Periagoge
Scenario

When mental health labels miss structural causes

My therapist says I have anxiety but I think what I have is poverty trauma and those are not the same thing.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Pathologizing responses to structural violence obscures the difference between illness and reasonable reactions to unreasonable circumstances.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with First-generation identity?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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