The Cost of Predicted Stigma
This is the third in a series of blogs examining the stigma surrounding mental health clinicians who live with the same conditions they treat. A variety of viewpoints and experiences will be presented. Sometimes, anticipating the stigma surrounding an identity or condition can be as bad as actually experiencing it. Predicted stigma comes with real costs […]
Thoughts From a Wounded Healer
This is the second in a series of blogs examining the stigma surrounding mental health clinicians who live with the same conditions they treat. A variety of viewpoints and experiences will be presented. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and community-based therapist who lives with ADHD, complex trauma, and depression. After I was […]
A Story of Self-Stigma, Shame, and a New Direction with Self-Compassion
What is stigma? Merriam Webster’s Online Dictionary defines stigma as “a mark of shame or discredit: STAIN.” WISE addresses 3 types of stigma: social stigma, structural stigma, and self-stigma. Do you ever have this feeling? If you only knew this “bad thing” about me (whatever that might be), you wouldn’t This is shame in action. And […]
