Aurora Brown, Registered Counsellor
@aurorabrown.bsky.social
Queer-friendly, intersectional wheelchair-using Registered Counsellor. Mental health ambassador for SADAG, volunteer for Triangle Project, human rights activist.
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Disclaimer: All posts are for education purposes only and not intended to be a substitute for professional mental health advice, diagnosis or treatment. I'm not able to answer specific questions about individual situations. Always seek the advice of your health provider with any questions you have.
Happy Halloween! 🎃👻🗡️
🪞 “We all go a little mad sometimes.” But what if madness isn’t just personal — what if it’s cultural?
In this episode, Aurora Brown and @the-pod-one.bsky.social unpack Psycho (1960). Out on all podcast platforms.
#IntersectionalPsychology #Psycho1960 #QueerHorror #EdGein #NormanBates #FilmAnalysis
In this episode, Aurora Brown and @the-pod-one.bsky.social unpack Psycho (1960). Out on all podcast platforms.
#IntersectionalPsychology #Psycho1960 #QueerHorror #EdGein #NormanBates #FilmAnalysis
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Happy Halloween! 🎃👻🗡️
Reposted by Aurora Brown, Registered Counsellor
🔔 New episode: IP0305 Rethinking Autism and Gender Diversity (Part 1), featuring liberation scholar siv greyson. What does it mean to be trans, #autistic and Afrikan today?
Listen on your podcast app or on YouTube: youtu.be/lkNAho79oIo
#TransRights #BlackTransLives #GenderAffirmingCare #TransHealth
Listen on your podcast app or on YouTube: youtu.be/lkNAho79oIo
#TransRights #BlackTransLives #GenderAffirmingCare #TransHealth
October 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
🔔 New episode: IP0305 Rethinking Autism and Gender Diversity (Part 1), featuring liberation scholar siv greyson. What does it mean to be trans, #autistic and Afrikan today?
Listen on your podcast app or on YouTube: youtu.be/lkNAho79oIo
#TransRights #BlackTransLives #GenderAffirmingCare #TransHealth
Listen on your podcast app or on YouTube: youtu.be/lkNAho79oIo
#TransRights #BlackTransLives #GenderAffirmingCare #TransHealth
💛 Talking about suicide doesn’t make it more likely — silence does. Checking in with someone can be a lifeline. But how we talk also matters.
🎧 Full episode: intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ipsp001-wo...
#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #SuicidePrevention #LanguageMatters #MentalHealth
🎧 Full episode: intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ipsp001-wo...
#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #SuicidePrevention #LanguageMatters #MentalHealth
October 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
💛 Talking about suicide doesn’t make it more likely — silence does. Checking in with someone can be a lifeline. But how we talk also matters.
🎧 Full episode: intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ipsp001-wo...
#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #SuicidePrevention #LanguageMatters #MentalHealth
🎧 Full episode: intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ipsp001-wo...
#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #SuicidePrevention #LanguageMatters #MentalHealth
From Bechdel to Fanon - it's time we talk about how mental health shows up in media. Listen on Intersectional Psychology, wherever you get your podcasts. #FilmAnalysis #FanonTest #MentalHealth
🎬 New Episode: Does Your Favourite Film Pass the #FanonTest?
Media doesn’t just reflect mental health; it shapes how we understand it. Who gets empathy? Who gets pathologised? Who is edited out completely?
youtu.be/LcV8eJUONEc?...
#IntersectionalPsychology #MentalHealthRepresentation #FilmAnalysis
Media doesn’t just reflect mental health; it shapes how we understand it. Who gets empathy? Who gets pathologised? Who is edited out completely?
youtu.be/LcV8eJUONEc?...
#IntersectionalPsychology #MentalHealthRepresentation #FilmAnalysis
October 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
From Bechdel to Fanon - it's time we talk about how mental health shows up in media. Listen on Intersectional Psychology, wherever you get your podcasts. #FilmAnalysis #FanonTest #MentalHealth
Dr Haley McEwen explains how the U.S. Christian Right is co-opting human rights language to fight abortion, CSE, and gender equality at the UN.
This isn’t just local repression. It’s a coordinated global attack on human rights.
#IntersectionalPsychology #QueerRights #SRHR #Decolonise #HumanRights
This isn’t just local repression. It’s a coordinated global attack on human rights.
#IntersectionalPsychology #QueerRights #SRHR #Decolonise #HumanRights
The US Christian Right isn’t just pushing anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-SRHR laws in Africa. They’re reframing reproductive & #QueerRights as “cultural imperialism” at the UN in a global attack on #HumanRights.
intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ip0303-god...
#IntersectionalPsychology #SRHR #Decolonise
intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ip0303-god...
#IntersectionalPsychology #SRHR #Decolonise
October 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Dr Haley McEwen explains how the U.S. Christian Right is co-opting human rights language to fight abortion, CSE, and gender equality at the UN.
This isn’t just local repression. It’s a coordinated global attack on human rights.
#IntersectionalPsychology #QueerRights #SRHR #Decolonise #HumanRights
This isn’t just local repression. It’s a coordinated global attack on human rights.
#IntersectionalPsychology #QueerRights #SRHR #Decolonise #HumanRights
🌈 #GenderAffirmation also means creating safe environments: from restrooms to clinic spaces. It’s dismantling the barriers that stop people from being affirmed in the first place.
intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ip0301-wha...
#TransHealth #IntersectionalPsychology #BathroomAccess
intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ip0301-wha...
#TransHealth #IntersectionalPsychology #BathroomAccess
October 6, 2025 at 4:45 AM
🌈 #GenderAffirmation also means creating safe environments: from restrooms to clinic spaces. It’s dismantling the barriers that stop people from being affirmed in the first place.
intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ip0301-wha...
