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Yazmina López, LCSW

@YLopezLCSW

Clinical Social Worker | Latina, bilingual therapist | She/Her | Views are my own | Likes/RTs are not endorsements

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Not every therapy session ends with a solution. Sometimes it ends in reflection. Sometimes it ends with tears. Sometimes it ends the realization that more work has to be done.


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psychotherapy, in a nutshell...

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” — James Baldwin

philosophors's tweet image. “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

— James Baldwin


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The contributions of Black psychologists have been left out of many foundational teachings in psychology. A special issue of @APA_Journals' American Psychologist aims to rectify these oversights by highlighting the significant work of Black scholars. apa.org/news/press/rel…


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Friendly reminder: If you feel that the genocide & ethnic cleansing of Palestine/Palestinian people is complex or nuanced, it may be time to open up a book or two to resolve that tension. There is a fairly straightforward history & pattern that has led up to current events.


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With increased racist hate and bigotry through Islamophobia & antisemitism, please be mindful and aware of the potential for race-based traumatic stress and racial battle fatigue. Race-based traumatic stress might ential, but is by no means limited to the following:

AbolitionDoc's tweet image. With increased racist hate and bigotry through Islamophobia & antisemitism, please be mindful and aware of the potential for race-based traumatic stress and racial battle fatigue. Race-based traumatic stress might ential, but is by no means limited to the following:

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Yes, it's normal to not want to show up for your therapy sessions but show up anyways. Talk about it with your therapist.


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"The goals in therapy are a collaborative effort in which therapist & patient together identify what is distressing to the patient, what the patient would like to change, & what is realistically possible to change in the course of psychotherapy" —Glen Gabbard Sound familiar?👇

1/ When I consult on cases where psychotherapy feels stuck, the problem nearly always comes down to the same thing Form the get go, therapist & patient never reached a *shared* understanding about the purpose of the therapy Let alone clarified what the patient or client desires



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Psychotherapy cannot undo the past. If we've been abused, neglected or otherwise mistreated, that's part of our lived experience that cannot be un-lived However, psychotherapy can help us put the past in the past so we don't have to keep reliving it

It's clichéd by now, but the best revenge is living well. I wanted vengeance for a long time against those who abused me but eventually, with a LOT of therapy, I realised it wouldn't make me whole. The abuse still happened, and it's up to me to accept that and move on.



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Adriana Rodriguez, LMFT, left #ModernTherapists with this quote from Audre Lorde to remind therapists to keep decolonizing therapy to meet the needs of our clients. Watch the rest of “The Magic of Therapeutic Mistakes” #TherapyReimagined panel now! #DecolonizeTherapy #TR2020

therapymovement's tweet image. Adriana Rodriguez, LMFT, left #ModernTherapists with this quote from Audre Lorde to remind therapists to keep decolonizing therapy to meet the needs of our clients. Watch the rest of “The Magic of Therapeutic Mistakes” #TherapyReimagined panel now! #DecolonizeTherapy #TR2020

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Therapists! Don't miss this wonderful on-demand #ceu presentation on #decolonizing our #psychotherapy practices by @DrTravisHeath Beyond Multicultural Counseling: Psychotherapy on the Margins simplepracticelearning.com/courses/beyond…


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Therapy is not where someone tells us how to put out the latest fire in our life. Therapy is where we find a person (the therapist) who works through the firehouse with us to ensure all the equipment works well so we can put out our own fires.


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Hi All, We acknowledge the importance of advancing Black Mental Health research in order to fill the gap that exists. Kindly consider getting involved in this Research study exploring the impact of racial microaggressions on Adult psychotherapy clients scsu.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6y…

BMHMINC's tweet image. Hi All,
We acknowledge the importance of advancing Black Mental Health research in order to fill the gap that exists.
Kindly consider getting involved in this Research study exploring the impact of racial microaggressions  on Adult psychotherapy clients
scsu.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6y…

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Co-regulation is most successful when each person has developed their individual emotional states. BOTH people must be healed enough. If one person is constantly triggered bcuz they haven’t healed from prior relationships, they will project onto partner. #WITSI #TillTraumaEnds

WITSI_INSTITUTE's tweet image. Co-regulation is most successful when each person has developed their individual emotional states.  BOTH people must be healed enough. If one person is constantly triggered bcuz they haven’t healed from prior relationships, they will project onto partner.  #WITSI #TillTraumaEnds

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Blog: "Neglect isn’t always overwhelmingly obvious. It’s not always ignoring-to-the-point-of-near-death (though it certainly can be— and that kind of thing happens more than many people would possibly believe)." useyourdamnskills.com/2022/06/06/rea…

useyourdamnskills.com

Realistically acknowledging neglect.

When kids grow up neglected, they can really struggle with self-worth, relationships, and grief as adults.  Neglect isn’t always overwhelmingly obvious. It’s not always ignoring-to-the-point-of-nea…


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Our article “A clinical scale for the assessment of racial trauma.” was the top-downloaded AND most accessed journal article published in 2022 in Practice Innovations!! A huge thank you to everyone involved. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi… @APA_Journals @drmonnica #racialtrauma

DrMonnica's tweet image. Our article “A clinical scale for the assessment of racial trauma.” was the top-downloaded AND most accessed journal article published in 2022 in Practice Innovations!! A huge thank you to everyone involved. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi… @APA_Journals @drmonnica #racialtrauma

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The "who does more" for the family/relationship argument. ⁠ ⁠ ✨The "Why".⁠ ⁠ If you're keeping what we call “ledgers” as a way to tally up who is doing more around the house or in your relationship, this might be an argument you are familiar with.⁠ ⁠ (thread)

liz_listens's tweet image. The "who does more" for the family/relationship argument. ⁠
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✨The "Why".⁠
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If you're keeping what we call “ledgers” as a way to tally up who is doing more around the house or in your relationship, this might be an argument you are familiar with.⁠
⁠ (thread)

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The drive to conduct antiracist research has never been stronger. So, I and my colleagues are proud to share some of our 10 guiding principles for your antiracist research, drawn from our recent article in @JournalSSWR 🧵 1/7

drtrenette's tweet image. The drive to conduct antiracist research has never been stronger.

So, I and my colleagues are proud to share some of our 10 guiding principles for your antiracist research, drawn from our recent article in @JournalSSWR 🧵 1/7

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