Biracial Concerns
Finding your sense of belonging…
There aren’t a lot of spaces where you’re at ease, comfortably take up space, and are free to be authentically you.
Everyone seems to have a category they fit into except you. You don’t know where you belong or which box to check. You’re putting in overtime trying to avoid being perceived as “too much” or “not enough.” You’re often left feeling like you’re “not enough” of one of your racial identities and also “not enough” of the other.
You feel stuck in this awkward space between two identities where it feels like no one exists, but you. It feels overwhelming and lonely at the same time.
Feeling alone in your experience…
When the intersection of your identities is not seen or acknowledged, it can leave you feeling invisible. This erasure of your identities feels like you’re straddling multiple worlds without truly belonging to any.
Even with your family, there are times you don’t feel fully seen. They can connect to a part of your racial identity, but not your biracial identity as a whole. Your lived experiences feel different and misunderstood.
We all thrive in connection and when you feel so disconnected from yourself and others, it begins to branch out into other areas of your life. This disconnection can result in anxiety, disembodiment, low energy, emotional exhaustion, eating disorders, and other mental health struggles.
You’re exhausted trying to walk the tightrope between two worlds. You’re exhausted trying to find a space in the world that understands you.
You’re trying to juggle different parts of your cultural identity where the communities you’re connected to have very different expectations of you. The effort, labor, and work you put into meeting these expectations often go unnoticed, unacknowledged, and unseen.
Discovering parts of your identity you feel most connected to can be particularly challenging when society and people you know try to dictate how you should present, behave, and belong. Each time you try to appease and “blend in,” you risk distancing yourself from authenticity with yourself and others.
Your identity and connection to yourself suffers. You feel lonely, disconnected, anxious, and don’t know where to turn. You want to reach out for help, but keep saying to yourself “what would people think?” or “I should just be able to handle this.” You need some space from the performance and the urge to please everyone around you. You need a space where you can feel understood and heard, and get curious about yourself in a more open, free, an non-judgmental way.
You’re burnt out…
You deserve more.
Let’s collaborate…
Together we will come up with a plan to help identify your emotional needs, reduce your anxiety, and help you strengthen and mend your relationship with yourself.
You’ll learn to reconnect to yourself through exploration of your emotions, life experiences, thought processes and how they impact you.
Through honesty and vulnerability, you’ll deepen your understanding of yourself and how you show up in the world. The more you understand yourself, the better you will be able to tend to your needs, develop more self compassion, and live more in alignment with your values.
You are deserving of support…
You’re often feel dismissed, misunderstood, or invisible. You don’t need to feel that way in therapy too.
You deserve to have a space that’s exclusively yours, where all parts of your identity are invited, welcome, seen, and heard. You deserve healing and connection.
Building and maintaining authentic therapeutic relationships are at the core of the work I do. I am committed to caring for you with compassion, authenticity, honesty, and with humanity at the forefront.
It’s okay to ask for help…
You’ve been in survival mode for quite some time. You deserve more than the code-switching, hyper-vigilance and chronic stress that comes with it. You deserve tranquility, joy, inner peace, and liberation.
What if you didn’t have to expend so much energy attempting to meet unachievable expectations? What if you didn’t have to be so exhausted and could feel more connected to your sense of self?
Let’s work together to help rebuild your relationship with yourself today!