Trans Day of Visibility: On being visible as a trans therapist.

Today is Trans Day of Visibility. I have always been open about my trans identity, hoping that this could help others who are just starting to discover parts of themselves or who feel unsafe to share this part of themselves with the world. I didn’t have anyone to look up to that was good for my development when I began my gender journey, and this isolation during a vulnerable time of self discovery can be dangerous. 

There are times I feel scared to be so open about my identity, but my strength and motivation to share is refreshed when this openness allows me to connect more quickly and deeply with the people I’m working with. When I can help to safely open the door to help clients invite their loved ones to get to know them more authentically. I love having the opportunity to provide that initial safe haven and help people through a journey of self discovery, understanding, and healing. 

I’m excited to be joining Blueprint Counselling full time as a therapist. I’m so grateful for this opportunity to have a place to meet with people and feel honoured to walk alongside people in their various journeys. If you or someone you love could use some support, please reach out and we can chat about how I might be able to help.

Music has played an important part of my own healing and growth and I am excited to explore ways in which I can offer this to my clients. The video below is a cover of a Mumford and Sons song that features vocals I recorded pre and post-transition.

[On] Trans Day of Visibility it feels important to ask: Visible to whom? Trans and non-binary people have been here since the beginning. The emphasis should be less on our emergence, more on their disappearance of us. Less on our novelty, more on the banality of their exclusion. Less on our bodies, more on the systems they have put into place to erase us as we live next to you.” -Alok Vaid-Menon