LET US GATHER
,,,to douse the flames of our burning world,
To stand guard for our hearts that finally unfurl
To build our nest with strong twig and gentle feather
How else do we do this
dear therapist...
If not Together?
Welcome to Theracircle
-Community Support for Therapists
Before I rattle off what Ebonaire is, I want to do my part in beginning to earn your trust. Trust in each other has become more essential now than it ever was- and not the trust that has anything to do with credentials, testimonials and success stories. Human to human trust. Information that conveys your most vulnerable parts are safe with me and with each other.
My name is Nam and I am a Brown, Autistic immigrant woman from India. I am a parent and medical caregiver to a chronically ill half-Brown 5 yr old. I know the fog of depression and the scorching heat of PTSD intimately. I also know how to access the sparkles of hope and the cool mist of courage intimately. I have known loss, oppression, violence and poverty at a personal level and I have also known love, empowerment, safety and abundance. I always have a steady gaze forward while being very aware of the validity of past pain in my rearview mirror and present circumstance in the passenger seat.
Why am I telling you this?
Because Theracircle was born out of empathy and wisdom that came with all that is in my rearview mirror, and is facilitated with all the love, hope, safety and empowerment that maintains my steady gaze forward. And integrating ALL of the present, is how it occurs.
You see, I cannot have your back if I don’t know how to also have mine. And I have worked my ass off and continue to, to become skilled at doing both.
Having your back while you are out there in the world, sheltering so many, carrying so much….is the entire point of Theracircle. A place for you to fall, fly, rise and rest.
We dont always need to look like our headshots. At Theracircle we embrace all of who we are- messy tshirt bathroom selfie versions included.
At theracircle, we believe that an embracing Community is essential to growth INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY.
Especially today.
We are more connected through social media than ever before. We are also more alone and estranged from ourselves and our sense of community than ever before. And in this midst of this, we are sustaining practices, building businesses and have to live life like we always do. THAT itself is making us more overwhelmed and lonely than ever before.
WHAT IS theracircle ?
Theracircle is a community care/group support service for therapists. Our groups, are 8 weeks long, intimate in number with just 5 members and are hinged on core values of Community, Creativity, Individuality and Comfort. The focus of ALL groups is deep care for the wellbeing of a therapist and the core belief is that self care stems from being rooted in community, not achieving/attaining in isolation. Theracircle Groups run through the year and serve various niche therapist communities like: ND therapists, Prelicensees, Business owning moms, social justice oriented therapists etc. Theracircle groups are online (for now) with future plans for in-person gatherings, a Membership and Therapist Mutual Aid services.
theracircle VALUES
Theracircle groups are intentional, intersectional, anti oppression and value-based. They are based on 4 values that are central to their design.
COMMUNITY: Every group stands for anti oppressive community as a means of growth and support. We are in it all, together.
INDIVIDUALITY : While community is one pillar of Theracircle, respecting each members unique and individual self is another. We do it all together while honoring each member for their brilliant separate-ness.
CREATIVITY : Nothing is one-size-fits all, here. Not only is each group creatively designed to meet the unique needs of it’s members, but it also leans on creativity to make each member’s ambitions become a possibility.
COMFORT: Growth, at Theracircle, does not happen outside one’s comfort zone but deep within it. We believe when we are safe, seen and supported, growth becomes less of a risk and more desirable. After all, seeds become shoots with sunshine and water, not starvation and struggle.
THE THERACIRCLE GROUP DESIGN
THREE 30 minute calls with me: We will have one before we begin our groups for me to understand your specific needs and identity. This allows me to tailor our group in a way where you can walk away getting what you came for. Our second will be at the midway mark: This is where we talk through how its going for you and any tweaks we need to make. The last is at the end: This is our closing ritual.
8 GROUP MEETINGS : This is community focused and comes with what I call “structure with elastic seams”. While I will come prepared with some focus, the elastic streams allows for us to stretch as needed based on what the relevant and current needs of members are.
FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: with JUST your group members for daily or as-needed support between calls.
A MEMBERSHIP STYLE SERVICE : You will receive optional weekly reflections, support notes and assignments that are designed based on YOUR needs that we define in our first 1:1 call.
