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Mental Health & Psychotherapy

Therapy, diagnosis, the DSM, clinical practice, and mental health systems

Simpsons character holding up the DSM and saying "Have you ever sat down and read this thing? Technically, Déjá Vu is a form of psychosis?"
Mental Health & Psychotherapy

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

PART 4: The DSM - When the Diagnosis Becomes the Story
Mental Health & Psychotherapy

PART 4: The DSM - When the Diagnosis Becomes the Story

PART 3: The DSM - What the DSM actually does—and what might come next
Mental Health & Psychotherapy

PART 3: The DSM - What the DSM actually does—and what might come next

Blue Diagnostic and Statistical manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition Text Revision (DSM-5-TR) standing up on a white and gray background.
Mental Health & Psychotherapy

PART 1: The DSM - Why every therapist’s practice is shaped by a system they were never truly taught to question

PART 2: The DSM - How Did the DSM Gain Its Authority?
Mental Health & Psychotherapy

PART 2: The DSM - How Did the DSM Gain Its Authority?

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I live and work in Live Oak, Santa Cruz County, on the unceded ancestral territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi Tribe. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band are the descendants of Indigenous peoples of this region, including those taken to the missions of Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization. I acknowledge the ongoing presence, resilience, and stewardship of Indigenous peoples today, and recognize that this land acknowledgment is only one small part of my ongoing learning and responsibility. I hold this acknowledgment alongside my clinical commitment to understanding how history, culture, and systems of power—including colonization and racism—shape lived experience, mental health, and relationships.