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Tanvi Yenna, RSW

@tanviyenna

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⭐️Therapist at Toronto Relationship Clinic
🪴Anti-colonial, abolitionist RSW
🪻Brainspotting, Emotion-Focused Therapy
🌈Accepting New Clients

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What do we mean by "anti-carceral" therapy?

Divestment from carceral systems - We do not believe in the power of any type of carceral system for rehabilitating people or solving world problems.

No involuntary treatment - We do not conduct or engage in any form of treatment without your clear and explicit consent. You can say "no" without being labeled "resistant".

No pathologizing neurodivergence - We do not support harmful narratives that view people as “deviant” or “crazy” for having a diagnosis or being neurodivergent

No punitive measures - We center methods of achieving justice that engage in restorative and transformative work instead of punishment. taken in Toronto, Canada by @tanviyenna

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What do we mean by "abolitionist" therapy?

Critical lens - We approach therapy with the knowledge that macro-level social and political injustices contribute to our mental health.

Re-imagining justice systems - We acknowledge the problematic origins of policing and the “justice system” and advocate for anti-carceral approaches instead.

Re-imagining care systems - Avoiding harmful systems leaves room to create new and better ways of caring for each other (mutual aid, pod-mapping, care teams, etc.).

No mental policing - We don’t use approaches that seek to police or stifle your feelings and thoughts. As many abolitionists say, “k*** the cop in your head.” taken in Toronto, Canada by @tanviyenna

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What do we mean by "inclusive" therapy?

Varied Identities

We come to this work marginalized in various ways--race, gender, ability, neurotype, sexuality, etc. And these identities show up in our work.

Informed Practice

We will make an effort to learn about your identities and understand how they impact your experiences and perspective.

We Come As We Are

We bring our whole selves to this work. We use our marginalized identities to inform our clinical practice by centering justice, equity, empathy, and relationality.

Historical Perspective

We know that the mental health and social work fields have been weaponized against vulnerable groups in the past, and we work hard to avoid reproducing that violence in our practice. taken in Toronto, Ontario by @tanviyenna

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These numbers come from the “Intimate partner violence in Canada” study published in 2018 by Adam Cottrell in 2021: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2021001/article/00003-eng.htm

More than 1 in 10 women has experienced sexual violence in an intimate relationship and almost all of them report feeling significant emotional impacts from this experience. Yet only 3% of those people would be likely to report these incidents to law enforcement. We know that the criminal legal system is often retraumatizing and does not end with “justice” for anyone. These statistics are frustrating but not at all shocking.

Reporting is not the only path forward for survivors. Finding healing does not have to involve any carceral system or legal process. We can help you come back to yourself again.

#trauma #sexualassault #therapy #traumatherapy #canada by @tanviyenna

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We are 👀 on a rolling basis for a great addition to our team! Could that be you?

We are seeking a relationally oriented, trauma-focused psychotherapist (RMFT, RSW, RP) to join our clinical team!

If you are a top-notch clinician who is passionate about trauma recovery and transformative justice, and eager to be part of a growing collective, we would love to hear from you.

In this position, you will build a caseload working with individuals, couples, and families, providing trauma-focused individual psychotherapy, couple therapy, and/ or tamily therapy. This is deep, demanding, and oftentimes longer-term work.

You may also be providing trauma-focused care to:
👉🏽men who have perpetrated sexual harm or have been criminally charged with sexual offences, including offences against minors.
👉🏽partners and families and/or survivors of sexual
trauma.

Applications must be submitted by email only to connect@torontorelationships.ca. Please include your cover letter and resume or CV. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

We strongly encourage applications from members of Indigenous, Black and racialized communities. This also includes disabled people, neurodivergent people,
2SLGBTQ+, people of diverse sexual and gender identities and other equity-owed groups. taken in Toronto, Ontario by @tanviyenna

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18 days ago

Fidgeting and ranting are two of my favourite hobbies and today I’m ranting about how therapists need to act less weird. We are trained to be lifeless “blank slates” and it turns us into freaks, and not in a good way!#therapistsactnormalchallenge2026

#therapy #traumainformed #toronto by @tanviyenna

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We are seeking a relationally oriented, trauma-focused psychotherapist (RMFT, RSW, RP) to join our clinical team!

If you are a top-notch clinician who is passionate about trauma recovery and transformative justice, and eager to be part of a growing collective, we would love to hear from you.

In this position, you will build a caseload working with individuals, couples, and families, providing trauma-focused individual psychotherapy, couple therapy, and/or family therapy. This is deep, demanding, and oftentimes longer-term work.

You may also be providing trauma-focused care to:
👉🏽men who have perpetrated sexual harm or have been criminally charged with sexual offences, including offences against minors.
👉🏽partners and families and/or survivors of sexual trauma.

Applications must be submitted by email only to connect@torontorelationships.ca. Please include your cover letter and resume or CV. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

We strongly encourage applications from members of Indigenous, Black and racialized communities. This also includes disabled people, neurodivergent people,
2SLGBTQ+, people of diverse sexual and gender identities and other equity-owed groups. taken in Toronto, Ontario by @tanviyenna

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3 months ago

Sharing my thoughts about a question I have been thinking about for 12+ years. Survivorship is needlessly policed in a world so saturated by sexual harm. What is gained from strict gatekeeping of the identity of "survivor"? I find conversations about the myriad of ways sexual violence creeps into all of our lives much more enlightening and useful in healing, recovery and prevention. We are all impacted by sexual violence just like we are all impacted by the air, water, and earth.

#therapy #trauma #survivor #traumatherapy #torontotherapist by @tanviyenna

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I've been trying to figure out how to participate in the discourse happening about the Epstein files recently. I am so overwhelmed with anger, disgust and grief that I have struggled to come to useful language. More than anything, I don't want people to feel alone. I don't want people to feel "crazy." I want people to feel protected by each other. Lean on other people. Trauma is harder to cope with in isolation and this is indeed mass traumatizing event. Reach out to your friends, loved ones, and us for support.

#therapy #sexualassault #media #epstein #traumatherapy taken in Toronto, Ontario by @tanviyenna

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Whether you’re coming to therapy for recent trauma or working through the long-term impacts of past sexual abuse, we are here to witness your story and support your healing 💛

#sexualharm #transformativejustice taken in Toronto, Ontario by @tanviyenna

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8 months ago

Ever wondered how you could engage in some therapeutic work on your own? Here are some questions you can ask yourself through the lens of Internal Family Systems Therapy.

These questions can help you begin to get to know and befriend the different parts of you that may be activated in different situations. Understanding them can help you understand yourself better! taken in Toronto, Ontario by @tanviyenna

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We are here for survivors. ♥️ by @tanviyenna

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