Chalay ChalermkraivuthClinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW (they, them)

About

From birth, people need, want, and deserve love, care, safety, and meaning. In environments of generational trauma, violence, and oppression, however, these needs often go unfulfilled—whether or not our caregivers are making their best efforts—and we can move through life feeling a void: disconnected, abandoned, misunderstood, never loved quite right or quite well enough, ashamed for needing care and connection. Relationships can be painfully difficult, however much we want them, and we can question whether we deserve love, or how we'll get it.