by The Anti-Therapist | Dec 2, 2025 | Community Building, Complex Trauma, Dissociation, Plurality, Power and Systems in Mental Health
The Violence Hidden Inside “Standards,” “Safety,” and the Dismissal of Lived Experience Coercive control isn’t always loud. It isn’t always overt. In professional groups… especially within mental health, trauma work, and “trauma-informed” collectives… coercive...
by The Anti-Therapist | Nov 26, 2025 | Complex Trauma, Plurality, Seasons & Holidays
The holidays are coming in hot…blazing, to be honest. And for many of us… especially complex trauma survivors, plural systems, and anyone who grew up in emotional starvation diets disguised as “family”… this is not some cozy Hallmark flick. This is a pressure cooker....
by The Anti-Therapist | Nov 6, 2025 | Attachment, Complex Trauma, Plurality
The house that hurt you doesn’t get to define your worth. You survived…You get to write the rest of your story. (Holiday Survival Edition) Before we dive in… If just seeing the word family makes your chest tighten… This is for you. If going “home” feels like...
by The Anti-Therapist | Oct 8, 2025 | Dissociation, Plurality, Power and Systems in Mental Health, Theories, Therapy Harm
From Structural Dissociation to IFS… How White Male Psychiatry Branded Multiplicity as Disorder The Roots of Control Let’s start with a truth that makes professionals twitch… Ego State Theory wasn’t born from curiosity about the plural mind. It was born from fear of...
by The Anti-Therapist | Oct 6, 2025 | Community Building, Complex Trauma, Dissociation, Plurality, Relational Healing, Therapy Harm
(And… obviously, but not so obvious to some, against therapy harm.) Setting the Record Straight Let’s clear this up right now… I am not against therapy. I’ve sat in those chairs. I’ve done the work. Therapy has saved lives… including mine. It can be sacred,...
by The Anti-Therapist | Sep 27, 2025 | Community Building, Plurality
Plural support is not some watered-down, clinical “coping strategy.” It’s raw, brilliant, and revolutionary. While the world calls us “broken,” we build worlds inside and between us that prove otherwise. Inside Our Systems: The Original Mutual Aid We don’t wait for a...