Yesterday evening I experienced the chance to go to the Mr. That is yearly Los Angeles occasion, section of Los Angeles Leather Pride Week. Certainly one of my peers within the homosexual therapist community, Justin Natoli, MA, MFT Intern, whom recently published an excellent piece on non-monogamy in gay male relationships, had been one of several participants. Another specialist colleague had been a contestant in another of the competitions that are preliminary. But another specialist colleague questioned this, wondering if it absolutely was “appropriate” for a community specialist to be taking part in may be. I reacted because I believe that therapists can also be advocates for the broader community, including values such as social justice and advocacy for equality that I thought it was. Particularly with my back ground as a medical social worker by training, i really believe that social justice, community/client advocacy, and empowerment are fundamental themes. For this reason as a clinician in personal training psychotherapy and coaching, In addition you will need to cultivate activism, for an amount of social and issues that are political. Read more