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My lived experience and why I became a therapist 

Therapy was never talked about in my family. For a long time, I did not believe in it or even tried to understand it. Many years ago I decided to attend therapy because I began noticing a pattern in my relational connections. I didn’t go in expecting much from the initial session or therapy in general. I continued attending therapy with a therapist who was of similar cultural background as me. I didn’t realize how important that was for me until I developed this therapeutic relationship.

Through our sessions, we uncovered my family trauma and healing of being an Afghan living in so-called Canada. I remember feeling seen. I never knew how important that was for me until I received it. I remember thinking I’d like to be invited into that space to support someone else in feeling seen. That is why I decided to become a therapist because although all of our stories and experiences are different I am a human who believes in human (and more than human kin) connection and healing. I consider myself flawed and ever involving and I am not the therapist across from you who thinks of herself as a blank slate or human-less. I believe there is power to bringing self (mindfully) into a therapy room especially when I am inviting clients to do so.