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Amanda Helton

Amanda Helton is an Associate Marriage & Family Counselor, writer, and researcher. She brings an interdisciplinary, neurodivergent lens to culture, psychology, and systems, grounded in decolonial, feminist, and liberation frameworks.

California

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Identity & Power

Two Laws, One Silence: What California Just Did—and What We Can Still Do About It

Protester holds a sign saying "No Justice, No Peace"

Labor, Complaint, and Institutional Risk

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Sexuality & Relationships

Am I Ace?

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Culture, Art & History

She Was Ours

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AI & Technology

PART 3: What Therapy Requires That Simulation Cannot Provide

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Labor & Institutions

My Authenticity

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Labor & Institutions

When Voice Is Conditional

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Labor & Institutions

When Care Becomes Extraction

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AI & Technology

PART 2: Why Simulated Care Feels Like Care, but isn't

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Mental Health & Psychotherapy

PART 5: The DSM- What I Wish I Had Been Taught

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AI & Technology

PART 1: Beginning a Critical Inquiry

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