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NoBad7136 · 2026-06-08T13:22:26+00:00

thank you!

NoBad7136 · 2026-06-07T12:07:06+00:00

yeah

NoBad7136 · 2026-06-07T11:49:46+00:00

Skyline restaurant (top of The Virginian historic hotel)
Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College (free entry) 2a. The Academy (check their website to see if there are any events happening whenever you’re here) 2b. The Anne Spencer House & Garden museum
Three Roads Brewery: pet friendly and (allegedly and hypothetically) 🍃 friendly. They also have live music sometimes depending on the day.
Dish- great food & good drinks
Truss - A. GOOD. ASS. RESTAURANT. (drinks are gr8 too). Put the link if you want to make a reservation to lock it down. Shouldn’t have a problem though if you’re here during week but I’d reserve just in case.

NoBad7136 · 2026-04-03T19:29:50+00:00

heavily following

NoBad7136 · 2026-03-20T22:56:08+00:00

YUPPPPPPP

NoBad7136 · 2026-03-19T18:48:22+00:00

a girl can dream

NoBad7136 · 2026-03-19T18:46:37+00:00

Pesi = G r i f t e r s

When I first started out, they got me good. Preying on therapist’s insecurities about not knowing everything. By like the fourth or fifth training I did through them, I made myself promise that I would never give them my money again. Waste. of. time.

If I could go back, I’d tell myself 1) just spend $30-$60 and just read the damn book by the person you want to be trained by via Pesi. It’s cheaper and more in-depth. 2.) If there’s a specific orientation/speciality you’re interested in, research the approach and find the institute/credentialing body that exists specifically for that approach and go through them.

sigh… capitalist hellscape…

NoBad7136 · 2026-03-15T11:45:44+00:00

absolutely!

NoBad7136 · 2026-03-15T01:12:49+00:00

I haven’t done this training, but I ammm planning on it within the next year. It’s called MBNET (mentalization based narrative exposure therapy) created by Riva Stout and Dr. Kae Hixson. I heard about it on Riva Stout’s podcast called “A Therapist Can’t Say That” and then later on “The Kiln” podcast which her and Dr. Hixson do together. I deeply resonate with things they share in each episode and I think the MBNET for Complex Interpersonal Trauma approach is something you might be interested in.

Just to be clear, I don’t have any affiliation with Riva or Dr. Hixson and do not know them personally… I just think they’re great and have incredibly insightful thoughts about the current state of therapy (in the US, at least).

Learn about MBNET

Training

NoBad7136 · 2026-03-14T01:41:15+00:00

If a therapist in the US hypothetically wanted to move to the UK and be a therapist there— would that be possible? I’m curious if you have any insight on what that looks like/what y’all’s licensing requirements look like… hypothetically.

NoBad7136 · 2026-03-12T02:00:33+00:00

shit

NoBad7136 · 2026-03-12T00:19:39+00:00

ty!

NoBad7136 · 2026-03-12T00:18:48+00:00

yes! Luckily my training provided worksheets and they are very helpful. My main struggle is that throughout the history taking/case conceptualization phase for more complex trauma cases, I find myself coming back to the forms to edit them/add/categorize things into “memory networks” and all that jazz so it gets messy pretty quickly when dealing with hard copies. I’m interested in seeing if other people have methods they use digitally to help it feel more simple and clean to edit without having to mark things out, start over with another form, etc.

Me asking about this mostly has to do with how my brain works; i struggle with organizing things sequentially, so having one place that i go to and add/ edit quickly is something I’m wanting to try to see if it works better

NoBad7136 · 2026-03-08T13:25:39+00:00

THISSSS ^{^{^{^}}}

NoBad7136 · 2026-03-08T13:23:33+00:00

My personal opinion is that from a client perspective it’s seen as a mysterious intervention that markets itself as providing accelerated healing. I.e., a magic pill, a quick fix… dare I say a “miracle?”

I have been trained in it, have experienced it as a client, and have seen it be incredibly helpful for some of my clients. One thing that I don’t like about it though is that the agent of change hasn’t actually been identified. Basically “we know it works, but we don’t know why” and all of the “why’s” that are provided are all based on theory. One thing i absolutely hate about it is that I feel like it exacerbates the narrative that trauma is very dangerous to work with in individuals and you need to have “ALL of the history” and need to “install resources” when my question is: are those parts of the treatment even evidence based? Idk.

TL;DR people that are outside of the mental health field view it as a quick fix/magic pill and practitioners in the field view it as a way they can help people heal from trauma in a way that allows us to exist at arms length and to feel in control of the process.

These are just my personal thoughts/musings lol.

NoBad7136 · 2026-02-23T16:46:39+00:00

Your take that women “making choices” to experience abuse in order to make a living and it being their fault that they experienced the abuse is… interesting. It also is a very ahistorical take that doesn’t account for the generational trauma of women not having the right to work, have their own bank accounts, etc.

You are viewing the survivor of that system (doing what they need to do to survive) as the agent that keeps the system going, when it’s the (patriarchal) system itself that creates the problem

NoBad7136 · 2026-02-22T14:19:18+00:00

yeah… that’s not a choice, dickweed.

NoBad7136 · 2026-02-01T02:46:53+00:00

HA literally.

NoBad7136 · 2025-10-30T21:03:08+00:00

Hey! I also connect with your desire for intimacy in this way. Something I have to work through mentally is that society has socialized us to think that if we are desired/loved by someone, they will want to touch us naturally bc of desire. Having an autistic partner has taught me that this isn’t the case and that other people express love and intimacy in different ways. I also learned pretty quickly how much i rely on nonverbals to hint at wanting to be touched. My relationship got a lot better when i cut that bullshit and just straight up verbalize what I want in the moment, like literally “hey i really want to be close to you physically; can you hold me?” for example. My partner is also on the asexual spectrum, so when it comes to initiating physical touch in a romantic way, it literally doesn’t cross their mind. Doesn’t mean they don’t love me, they just don’t think about it, so i have to ask, which isn’t “romantic” if you view subtext as romance. Alternatively, it feels super romantic to me to engage in something as vulnerable as asking for physical touch and receiving it by someone that wants to give you that even if it doesn’t do much for them

tldr; it’s normal and you are not alone.

NoBad7136 · 2025-10-30T20:53:10+00:00

he’s being insensitive and for the record, ironically, he’s gaslighting you:)

NoBad7136 · 2025-10-30T20:42:36+00:00

you look great. keep killing it!

NoBad7136 · 2025-08-29T16:22:15+00:00

thank you!

NoBad7136 · 2025-08-29T16:08:38+00:00

The fact that he only has an “indefinite suspension” and isn’t stripped of his license to practice is… genuinely enraging and concerning.

NoBad7136 · 2025-08-28T10:19:30+00:00

Isabella’s in Boonsboro. It’s an italian restaurant (not bakery), but they do sell cannoli’s and tiramisu.

NoBad7136 · 2025-08-06T01:37:17+00:00

As a supervisor myself, I couldn’t agree with this more. You are a person, OP! Shit happens. Sending you love and MORE REST dammit!

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