You have a voice

Were you taught...
1. To keep your emotions, feelings, and needs to yourself? 
2. You are not as important as other people?
3. You are taking up too much space? 
 

Whether we are made to take on too much, too young, do not receive the emotional support that we deserve, or learn to keep quiet to ensure our safety, the messages we often internalize are...
 

“My feelings, emotions, and needs are unimportant”
or
“I do not deserve to be heard"
or  
"I do not deserve advocacy”  

I’m here to assure you that these messages come from people and/or institutions that do not have the willingness or the ability to fully support you. 

These messages are not indicative of who you are!

 We can of course hold space for the fact that the senders of these messages may have good intentions, but we must also hold space for the impact they have had...regardless of intention.  

In my own experience, I was led to believe my worth is based on how much I can do for others. That others’ needs were more important than mine, and that the way that I could prevent myself from having my needs ignored even further was to keep them to myself.

But through my own healing journey I have learned...

When you advocate for yourself, you create a space for your voice to be heard. AND you create a space where you are able to take comfort in the fact that YOU CAN DEPEND ON YOURSELF!

Now my main focus as a therapist is to help people develop their voice, advocate for themselves, and reassure them that they are not alone in this difficult process...because I am here to guide them through it.  
 

What you want to say and what you feel matters. If you ignore yourself, then YOU become one more person in the world who doesn’t support you.  

YOU DESERVE MORE!