Why I Specialize in Helping People Manage Oppression: A Therapist's Perspective
Therapy isn’t just about “fixing” your thoughts or breathing through panic attacks. It's about digging deep. It's about unlearning the harmful stuff the world taught us to believe about ourselves and others. That’s why I specialize in helping people manage oppression. Because the things making you anxious, angry, depressed, or numb might not just be inside of you. A lot of it is systemic. It's baked into the world around you and often invisible until someone names it. We Are All Conditioned Even When We Think We're Not From birth, we're conditioned by systems. Media, marketing, school, law enforcement, and even our jobs train us to play specific roles in society. And unless you’ve taken a conscious step back to examine this, you’re probably playing those roles automatically. It’s not your fault. That’s how it was designed. Take the 40 hour workweek. Why is that our default? Why do most jobs operate on a 9 to 5 schedule? These structures weren’t created with mental h...
