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Book Review: Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice by Jennifer Mullan

Introduction In Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice, Jennifer Mullan, a clinical psychologist and founder of Decolonizing Therapy, offers a powerful exploration of how systemic oppression, historical trauma, and the politicization of therapy intersect. As therapists who are neurodivergent, and queer—Laura Hoge, LCSW, LICSW, RSW, and myself,...
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Rethinking Mental Health Care for 2SLGBTQ People: Toward an Anti-Oppressive and Gender-Affirming Approach

Introduction: The Limits of the Biomedical Model in 2SLGBTQ Mental Health Mental health care for 2SLGBTQ individuals is often constrained by the biomedical model of mental illness, which, without applying an anti-oppressive framework, tends to pathologize distress and individualize mental health issues. This approach fails to account for the broader...
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