Prospect Therapy: Long Beach Anxiety Therapist

Feeling stuck in your relationship? Check out this article on people.com, featuring you-know-who from Prospect Therapy. :)

Calling in my Afghan-American sisters for the next round of our women's circle. . We are bad-ass, welcoming, uplifting, multi-dimensional, and raw. . We meet every week and process topics such as:... . How do I balance my family's expectations of me with my own? . Can I embrace my heritage if my role models are one-dimensional (or non-existent)? . What is my responsibility to social justice within my spheres of influence? . What would a truly safe and uplifting Afghan sisterhood even feel like? . We start again in January. Click the link in our bio to sign up for the waitlist. This is the community you have been seeking! . . . . . . #afghan #afghanistan #afghanamerican #afghanwomen #afghanfeminism #childrenofimmigrants #firstgeneration #firstgen #secondgeneration #daughterofanimmigrant #sisterhood #queer #queersisterhood #longbeach See more

The most intimate - and most conflicted - relationships many of us have are with our family members. So, what happens when a family member’s behavior makes you uncomfortable to the point where it borders on abusive? Many people struggle with telling the difference, especially when it comes to family. People are often encouraged to give extra slack to people simply because they are related. That’s bullshit! If you are uncomfortable because of a family member’s behavior, you don’t need to suffer in silence. There are steps you can take to determine if the behavior can be fixed. If it can’t, you may need to consider cutting ties altogether.

We are hiring! If you know a stellar therapist and clinical supervisor who is licensed in California and is interested in joining our growing group practice, please share this with them! . Click the link in our bio to learn more. . .... . . . . . . #therapistjobs #queer #queertherapist #jobsinlongbeach #therapistsofinstagram #hiring #employment #licensedtherapist #lcsw #lmft #prospecttherapy #longbeachhiring #longbeach #california See more

Featured in this Buzzfeed News article! But even the tightest familial relationships can hold their share of fault lines, and experts say the best way of keeping the earth steady is establishing clear, direct boundaries. Many of my millennial clients who move back home feel they are emotionally regressing, said Sara Stanizai, a licensed marriage and family therapist. It's very common for adults to feel like kids again when interacting with their parents. So, everyone needs to learn to renegotiate house rules for adults, things like a curfew or having guests over. Some adults think it's a no-brainer that their parents would not have a right to dictate these things. But some parents think it's a given, ‘my house, my rules.’

September is for celebrating (no, not the return of school). Bi+ Visibility Day on September 23! But let’s talk about this whole visibility thing. Why do we need a Bi+ visibility day? And come to think of it, why do we need any sort of LGBTQ+ pride parades, rainbow flags, or any sort of celebration in the first place? A common argument made against visible Pride is, If you don’t want to be discriminated against for your sexuality or gender identity, then don’t make such a ...big deal about it! Funny enough, this argument is most often made by people who don’t identify as a part of that community to begin with... The answer is simple: Until we don't NEED a parade, we're going to have one.

Just in case you have heard this shitty rumor, it’s not a thing:

So proud of this beautiful practice we've built. <3 "It’s hard to get a therapist to call you back, or to just do a google search and hope for the best. Right now, 88% of people who call us get matched to a therapist, whether it’s within our practice or not. Prospect Therapy has since grown to a team of 6 (soon to be 7!). We focus on queer + trans mental health, and mental health for first-generation Americans, immigrants/children of immigrants, and bicultural communities. W...e have grown enough that each therapist has their own specialties relationships and couples therapy, perfectionism and anxiety, eating disorders from at HAES framework, trauma recovery, and more. But the connecting thread is that we support historically marginalized communities who do better when they have a therapist who gets it. I’m proud that all of our therapists have not only excellent clinical skills and training, but all of us bring lived experience to our work. That means we are part of the communities that we serve and we share these identities with our clients."

Anyone who has ever worked in a customer service job knows the literal pain that comes from smiling at customers for eight hours. The numb cheeks and glazed-over eyes as you answer the same question for the twelfth time that hour. Sometimes you get home and can’t stay up; you're so physically exhausted. But sometimes this heaviness comes from more than an overtime barista shift. What about always cleaning up after office birthday parties because you feel responsible for every...one else? Maybe it’s the time spent proofreading your emails and adding in exclamation points or emojis to make sure you don’t sound too mean. There is an unspoken expectation that weighs down the shoulders of oppressed and marginalized groups of people who are often forced to maintain a level of dissonance between how they truly feel and what society around them deems correct to feel: emotional labor. Click to read the full blog post.

