It’s been a long week, month, year.
It’s been a long week, month, year. I know like many, my sense of time has been distorted by the stress and anxiety of the last few weeks. So much remains uncertain and frightening, so many of us are grieving and scared. As a practice, we’ve been coming together to debrief, process, support one another, and put our heads together about how we can best serve our clients and the community we support. When you are in a helping profession, it's very hard to sit back in situations that feel hopeless, and when your ability to help is limited. As a team, we will continue to think about the ways we can increase support for those who need it, how we can show up for the causes we care about, and how we can best do our jobs in a very difficult time.
For now, we can promise you this. We will continue to be a practice that is outspoken in our support of reproductive rights, in our celebration of our LGBTQ+ clients and friends, and that proudly supports clients from all over the world. We will continue to support our clients in building their families through donor games and surrogates,
We will continue to protect the safety and privacy of our clients in the therapy we provide and the documentation we conduct. Namely, this means your immigration status and your reproductive status/history are not charted or reported, keeping your records safe and keeping our practice in line with ethical guidelines.
For our federal workers (and their partners) whose jobs and schedules have been abruptly upended, impacting your schedules, childcare arrangements, and job security, please know we see you and that this is personal for many of us too. We are getting creative with our schedules to accommodate your changing needs and encourage current patients to talk to their therapists about any concerns.
Sitting in uncertainty, navigating stressors with no end in sight, managing existential dread, this is weighty work. We may not have all the answers but we are committed to sticking the course. We will be here for our patients doing the work we love to do and living the values we hold dear.
With gratitude,
Dr. Emma & Team