Anisley Valdes, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker and psychotherapist in the DC Metro Area

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Do your part. Show respect. Wear a mask.

This means you.

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Changing the world starts with changing yourself.

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"What Questions Do You Have About How the World Works?" by Katherine Schulten via NYT https://t.co/DW6swIuiAD

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Only you can set yourself free.

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When parents use their children’s emotional needs to control them, the children grow up hating their neediness.

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There comes a day of reckoning when one has to face his feelings. ~Elvin Semrad

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"People only change if they want to change. You cannot force someone to respect you. You cannot force someone to admit they were wrong or apologize. Only they have the power to shift their perspective. And sometimes, it’s just not going to happen." https://t.co/9FkAfYWxok

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Spent the day playing 🤸🏻‍♂️🤸🏻‍♀️ with colleagues at the #magps Spring 🌷🌞🌹🌱🌻 conference! Grateful to connect in very deep ways💓; I’ve learned so much about improv 🤹🏻‍♀️ in therapy and life!!! 🙂

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“Fail better” means you begin to have the ability to hold what I call “the rawness of vulnerability” in your heart, and see it as your connection with other human beings and as a part of your humanness.“ https://t.co/EDcwcXGwN9

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Comparison is the thief of joy

[Brené Brown @BreneBrown]

Courage: To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart.

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We can't 'fix' ourselves into being good enough. We need to learn to accept ourselves just as we are, even if we have room to grow. We don't need to be like anyone else or have it all together. We're all imperfect, and that's okay. It's called being human.

[Anisley Valdes, LICSW @socialworkani]

“You will never speak to anyone more than you speak to yourself in your head. Be kind to yourself.”

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I love these two women and anything they produce together.

[Brené Brown @BreneBrown]

Best.Conversation.Ever. Thank you @Oprah - you’re an amazing mentor.

[Anisley Valdes, LICSW @socialworkani]

A patient asked me today if I was disappointed in her. I said, "How can I be disappointed in you when you were just being yourself." Maybe we should all get to know ourselves a little better and be okay with who we are.

[Anisley Valdes, LICSW @socialworkani]

I didn't make this one up but wish I had. "If you don't heal from what hurt you, you'll bleed on people who didn't cut you."

[Anisley Valdes, LICSW @socialworkani]

You shouldn't harshly judge your current self on the basis of how your past self behaved.

[Anisley Valdes, LICSW @socialworkani]

Strive for progress, not perfection.

[Anisley Valdes, LICSW @socialworkani]

Do not be afraid of love. Without love, life is impossible. TNH