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Affirming care
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When Self-Care Feels Out of Reach: Self-Compassion for Trans Adults Who Are Tired
You are not failing at self-care. The world is hard, and that is not your fault. A Vancouver-based therapist on self-compassion for trans people who are carrying a lot.
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Pleasure in a Trans Body: What Becomes Possible Beyond Survival
On gender-pleasure, intimate embodiment, and what becomes possible when a trans body is allowed to be information, not only a problem to solve. A first-person reflection from Clayre on Lucie Fielding's second edition of Trans Sex, and what feeling good can open.
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Growing Up Religious and Queer: Notes on What You Might Be Carrying
Growing up religious and being queer often means carrying both in the same body. A gentle look at what was absorbed before language, what might still hold, and what softens when you stop trying to pick between them.
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Making Room for Gender Joy: Notes from a Trans and Nonbinary Therapist
Gender joy isn't a reward for surviving enough. It's a compass. A trans and nonbinary therapist's reflection on letting play, pleasure, and possibility take up room in transition, alongside the real weight of the journey.
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Neurodivergent-Affirming Therapy: How We Work Without Needing a Diagnosis
Neurodivergent-affirming therapy for adults in Canada. No diagnosis required. What matters is your interest in working relationally, experientially, and creatively, at your own pace, without being asked to perform neurotypicality.
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Work After Coming Out as Trans: What Might Be Shifting, and What Can Help
Work after coming out as trans often shifts in quiet ways. Clients drift, invitations thin, feedback gets strange. Some reflections for what's actually happening, and what might help.