It is time we increase the visibility of PD, squash the stigma of getting screened, and start talking about PD as an intergenerational behavioral health issue that queer and trans individuals and chosen families should prioritize.

signs you’re experiencing disenfranchised grief:

● You doubt yourself: “Should I be as devastated as I am?” “Or why am I not crying like everyone else says I should be?"

● You’re vacillating between a strong visceral pain and dull sadness (feeling numb), so your emotions can be hard to pin down. It’s like the unhelpful friend that’s been around for so long that you tolerate them, but you’re not ever actually used to them being unhelpful.

. . . [Kelly is] even fluent in Spanish! We have updated our website to highlight one of Kelly’s specialties, couples, partners, and chosen family therapy. Please check it out at https://www.wavespsych.com/couples-chosen-family-therapy . Also see her web page at https://www.wavespsych.com/kellyhutton or sign up for a coveted appointment to work with Kelly at https://doctorabi.clientsecure.me/ She is often able to get clients in within a week. She is officially offering in office visits for vaccinated folks at our Banker’s Hill location while continuing to see clients online. 

I wanted to be in a field that squashes stigma of behavioral health, promotes life-long growth and learning, and shifts my social justice activism to providing anti-racist shoulder-to-shoulder healing spaces for (my) queer and trans communities.

We will be wearing purple this Thursday in honor of Spirit Day 2021.

Sukkot is a special time for me. For the last few years, my family, namely my wife, and now with help from our kiddo, have built a Sukkah in our backyard. I enjoy the practice of being in the Sukkah.

How did it get to be almost Yom Kippur again?

It feels like no time has passed and yet, so much has happened. Personally and professionally, I feel like a changed person when I think about what life was like a year ago.

Dr. Abi Weissman (pronouns: she & they) is now offering a new service - Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy for residents of California.

I had to seek out more specialized training on my own. When I was in graduate school, this took the form of joining the Multi-Ethnic Counseling Center Alliance, a place