Episode 44: Showing up for Marginalized Folks and Growing up Mormon with Kimberly Anderson

Therapy Thoughts

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.4 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Therapy Thoughts, Tiffany talks with another one of her friends, Kimberly Anderson. Kimberly talks about her life growing up Mormon and transgender. She speaks about how therapy saved her life but also how therapy could have been a dangerous experience for her in her teenage years. She talks about suicidality for LGBTQIA+ youth and adults as well. She speaks about the various trauma marginalized folks experience daily and how this can affect mental health. And Kimberly also tells us that the best taco truck is the one you're in front of at the moment.

More About Kimberly:

Kimberly Anderson is a transgender woman working as a Marriage and Family Therapist in Utah and California. Kimberly has a history working in residential Eating Disorder and Behavioral Health in California, and is currently working with the transgender and queer community in Utah through Flourish Therapy.

You can find Kimberly on Instagram at @btnpshr and through Flourish Therapy.

© 2020. All Rights Reserved Tiffany Roe, LLC. The Therapy Thoughts Podcast is for general informational purposes only. Not intended to diagnose or treat any condition, illness, or disease. Not intended to be financial, legal, medical or therapeutic advice.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Therapy Thoughts podcast.
0:08.8	This is Tiffany Rowe.
0:10.5	I'm a clinical mental health counselor and psychology teacher in Utah.
0:14.6	And I want to change the mental health game.
0:16.9	The Therapy Thoughts podcast is all about breaking down therapy-related topics and making mental
0:22.1	health information easy to understand and super accessible. So join me for quick and direct
0:28.4	educational episodes and some deeper dives with experts from around the world. Together, we are
0:34.6	going to break down stigma. We're going to help each other make peace with mind,
0:38.2	body, and food. We're going to make therapy cool and invest time in our mental health.
0:43.5	Let's do it here, one therapy thought at a time. What's up, fam?
1:01.6	Thanks for tuning in to another episode of Therapy Thoughts.
1:04.5	This is Tiffany Rowe coming at you live from Utah.
1:08.3	And this episode is a long time coming. Kimberly Anderson and I met on the internet.
1:15.9	And it was actually on a Reddit, a Reddit form. What are those called? Forum. And she reached out to me.
1:24.3	We connected and we've tried to record episodes and just keep missing
1:28.1	each other. So I'm so pumped that you get to hear our interview today. Kimberly's super, super
1:32.8	cool. So she is a transgender woman working as a marriage and family therapist here in Utah and
1:38.2	California. Kimberly has a history working in residential eating disorder and then behavioral health
1:43.2	in California.
1:48.5	And she is currently working with the transgender and queer community in Utah through flourish therapy.
1:49.8	We're going to have a great time during this episode.
1:52.5	You're going to learn a ton.
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