From Therapy to Praxis

Within our current social paradigm, psychological and somatic harms manifest through a web of social relations under a multiplicity of oppressive logics. Whether through the lexicon of heterosexuality, gender binaries, or ablest notions of addiction, anxiety, and depression, so-called pathology is less about understanding static notions of truth related to sickness but how certain ways of being in the world become classified dysfunctional thus a threat to the current order of social reproduction. Pinko Therapeutics aims to dismantle these forms of oppressive systems through radical but pragmatic, evidence based models and help clients bring therapeutic theories into everyday praxis or practice.

 Clients who would be well fitted for therapeutic engagement with Pinko Therapeutics can include but is not limited to youth, Queer, Trans, and Enby folks, people who use drugs or alcohol, and people who experience co-occurring disorders such as addiction coupled with anxiety, depression, PTSD etc.

Potential outcomes of the therapeutic relationship can include

• an understanding of the dominant systems of normality that facilitate and perpetuate harms that impact the clients cognitive and embodied experiences

• Somatic informed techniques that help promote resilience and nervous system regulation in the service of clients who are forced to navigate and counter such harmful systems

• a reclamation and understanding of the inter-workings of power within our everyday relationships

• effective interpersonal communication skills

Nathan Leach, MS, LMHC.

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Committed to social change through harm reduction informed care, Nathan has provided a variety of therapeutic interventions to address drug use, depression, anxiety, and traumatic experiences to those made vulnerable by policy and ideologically driven disparities. Early in their therapeutic profession, Nathan began building a critical analysis of mental health aimed to center an embodied, and relational approach to mental health that understands human subjectivity as shaped by our social, political, and economic situations. For many people impacted by mental health challenges, our collective world plays a significant role in how our narrative is authored and ultimately integrated and performed. Nathan’s paramount goal in therapy is to promote empowerment, and coproduce a grounded and embodied therapeutic relationship which forms the foundation for people to thrive despite the pressures of harmful societal norms.        

Using an interdisciplinary approach to therapy, Nathan employs critical theory, affective neuroscience, and somatically based narrative interventions to address the concerns of clients living in uncertain times aggravated by a multiplicity of crisis. This approach includes both cognitive and somatic intervention but remains grounded in a harm reduction informed, anti racist, and gender and sexuality inclusive praxis.