Jonathan Seng, MSW, MA

Screenshot of the trans lifeline webpage with information regarding the hotline service

A resource for trans folks out there:

translifeline.org

WE NEED TO STOP POLLING AMERICANS ABOUT FACTS

No one cares if you, “believe” FACTS WITH EVIDENCE

Mental health exists
Trans people exist
COVID exists
Vaccines are effective
Abortions are healthcare

2/2. Yeah, reach out to your representatives. But my hot take on being silent within your personal and professional circles is that it's just another form of negligence. We'd speak out for our kids when they've been wronged or bullied (hopefully). We certainly can speak out for our communities too.

1/2. We're often told not to talk about politics at work and maybe some friends may say they don't like talking about politics or you find yourself in a setting where "it's not the right time."

So when would be the right time? Political issues affect our social and economic lives directly.

ACLU Sues Trump for Targeting Trans Americans -- Who Are Confused and Terrified The ACLU filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his administration over their crackdown on the rights of trans Americans.

We sued President Trump over his administration’s anti-transgender executive orders.

And we’re just getting started.

BREAKING: In response to our motion, the court has required CDC, FDA, and HHS to immediately restore critical health info and data that the Trump administration ordered the agencies to remove.

This is a huge win for doctors, researchers, and patients.

Therapy is political because everything is political when a few select people in power are making decisions for all that impact, at the very basic level, their health, bodies, and wellbeing.

#TherapyIsPolitical

#TherapistSky

BREAKING: We are suing HHS for the removal of critical health info and data from websites.

The removal creates a dangerous gap in scientific research and threatens public health.

The Trump executive order that led to this purge puts American lives in danger.

This week, February 3-7, marks News Literacy Week! 📰

When we learn how to verify news on the internet, it becomes easier to disrupt the spread of mis and disinformation and develop more informed audiences. The best time to learn these skills is now!

Home – Asian Mental Health Collective AMHC aspires to make mental health easily available, approachable, and accessible to Asian communities worldwide.

www.asianmhc.org

southasiantherapists.org

Asian Mental Health Collective has a directory for those seeking an AANHPI therapist in the US and Canada. Second link is specific for South Asian therapists

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Where does US healthcare spending go?

www.ama-assn.org/about/resear...

We'll say it as many times as it takes: Gender-affirming care is life-saving care.

We will not back down.

When I say self-care this is what I'm talking about

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Centering unacknowledged histories: revisiting NABSW demands to repeal ASFA The Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 has now been actively implemented in the United States for 24 years and remains largely unchanged from its initial conception. Initial critiques of ASFA i...

articles to cite if youre a social worker or work in child maltreatment and want to cite some historical contributions of black social workers who said what they said but everyone chose to ignore them anyways

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

"But if prenatal resources are scarce and stress is high, the fetal brain may develop in a way that is more suited to a poor, stressful world. In such a world, a small, reactive amygdala may be oversensitive to potential threats, leading to a pattern of anxiety."

AHEM intergenerational trauma ahem

There's more one can do than just "feel your feelings". It's surely part of it but there's a process of reflection of the relationship and loss through which is needed to even get there. Worth the read for anyone who is going/gone through the end of a friendship, a breakup, or a falling out.

(3/3) We must lean onto those around us, provide support to those around us, and learn to accept that aid from those around us. Let ripples become waves and waves become tides until tides reshape what we want to call OUR home. Our community health is your mental health. Let's take care of it.

(2/3) They are actually instead more hopeful than they've ever been. They welcome those who are becoming more passionate about change. They welcome the realization that things are not okay and haven't been for a very long time. They now feel seen. They now feel COMMUNITY.

(1/3) Many came to me feeling overwhelmed and helpless in the last 2 weeks given all the changes happening. Effects on their jobs, their health, their future, you name it. I ended the week with a client who felt this way for so long that these orders don't quite emotionally affect them that way.

Found this quite helpful as I get acquainted with Bluesky