Roots and Branches Therapy

Anticipatory grief shows up in small, quiet losses along the way.

Every summer, the same phrase resurfaces, plastered across ads and gym flyers and well-meaning group chats: beach body ready. As if a body needs to earn its place near the water. As if there is some correct way to exist in a swimsuit, in shorts, in whatever skin you happen to be living in this season. I want to offer another way of thinking about this. For many of my clients, and honestly for many of us, summer doesn't just bring warmer weather. It brings more exposed skin, more mirrors, more...

July is BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month, established in honor of writer and mental health advocate Bebe Moore Campbell, who worked to bring visibility to the mental health needs of Black communities and other underrepresented communities. For those of us working in mental health, this month asks us to do more than acknowledge disparity. It asks us to look honestly at the care we're offering and ask whether we're actually meeting the needs of the people we say we serve. At Roots and...