by The Anti-Therapist | Sep 26, 2025 | Complex Trauma, Dissociation, Relational Healing, Therapy Letters, Trauma-informed
Dear Client, You believe I don’t see it, but I do. The shield. The sudden quiet. The way your gaze drifts toward the floor when something soft brushes too close. The air between us changes… thickens… and I know the protesters are awake inside you, chanting, holding...
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 | Sep 14, 2025 | Complex Trauma, Therapy Letters, Trauma-informed
Dear Client, You’re not selfish for struggling to breathe while the world collapses. You’re not wrong for bringing apocalypse into the room. You’re not “too much” for being overwhelmed when every new crisis lands on top of the old scars you’ve carried for years....
by The Anti-Therapist | Sep 14, 2025 | Complex Trauma, Therapy Letters, Trauma-informed
Dear Therapist, How the hell am I supposed to sit here and “focus on me” when the whole world is on fire? Every headline screams collapse. Every conversation with my clients, my kids, my friends, spirals into fear. And I’m supposed to come into your office and make my...
by The Anti-Therapist | Jun 13, 2025 | Journal Unleashed: Reflections, Relational Healing, Therapy Letters, Therapy Wounds and Repair
Dear Client, I see you. Not the “functional” version of you. Not the polished, productive, regulated you. I see the aching, hungry, uncertain you. The one trying to hold it all…the hope, the disappointment, the longing, and the unbearable grief of never having been...
by The Anti-Therapist | Jun 13, 2025 | Power and Systems in Mental Health, Relational Healing, Therapy Letters, Therapy Wounds and Repair
Dear Therapist, There’s something I need to name. It’s not because I want to walk away, but because I’m tired of walking away silently. There’s a pattern that lives in my system. One I’ve danced with for years, in and out of therapy. It begins when I start seeming...
