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something i& #39;m thinking through this morning https://twitter.com/LeeFlower/status/1329832417260154882">https://twitter.com/LeeFlower...
T.W:IPV
when my stalker broke into my house in March, I talked to quite a few DV counsellors who worked specifically with the LGBTQ community. one suggested that if I got a restraining order it could stipulate that the stalker receive therapy as part of court order
when my stalker broke into my house in March, I talked to quite a few DV counsellors who worked specifically with the LGBTQ community. one suggested that if I got a restraining order it could stipulate that the stalker receive therapy as part of court order
I ultimately didn& #39;t go through with it, because the more I thought about it, the less it made sense to try and force someone who is a true DARVO queen, to get therapy for stalking me and breaking into my house
from my perspective, western psychology is fundamentally ill-equipped to tackle IPV because western psych has largely been used as a tool of shoring up and reinforcing imbalances of asymmetrical power
the only reason why we even have any acknowledgement of IPV in therapeutic contexts is the work of feminists psychologists & waves of multiply marginalized people joining what was and still is a white boys club
but in my mind, even that& #39;s limited, because feminist psychology, or the presence of multiply marginalized psychologists, doesn& #39;t inherently change psych& #39;s foundations or its sordid history
so when i see people in abolitionists & TJ spaces talking about therapy as a tool, I cringe on the inside for a lot of the reasons this thread outlines
i have (a small amount) of hope for ways of studying the mind that are grounded in anti-colonial, anti-imperialist, queer/feminist, abolitionist- all that jazz
that could play a role in TJ processes
that could play a role in TJ processes
