Healing Doesn't Have to Happen Alone Many people think therapy is something you do one-on-one with a therapist. While individual therapy can be incredibly helpful, it is not the only path to healing. Group therapy offers a different experience, one where healing happens in community. At Soul Werk Cafe, we believe healing is both individual and collective. Sometimes one of the most powerful parts of the healing journey is realizing that you are not alone in what you are experiencing. If you've...

There are experiences that exist long before we have words for them. The exhaustion of moving through a world that does not see you fully. The harm that comes from several directions at once. The way you learn to brace yourself in spaces that are supposed to be safe. For Black transgender and gender expansive women and femmes, this is not abstract. It is the texture of daily life. The word for this is transmisogynoir. Where the Term Comes From Transmisogynoir was developed by Trudy of the...

There are parts of you that have been working since before you had language for what they were working against. The part that learned to scan the room before deciding how much of yourself was safe to show. The part that kept everything running so nothing fell apart. The part that went somewhere else when the present moment became too much to stay inside. The part still carrying something that happened so long ago it no longer has a clear memory attached to it. These parts developed in...