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Why code-switching can infiltrate therapeutic spaces

My code-switching is so automatic that I caught myself doing it during therapy and my therapist pointed out that I was even performing for her.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Survival adaptations can become so ingrained that they interfere with the vulnerability necessary for healing.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Code-switching and double consciousness?”

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