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The CBT Dive
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Essays on mental health, identity, and clinical practice, grouped by topic. The full collection is on the Writing page.
Therapy, emotions and relationships
The Matrix of Envy in Our Social and Sexual LivesEnvy shows up in our social and sexual lives as often as anxiety. What it looks like, how we defend against it, and how to work with it.
Grieving Non-Death LossesBreakups, coming out, addiction recovery and living family: applying the stages of grief flexibly to losses that often go unrecognized.
How Our Hidden Beliefs Shape the Way We LoveIntroducing the Commitment–Sacrifice Matrix: the hidden relationship philosophies that shape how much we give, stay or walk away.
Queer lives, bodies and sexuality
Sexuality and the Imprint of Shame, Part 1Part 1 of 3. How shame develops, how it differs from guilt, and where it comes from for queer and trans guys who are into guys.
My partner wants me to bottom, and I’m not sure I canA sex therapist on what gets in the way of bottoming: trust, trauma, control and pain, and practical ways to make it easier.
What Gay Men Must Give Up to Truly Embrace Everyday BodiesReflections on a conditional Pride Month and what gay men have to give up to embrace ordinary bodies, including our own.
Faith, family and belonging
How to be culturally competent when supporting LGBTQ+ MuslimsWhat counsellors and therapists need to understand about being a minority within a minority, and five ways to attune to LGBTQ+ Muslim clients.
Supporting family members when queer & trans Muslims come outSeven questions family members often ask when a queer or trans Muslim loved one comes out, with my responses.
Applying the Four Statuses of Identity Formation Theory to Queer MuslimsApplying Marcia's four identity statuses to queer Muslims, with vignettes and reflection questions for each.
Clinical practice, power and organizations
On being a politicized practitionerShould politics come into the therapy room? How a political lens shapes clinical listening, assessment and intervention, with case examples.
Cultural Safety & CountertransferenceWhen you work in a community you belong to, sameness shapes the transference. Five vignettes and supervision questions for therapists.
Reading Between the DiagnosesA social worker's guide to psychiatry's past and present, and what that history means for diagnosis in clinical practice today.
Talks and interviews
Understanding LGBTQIA+ mental healthA keynote on LGBTQIA+ mental health through population-specific social determinants.
Cultural safety and countertransferenceA SACAP webinar on working in communities you belong to: shared identity, countertransference and supervision strategies.
What it takes to build queer-affirming mental health careOn TELUS Talks, Rahim explains why affirming care for queer men has to reach beyond HIV to shame, trauma and community norms.
Queer and Muslim: on faith, family and healingRahim talks with CBC’s Shauna Powers about the anthology Queer and Muslim: On Faith, Family, and Healing.
Healthy Relationships 101Attachment, consent and trauma, and why checking in with yourself and your partners matters.
CBT thought record simulation with Rahim and LeahWatch a thought record unfold in a simulated sex therapy session about communicating sexual needs to a partner.
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