unleashed: Reflections, Power and Systems in Mental Health, Therapy Wounds and Repair
“I’m just going to hospitalize them. They need a higher level of care… They think they have DID, but I don’t even have collateral evidence to believe there’s abuse.” This was said about a client to other clinicians. And it’s not just an isolated quote. It’s a symptom...
