Wildways Therapy -  Statement

I am an allied supporter of children, young people and adults who experience compounding life challenges related to their neurodivergence, gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, age or experience of difference or othering in any way. I am passionate about creating, promoting, advocating for and supporting safe therapeutic spaces for all, whether here in my private practice, in my supervision services, consultancy or teaching. I recognise the implicit and explicit impact of being minoritised within oppressive systems and care about your experience and safety in the therapeutic space.

I hold with high positive regard, accept, support and stand alongside all LGBTQIA++ humans and uphold their right to exist in safety, peace, joy and autonomy.

I recognise the impact of historical and ever present oppression and violence towards LGBTQIA++ humans and my privilege to have never have experienced this personally across my lifetime, specifically due to my cis, white, hetero identity.

I hold with high positive regard, accept, support and stand alongside all Black, Indigenous, Asian, South Asian and all minoritised humans and uphold their right to exist in safety, peace, joy and autonomy.

I recognise the impact of historical and ever present oppression and violence against Black, Indigenous, Asian, South Asian and othered humans and my privilege to have never have experienced this personally, specifically due to my cis, white, hetero identity.

I hold with high positive regard, accept, support and stand alongside all Women and uphold their right to exist in safety, peace, joy and autonomy. 

I recognise the impact of historical and ever present oppression and violence towards Women and my privilege to have only experienced this (albeit significantly at times) in a far less prolonged way across my lifetime, specifically due to my cis, white, hetero identity.

I hold with high positive regard, accept, support and stand alongside all humans with Mental Health experiences (short and long term) and uphold their right to exist in safety, peace, joy and autonomy.

I recognise the impact of historical and ever present oppression and violence towards humans with Mental Health experiences and my privilege to have had been able to advocate for effective support in this regard, specifically due to my cis, white, hetero identity and educational privilege.

I hold with high positive regard, accept, support and ​stand alongside all humans experiencing economic poverty (short and long term) and uphold their right to exist in safety, peace, joy and autonomy.

I recognise the impact of historical and ever present oppression and violence towards humans experiencing economic poverty and my privilege to have been buffered from most of the comorbid consequences of this, specifically due to my cis, white, hetero identity.

I hold with high positive regard, accept, support and stand alongside all Neurodivergent humans and uphold their right to exist in safety, peace, joy and autonomy.

I recognise the impact of historical and ever present oppression and violence towards Neurodivergent humans and my privilege to have only experienced this lightly across my lifetime, specifically due to my cis, white, hetero identity.

I hold with high positive regard, accept, support and stand alongside all Disabled humans and uphold their right to exist in safety, peace, joy and autonomy.

I recognise the impact of historical and ever present oppression and violence towards disabled humans and my privilege to have never have experienced this, specifically due to my cis, white, hetero, non disabled identity.

I uphold the rights of all humans to self identify and recognise that the descriptive words I have used above may not be ones the humans I mention choose to use themselves.

Please tell me, I am learning.

I recognise that many humans, human families and communities intersect across these identities as does my human family and community.​ If you do not see yourself represented here please let me know.