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Elizabeth💚

@lmftherapist.bsky.social

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LMFT ~ She/Her ~ Intersectional Feminist ~ Embracing the both/and, nuance, and multiple truths. Therapy is political! ALT profile pic: a white woman w make-up on is looking into the camera and smiling

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Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · Nov 13

A thread of a collection of therapist directories that have niches & specialties
as alternatives to the larger, problematic ones

(In no particular order-feel free to add to this if you know of one I've missed!)

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#TherapistSky #MentalHealth

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Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · 2d

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Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations on doing something so difficult with quitting smoking! I'm sure that's been a mix ...

I'm doing okay, just haven't been in the social media mood much. Thanks for the warm welcome! I can't say how consistent I'll be---but I'm here now!

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Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · 2d

👋 hi!

Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · 2d

Hi! How've you been?! 😍

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Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · 2d

👋 😀 💗 how are ya?

Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · 2d

woody from toy story is peeking out from behind a cardboard box that says i 'm back

Alt: woody from toy story is peeking out from behind a cardboard box that says i 'm back

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Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · 2d

On #WorldMentalHealthDay, I have officially updated my practice policies to notify clients that AI is not used in any aspect of their treatment. Sessions are not recorded

Clients deserve full confidentiality and privacy, as well as thoughtfulness in their therapist's documentation

#TherapistSky

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Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · 2d

oh heyyyyyy

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Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, thanks for checking in! I'm doing okay, just not in the social media mood much these days...how are you?

Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · Jul 9

Best wishes!

Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · Jul 6

Thank you, doing my best

Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · Jul 5

Making fun of ANYONE’S mental health; giving them diagnoses when they’re not your client and/or you’re not a mental health professional; and all other related things:

‼️‼️‼️ ADDS TO MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA ‼️‼️‼️

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ACLU @aclu.org · Jul 4

Dissent is patriotic.

We have a right to disagree and dissent with those in power and demand a better world.

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Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · Jul 3

Nocturnal breeding!!

Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · Jul 3

I’m doing this, too, in prep for moving and whew - what is all of this stuff!

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Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · Jul 2

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Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · Jul 2

I'm not here as much recently because....well, news. And burnout...

I'm doing okay and really appreciate my friends checking in with me! 💗

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Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · Jun 25

Hell no

Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · Jun 25

Therapist listserv has a person advertising, “Master IFS in one day” and no, this is not a thing. NO

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Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · Jun 25

The insecurity of it all 🙄

Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · Jun 23

😂😂😅

Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · Jun 23

Are you keeping up with the allotted cheese intake to try them all?

Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · Jun 22

A Moment of Zen 💚

Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · Jun 22

Ditto for therapists!!!!

Memento (Spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · Jun 22

I really wish bad nurses and doctors didn't tarnish the healthcare profession when there are so many good providers out there who actually want to help. It sucks and we have to call out the bullshit when we see it or it will never change.

Elizabeth💚 @lmftherapist.bsky.social · Jun 22

CHOOSING TO:

• Radically love your body

• Fight fatphobia (a product of white supremacy)

• Understand Health at Every Size

• Avoid diets/diet culture

• Refrain from commenting on others’ appearance/weight

💥 ARE ACTS OF RESISTANCE AGAINST FASCISM💥

Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · Jun 22

⚠️TW: EDs
Timely article about how the brief mainstream moment for body positivity is being crushed by the rise - once again - of aspirational thinness, and the link between promoting feminine skinniness and right wing conservative values and movements. Never ends.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Body-Positivity Movement Is Over
Liv Schmidt and the rise of SkinnyTok

By Annie Joy Williams

Schmidt is the queen of SkinnyTok—a corner of the internet where thin, mostly white women try to make America skinny again. Her “what I eat in a day to stay skinny” videos thrust her into virality about a year ago. There she is with her mint tea—which she always drinks before eating anything, to check if she’s really hungry or just bored—or a mile-high ice-cream sundae that she’ll take three bites of before tossing. She’s very clear: She stays skinny by not eating much. Many find this refreshingly honest. Others think she’s promoting eating disorders.

Ozempic has accelerated that backlash against body positivity. Many of the plus-size leaders of the body-positivity movement shut up and shrunk down. Their followers noticed that they were using a weight-loss drug. Apparently you didn’t have to love yourself as you were—and you didn’t have to suffer to change, either. You just had to have a prescription and enough money to pay for it.

I started listening more closely to the SkinnyTok videos. They weren’t just about self-deprivation. They were about being classy. They were about being a lady—the right kind of woman, one that men drool over. They were, most importantly, about being small.

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