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...
by The Anti-Therapist | Jun 14, 2025 | Journal Unleashed: Reflections, Relational Healing, Therapy Wounds and Repair
This is the truth without the clinical filter. Artificial relationships don’t heal attachment wounds. Let’s go straight to the thing people are afraid to say out loud… Sometimes, the most healing thing a therapist or healer could offer a trauma survivor isn’t just...
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...
by The Anti-Therapist | Jun 7, 2025 | Journal Unleashed: Reflections, Therapy Letters, Therapy Wounds and Repair
Dear Client, You sent me a text message that wasn’t a question or a request. It was a bid for connection, a quiet request. And it was a real moment when you shared something with me that said, “I’m still here. I need to matter. I need to know you see me and...
by The Anti-Therapist | Jun 5, 2025 | Journal Unleashed: Reflections, Power and Systems in Mental Health, Therapy Letters, Therapy Wounds and Repair
Dear Therapist, Can we talk about something as small as no response to a text? This can feel like a sucker punch to the soul, putting it mildly. The Silence That Echoes It’s not because I’m fragile, but because when you’ve lived through years of emotional neglect or...
