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When Professional Groups Become Coercive Ecosystems

When Professional Groups Become Coercive Ecosystems

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...
The Season of Pressure: Surviving the Holiday Minefield

The Season of Pressure: Surviving the Holiday Minefield

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....
You’re Not Broken Because Family Is Unsafe

You’re Not Broken Because Family Is Unsafe

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...
Ego State Theory: The Patriarch’s Blueprint for Controlling the Plural Mind

Ego State Theory: The Patriarch’s Blueprint for Controlling the Plural Mind

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...
Not Against Therapy. Against Limiting Healing.

Not Against Therapy. Against Limiting Healing.

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,...
Plurals Don’t Just Survive. We Hold Each Other Up

Plurals Don’t Just Survive. We Hold Each Other Up

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...
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