Posted @withregram @ankita_71 The Kenosha Police in Wisconsin shot Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black father, 7 times. His kids witnessed the shooting. Call, email, and tweet. Demand justice now. *GoFundMe link in bio* ... Image Descriptions: Image 1: Take Action for Jacob Blake Image 2: Call Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian (262) 653-4000 Kenosha District Attorney Michael D. Graveley (262) 653-2400 Kenosha Police Department (262) 656-1234 WI Attorney General Josh Kaul (608) 266-1221 WI Governor Tony Evers Madison Office: (608) 266-1212 Milwaukee Office: (414) 227-4344 Image 3: Email Kenosha District Attorney Michael D. Graveley [email protected] Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian [email protected] Kenosha Police Department Chief of Police Daniel G. Miskinis [email protected] Image 4: Tweet Kenosha Police Department Twitter: KenoshaPolice Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul @WisDOJ Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers Twitter: GovEvers #justiceforjacobblake #jacobblake #kenosha #blacklivesmatter #blm

When it comes to aggression against women, there are no qualifiers that determine who is going to experience it. Harm takes on the full spectrum, from famous women in powerful positions to the most disenfranchised, including trans women of color. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a U.S. Democratic Representative of New York and youngest woman to ever serve in Congress, was simply walking up the steps of the Capitol to cast a vote when she was accosted, bullied, and verbally attacked ...by Congressman Yoho, who didn’t agree with her political views. #AOC had to defend herself multiple times in front of Congress after Yoho denied the charges, despite reporters overhearing Yoho say aggressive slurs about her. Megan Thee Stallion is a rapper and songwriter whose latest smash hit, #WAP, broke music records by debuting as No. 1 on both the streaming and digital sale charts, with over 93 million U.S. streams and 125,000 downloads in the first week of its release. But current headlines are focused on questioning the legitimacy of her recounting being shot in the feet by rapper Tory Lanez. Despite video footage of the incident and her various messages on social media discussing how she was coping with the trauma, #MeganTheeStallion resorted to sharing graphic photos of her foot post-surgery after followers said they didn’t believe her. #EdentheDoll and her friends Jaslene White Rose and Joslyn Flawless were recently robbed, attacked, and physically assaulted by a group of men in the streets of Hollywood while onlookers pointed, laughed, and recorded evidence to ridicule later. Anyone who has been forced to be complicit in their own violation instantly recognized the insidious terrorism of a perpetrator holding her hand while making her find her friends to be further victimized. These stories are only the tip of the iceberg. Millions of people endure this violence and aggression from men and carry their own unsung stories. From the #metoo movement to the sickening number of un-publicized deaths of trans women, aggression toward women is not a small issue. But it’s the small things that make it an ongoing issue.

What does Prospect Therapy mean? The story behind our name + our new look. <3

Posted @withregram @gs_therapycenter If someone shares their pronouns with you, take the time not only to practice using these pronouns in a sentence (on your own, where your mistakes are unlikely to cause harm), but to really see that person the way they see themself. Trans and non-binary folks often know when you’re getting the words right, but still not seeing them as their gender. However well-intentioned and sincere your apologies are after a pronoun misstep, making ...the same mistake over and over again sends a message to that person that your effort extends only to shifting your language, rather than your understanding of the person. Plus, shifting that internal understanding of a person’s gender will probably make using their correct pronouns much easier! #queer #gay #lgbt #lgbtq #pride #lesbian #transgender #trans #nonbinary #bisexual #gaypride #lgbtqia #genderfluid #protecttranskids #protecttransfolks #transisbeautiful #genderunicorn #genderfluid #queerenough #worthy #vulnerability #empower #love #selflove #inspire #motivation #courage #motivationalquotes #mentalwellness #psychotherapy See more

Friday, August 7th at 12pm - Live on Instagram @prospecttherapy! If you suspect you're getting in the way of your own success... If it feels like the better you're doing, the worse you're feeling....... If being unapologetic about growth leaves you feeling guilty.... ....you're going to want to tune in for this one! Stevon will be joining us to talk all about impostor syndrome in high achievers. We both have a LOT to say about this topic and there will definitely be tons of helpful tips - so bring your questions! Stevon Lewis, LMFT (he/him) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, speaker, and corporate consultant. In his private practice, he specializes in working with adults struggling with Impostor Syndrome. He has been a featured expert for various major television and media platforms, including the Oprah Winfrey Network, Bustle Magazine, Thrive Global, and Entrepreneur Magazine. As a corporate consultant, he has facilitated discussions about race in the workplace for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) and Tory Burch. In addition, he has hosted a series of workshops for A New Direction, a London-based non-profit, that provides support and development to individuals that are underrepresented in the creative and digital industries. Learn more at www.StevonLewis.com and follow him at @stevonlewismft. Sara Stanizai, LMFT (she/her) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and the owner of Prospect Therapy, an LGBTQ+ affirming therapy practice based in Long Beach, CA with a focus on queer + trans mental health, and mental health for first-generation, immigrant, and bicultural Americans. Our team specializes in anxiety, perfectionism, and impostor syndrome, particularly in these communities. Learn more at www.prospecttherapy.com and follow us at @prospecttherapy. See more

When something big happens, whether it’s amazing or absolutely horrible, you typically want to text or call the people you love the most. But often, if you’re seeing a therapist regularly, they may be on that short list of who you want to talk to. So how do you categorize them? As a friend, a loved one, a paid professional? And even weirder to think about What do they think about you? This can seem confusing, but it probably just means you’re in relational therapy.