The psychotherapeutic process

Psychotherapy can help you understand and articulate your experiences of oppression in a space that feels safe

The cornerstone of oppression is to make you feel alone

in your experience and therefore question its reality. In order to address your experience, a therapist will build a relationship with you that focuses on trust and safety so, when issues relating to your oppression are revealed during sessions, it is in a space that is unoppressive.

Finding the words to communicate your oppression can be difficult

because language can be limiting. The therapist might include art therapy when words are insufficient. Art therapy doesn’t only mean painting or drawing, it could be through music, poetry or other forms of artistic expression. Your experience of alienation can sometimes only be put into the words of your oppressor, so non-verbal communication may hold more meaning for you.

You will lead the therapy session,

which can be empowering. This allows the exploration of your experience and facilitates your reconnection with parts of yourself that you may have masked for psychological protection.