Seasons Counseling & Consulting, LLC

Licensed Independent Social Worker Supervisor; business owner; boy mom; nature lover and advocate; grief counselor; certified in trauma-responsive care.

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I love this.

[Jash Dholani @oldbooksguy]

1/ Love precedes lovability because a "primary devotion" to a place, thing, or person is the source of the creative energy that transforms it. Begin with love, not scorn. Commitment beautifies

[✭ 🅑🅤🅑🅑🅐 ✭ @BubbatheOG]

He summed it up like few could. 🫡

[love drops @lovedropx]

— James Baldwin

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It’s Indigenous Peoples Day, and it’s worth noting that there are lots of people who recognize the importance of reciprocity with nature rather than dominion over it. We should learn from them and elevate them to positions of leadership. #IndigenousPeoplesDay #ClimateCrisis

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

The journey of mankind

This is Man, by Steve Cutts

[love drops @lovedropx]

Love

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@ATRightMovies Devastating...but… (Spoiler: not dead.)

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Such a beautiful thing when kindness is reciprocated 💖

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

A Life memory made
https://t.co/NImCYJIZPU

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

The Four Agreements ‼️

[wild jelly 🪼 @awildjelly]

highly credentialed therapists tend to be the worst. you don't want a psychology Phd who has been on the therapy track since undergrad. you don't want a hoop jumper. you want someone who has had their ego crushed into a million pieces then emerged from the wreckage. you want

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@gunsnrosesgirl3 Artaaaaax!

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@woofknight Mostly about the of the person making assumptions about what’s in it! 🥸

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People who are suffering/struggling don’t somehow exist outside a larger environment. Labeling and disregarding often only serves to displace responsibility.

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

A rock band is performing and the singer sees a kid with a banner asking to play guitar with them. The singer asks him:

- Do you really know how to play guitar?
- Yeah!
- What's your favorite band?
- Guns N' Roses

What happens next is incredible.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

The ideal end of an argument isn't always “I agree.” It’s often “I see where you're coming from."

Healthy disagreement isn't about one person being right. It's about both people feeling understood.

The test of a good fight is whether insight is gained and respect is maintained.

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Guess I’m a “dangerous grifter” 🤔🤷🏼‍♀️

[Dr. Jessica Taylor @DrJessTaylor]

So let me get this straight for a minute:

Some professionals claim that there are hundreds of mental disorders in the brain. They claim there are thousands of symptoms and they all overlap. They claim they might be caused by genetics, but can’t find a gene. Might be caused by chemical imbalances, but can’t find any proof. Might be innate, but can’t prove it. Might be transmissible, but can’t prove that either. They can’t develop any tests and never have done. No brain scans or blood tests can differentiate anyone. They claim that toxic medication, imprisonment, and electrical currents directly to the brain will help people with these disorders.

ON THE OTHER HAND:

Another opposing group of professionals claim that this seems far-fetched, and it’s much more likely that humans go through hard times and traumas in their lives which change their thinking, behaviours and emotions. Extreme traumas cause extreme changes, trauma responses and coping mechanisms to kick in for survival. They don’t advocate for any medications or dangerous treatments. They don’t agree that people should be locked up for months or years. They don’t suggest that there are any definitive tests, because everyone is so unique.

And yet it’s the SECOND group of professionals who are seen as radical, unscientific, dangerous, conspiracy theorists and unprofessional.

Can you see how twisted this has become?

The group claiming there are hundreds of unprovable mental illnesses that require cocktails of medications, imprisonment and ECT are framed as the ‘safe’ professionals, but the ones suggesting we should listen to humans and try to help them without further harming them are the ‘unsafe’ professionals.

The ones giving their patients more and more drugs, increasing dosages, trial and error with human bodies and lives are the ‘trusted professionals’ - but the ones suggesting that maybe there is nothing biologically wrong with the patient, and they are traumatised or distressed and need compassion and support are ‘grifters’ and ‘dangerous’.

This is how powerful the grooming is around this topic.

The person being paid to diagnose people with unproven mental disorders and then prescribe harmful medications and treatments whilst ignoring their trauma is a ‘professional’ - but the person advocating for careful, humanistic approaches where we validate and listen to people’s distress is ‘unprofessional’.

How did you all fall for this?

🙃🙃🙃

[Naomi Fisher @naomicfisher]

Some kids see straight through the things which others don’t. They see the power structures between adults and children, and ask why the adult gets to give out the stickers (and decide who gets them) whilst the children have to wait. They see how unfair it is that adults can say ‘that’s enough cake’ and expect to be obeyed but if a child says that to an adult, they’ll be laughed at. They see how adults say ‘we can’t afford a new toy’ but then spend money on the things they want. And they point it out.

They are exceptionally clear sighted. This doesn’t make childhood easy. For childhood depends on a degree of accepting ‘this is just how things are’. It requires you to not ask questions and instead to follow the crowd. It requires you to keep listening even if you think it’s a waste of your time. To sit where everyone else is sitting, and to look in the same direction, and put your hand up and not to say ‘no thanks, I’d rather hang upside down over there’

Getting through childhood requires children to ignore what they see or pretend they didn’t notice. And some children just can’t do that. They see the world so clearly, and they can’t let things lie. They are the truth tellers and that isn’t easy to live with. They have a tough time at school because they always ask Why?

But when we listen rather than telling them to be quiet, their perspective challenges us to think deeper. Not to do things ‘because that’s just how it is’. They open up a new way of seeing the world to those around them. They provoke change wherever they go.

To have a clear-sighted child is a gift, even though it can take a while to appreciate your luck. The hardest job as their parents?

To resist the voices telling us that we should make every effort to cloud their vision.

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@woofknight Oof. Yep. Same. 😂

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@JonathanShedler I’ve heard about this book. Based on the info, it sounds like the title is less of a critique on modern therapy as it is a description of the impact of the book itself.😬

Re: parenting advice, I invite phrases such as “not yet” or “yes, when…” and provide ed on + reinforcement.