Rebecca Lesesne, LCSW

We don't live in a black and white world, but we are taught from a young age to see it that way. We are taught that there is a right and...

I have a radical theory: we all (literally, all of us) actually, inherently love ourselves. We were born with self love. Hear me out,...

2022. Woof. I don’t think it’s just me; I have heard various forms of grief from people I work with and people in my life this year. If...

The late bell hooks (American author, professor, feminist) once wrote the following statement about queerness: “…queer as not about who...

A now close friend of mine once told me that she was terrified when we first met after learning that I make a living as a therapist. She...

Though the stigma of mental health treatment has been lessening over the past years, there remain some discrepancies in understanding of...

The “g” word gets thrown around a lot this time of year, but if we’re being honest it can feel like a pretty fluffy word. For some, it...