Today marks the Autumnal Equinox for which the Northern Hemisphere astronomically shifts from the Summer days with more sunlight than darkness to the Winter season where darkness dominates the clock: Fall has come!
Typically, we like to advocate for taking each Equinox as a celestial reminder to find balance and work to reflect on the solar shift that may or may not affect your personal mood and help prepare our minds for the upcoming season. As we march into the holiday season this year we are however finding ourselves overwhelmed with political rhetoric and propaganda that has become harder and harder to decisively address as any impulse to take a stand on any topic feels that it comes with not only social risk but federal danger. How does one find a balance?
It is the opinion of the owner of Darling Mental Health, that therapy is a political act in and of itself, and that if we are to shy away from providing language of how we ethically address and perceive political topics we are denying our clients and community a voice of compassion that is sorely needed. To that end the owner has drafted a new page on politics with essays of what this practice’s ethical standards and lenses are on topics that are sensitive and becoming increasingly controversial. We want all clients who seek us out to know that we are a place for all, and while we prioritize the voice of the vulnerable and marginalized, we respect discourse and diversity of thought with certain limits to things like hate speech and exploitation.
If you review our political speech page and position statements with any questions or desire to see more information, more thoughts, or resources/information that informs our opinions we will take in all feedback and consider making edits to this page as a further demonstration of our desire to help cultivate discourse and mutual understanding of how everyone in and out of the therapy realm can help cultivate a safe and inclusive space for all that ethically respects diversity in thoughts and beliefs.
Sincerely,
Jeremy Darling, Owner
Jeremy@darlingmentalhealth.com
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