All groups run for 8 weeks, with 5 members. All groups are 375/-a month (except for the Prelicensee Circle which is based on a Pay What You Can model) and come with a custom workbook/journal.
GROUPS OPEN FOR Enrollment:
WINTER GROUPS:
1. DIVERGENT- FOR UNPRECEDENTED TIMES
This is Theracircle’s Signature group and a Mastermind like no other- here the intersection between life and business, personal and professional, brain quirks and business policies, political and personal matters. This community focuses on the business owner as a human first, helping you design work to be a seamless extension of your values, preferences, dreams and needs. This isn’t a run of the mill “How to Get Clients” group. This is deep work on who you are and how best to create a business that reflects THAT-group.
This special edition is is for therapists who are battling all that comes with our world, the way it is today. Hurricanes, genocides, elections…personal uncertainties. Therapists Who want to be in business but want to define success and work based on their terms, to match what their life looks like as we battle collective revolution and change. Therapists who stand out but still want to belong.
Whether you are Autistic, battle chronic illness, caped in values that uplift social justice, wanting to restructure your business to match where your life and world are, are a working parent, struggle with depression, in the middle of a divorce…you deserve to be able to work in ways that honors the most vulnerable parts of your life and identity.
In here, We are not just building businesses. We are building each other, our burning world and our communities.
STARTING DECEMBER 9TH
MONDAYS 9AM TO 11 AM PST
2. THE ACTIVIST’S CIRCLE
A sensitively and caringly curated community of therapists who are currently holding a near impossible duality- being someone who helps, heals and supports while also being someone who marches, rages and makes necessary noise about what matters.
There are no manuals for how to be a therapist or an activist while multiple genocides are raging the world, there is frighteningly low access to groceries and shelter for so many, oppression is gearing up to win the US election and all, while a pandemic rumbles on…and the usual divorce, death and depression is still the individual experience on our couch.
While there is no manual, what there can be is a space for emotional and mental mutual aid- This circle is a community where we huddle together and give and receive support, strategy and safety so you can facilitate healing on your couch and lead change in the world.
STARTING DECEMBER 13TH 2024
FRIDAYS 10AM TO 12PM
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MOM CIRCLE
FOR THERAPISTS WHO ARE ALSO MOTHERS.
Your online living room for 8 weeks with 5 other therapiw5-parents to vent, relate, grow and create businesses that honor your parent role.
Imagine being in your pajamas with your laptops, and 5 friends who relate to all the things you never though anyone would, as a parent who also runs a business. Where you are not judged for all the days you have to take off for sicks kids and you are also seen for the competent and confident ambitious therapist you are.
PRELICENSEE CIRCLE
FOR PRELICENSED THERAPISTS.
Your 8 week week hangout with 5 other therapists to create, brainstorm, learn, be vulnerable and build the therapy career YOU want.
Being a pre-licensed therapist at time when students are bravely trading graduation ceremonies for genocide-protest and systems of power and arbitrary rules are constantly being questioned is a lot. This is a space where we will navigate it all while trailblazing safe ways for you to be yourself and chalk out a path that honors what YOU want, moving forward.
CONTACT ME BELOW AND LET’S GET STARTED.
Dear colleague,
Our childhood pain, our neurodiversity, our quirks and eccentricities, our trauma and sensory triggers, state of our personal relationships and our bodies…all impact our businesses. And so does the world we live in. The personal and political have never been more blurred than in 2024. How does one “be” while so much continues to burn?
But we have been told to compartmentalize and show up like none of these things are real. That “success” means succeeding “despite” it all…like these very real parts of our lives must be locked away, removed or gotten rid off in order to “make it”. That stressing over social injustice is a matter of attitude and manifestation. That our vulnerabilities must be turned to superpowers- when we can simply stand in our power with what makes us strong and vulnerable.
Bullshit, my friend. Whether we talk about this openly or not, our struggles inform us in deep ways. And they don’t really go away even if we are asked to hide them on social media or sales pages.
Bring your struggle. We wont judge you for it. We will embrace it. Take back the pen and author what life and work mean for you and do it with us. We will do it all together.