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Erin Stevens

@aclientfirst

Therapist, Client, Pro-client
Harm in therapy
AuDHD she/they
'Therapists have an ethical imperative to resist policies which undermine wellbeing' - Dr Phil Cox

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linkhttp://www.erinstevens.co.uk calendar_today29-11-2017 15:02:08

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Saw a psychiatrist say 'personality disorder is a diagnosis made over time by specialists' but it seems to me it's more typically 'diagnosis by impression' by a doctor in a one-off meeting with a new patient who's in crisis, regardless of any existing diagnoses eg SMI, ND, PTSD

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Hollie(@HoppyPelican) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Why exactly is a talking therapies service unable to provide support for anxiety if you have BPD dx… a dx where the only recommended treatments are talking therapies? People talk about ‘stigma’, this is active discrimination written into policy and procedure.

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Dr Jay Watts(@Shrink_at_Large) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Organisational gaslighting is incredibly dangerous and far too common, especially if we are from a marginalised group.

It is very important that we don't automatically believe someone is the problem, even if we are told with authority by those in authority.

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Dr Jay Watts(@Shrink_at_Large) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Psychiatric services shouldn't worsen the mortifying sense that one has DONE something wrong or IS something wrong that so often come with serious mental health problems, trauma and/or neurodivergence.

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Erin Stevens(@aclientfirst) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hahaha he has only just noticed now, doing his 22/23 tax return 😂 He said it made the tax return more fun which was much appreciated.

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🇮🇹Fórcola🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿(@Frcola1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Oliver Dowden It’s not a free portrait. The UK Govt isn’t providing it. The taxpayer is providing monarchist propaganda at the cost of £8 million.

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Erin Stevens(@aclientfirst) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Professionalism is a myth and we need authentic spaces in our profession where our authentic selves/ways of being are not policed*. This is possibly especially true for neurodivergent therapists who may have increased or traumatic experiences of being told to behave differently.

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Sage M Stephanou 🫒(@SageStephanou) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Don't want to hear shit from therapists or therapy organisations chatting about 'decolonising' therapy practice but have barely even acknowledged the current colonial violence happening in Palestine right now.

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Erin Stevens(@aclientfirst) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Therapists sometimes say this. There is a bit of a misapprehension in our profession that *anyone* can benefit from therapy, and it simply isn't true. Honestly, just believe people's experience of therapy. That's the fundamental principle of working with, and mitigating harm.

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MyiraKhanCounselling #WorkingWithinDiversity(@Myira_Khan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A genocide. Over 23,000 deaths. Innocent people.
No cause. No justification.
If you stand for social justice & anti-oppression, you stand with Palestine.
With the brutalised, the opppresed, the marginalised, the minoritised.

A genocide. Over 23,000 deaths. Innocent people. No cause. No justification. If you stand for social justice & anti-oppression, you stand with Palestine. With the brutalised, the opppresed, the marginalised, the minoritised. #gaza #IStandWithPalestine #antioppressivepractice
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Me at 24, in 2009. I've not changed much except I now have furniture (I had just moved house and had no furniture so I'm sat on the floor)

Me at 24, in 2009. I've not changed much except I now have furniture (I had just moved house and had no furniture so I'm sat on the floor)
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Erin Stevens(@aclientfirst) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Trainer in the course I'm on just said to the learners 'your needs are not problems' and it just hit me different today. 🥲

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Sonny Hallett(@scrappapertiger) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Erin Stevens Big same.
I feel incredibly fortunate not to have been rejected or shut down as often as it sounds like I could've been when I come across so many of those types of responses online. It's made such a huge difference for me to have my big feelings not just accepted but welcomed.

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