#TransHealth #IntersectionalPsychology #BathroomAccess
intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ip0301-wha...
#TransHealth #IntersectionalPsychology #BathroomAccess
Reposted by Aurora Brown, Registered Counsellor
Shaheeda Sadeck on #Islamophobia in South Africa: from mosque desecrations to stereotypes linking Muslims with extremism. Despite exclusion, Muslim communities lead in politics & social justice, promoting interfaith solidarity. 🎧 Full ep: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-56sq2-... #SocialJustice #resilience
October 1, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Shaheeda Sadeck on #Islamophobia in South Africa: from mosque desecrations to stereotypes linking Muslims with extremism. Despite exclusion, Muslim communities lead in politics & social justice, promoting interfaith solidarity. 🎧 Full ep: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-56sq2-... #SocialJustice #resilience
Apartheid left scars on how we think about gender. Rigid stereotypes of masculinity & "strong" women fuel stigma today. But stigma is learned — which means it can be unlearned. 💛
🎧 Full ep: intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ipsp001-wo...
#SuicidePrevention #MentalHealthAwareness #BreakTheStigma
🎧 Full ep: intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ipsp001-wo...
#SuicidePrevention #MentalHealthAwareness #BreakTheStigma
September 29, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Apartheid left scars on how we think about gender. Rigid stereotypes of masculinity & "strong" women fuel stigma today. But stigma is learned — which means it can be unlearned. 💛
🎧 Full ep: intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ipsp001-wo...
#SuicidePrevention #MentalHealthAwareness #BreakTheStigma
🎧 Full ep: intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ipsp001-wo...
#SuicidePrevention #MentalHealthAwareness #BreakTheStigma
Our heritage is our community. 🫂 On Heritage Day 🇿🇦, Neesha Chhiba highlights how child wellbeing grows when we respect culture & involve families & leaders. intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ip0202-par... #HeritageDay #SouthAfrica #IntersectionalPsychology #DecolonisingPsychology #CommunityCare
September 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Our heritage is our community. 🫂 On Heritage Day 🇿🇦, Neesha Chhiba highlights how child wellbeing grows when we respect culture & involve families & leaders. intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ip0202-par... #HeritageDay #SouthAfrica #IntersectionalPsychology #DecolonisingPsychology #CommunityCare
In this week’s @intersectpsych.bsky.social, I guide you through a Loving-Kindness Meditation. It reduces stress, softens the inner critic and strengthens connection with yourself and others. 💜
intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ipgr003-gu...
#IntersectionalPsychology #Mindfulness #LovingKindness
intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ipgr003-gu...
#IntersectionalPsychology #Mindfulness #LovingKindness
September 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
In this week’s @intersectpsych.bsky.social, I guide you through a Loving-Kindness Meditation. It reduces stress, softens the inner critic and strengthens connection with yourself and others. 💜
intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ipgr003-gu...
#IntersectionalPsychology #Mindfulness #LovingKindness
intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ipgr003-gu...
#IntersectionalPsychology #Mindfulness #LovingKindness
Being offline might feel like you’ve stopped existing. Disconnection doesn’t have to mean isolation. Psychologist Pierre Brouard shares tips for finding joy & safe spaces — on or offline. intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ip0304-big...
#MentalHealth #DigitalWellbeing #OnlineSafety #DigitalDetox
#MentalHealth #DigitalWellbeing #OnlineSafety #DigitalDetox
September 19, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Being offline might feel like you’ve stopped existing. Disconnection doesn’t have to mean isolation. Psychologist Pierre Brouard shares tips for finding joy & safe spaces — on or offline. intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ip0304-big...
#MentalHealth #DigitalWellbeing #OnlineSafety #DigitalDetox
#MentalHealth #DigitalWellbeing #OnlineSafety #DigitalDetox
Dr Haley McEwen on the state of reproductive rights in Africa before U.S. Christian Right influence shifted public health strategies, increased moral panic & criminalised queer communities, contrasting with prior efforts that reduced stigma & advanced rights. #QueerAfrica #SRHR #ReproductiveJustice
What were sexual and reproductive rights in Africa before U.S. Christian Right interference? 🌍 Dr. Haley McEwen highlights Uganda’s progressive HIV/AIDS campaigns — later undermined by abstinence-only policies and anti-LGBTQIA+ laws.
#QueerAfrica #SRHR #ReproductiveJustice #SexualityEducation
#QueerAfrica #SRHR #ReproductiveJustice #SexualityEducation
September 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Dr Haley McEwen on the state of reproductive rights in Africa before U.S. Christian Right influence shifted public health strategies, increased moral panic & criminalised queer communities, contrasting with prior efforts that reduced stigma & advanced rights. #QueerAfrica #SRHR #ReproductiveJustice
Discrimination isn’t passive. 🌈
Clinical Psychologist Thembi Dlamini reminds us non-discrimination means deliberate, ongoing action. As professionals we must ask: Does my work challenge inequality or reinforce it? intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ip0302-the...
#GenderAffirmingCare #HumanRights
Clinical Psychologist Thembi Dlamini reminds us non-discrimination means deliberate, ongoing action. As professionals we must ask: Does my work challenge inequality or reinforce it? intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ip0302-the...
#GenderAffirmingCare #HumanRights
September 17, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Discrimination isn’t passive. 🌈
Clinical Psychologist Thembi Dlamini reminds us non-discrimination means deliberate, ongoing action. As professionals we must ask: Does my work challenge inequality or reinforce it? intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ip0302-the...
#GenderAffirmingCare #HumanRights
Clinical Psychologist Thembi Dlamini reminds us non-discrimination means deliberate, ongoing action. As professionals we must ask: Does my work challenge inequality or reinforce it? intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ip0302-the...
#GenderAffirmingCare #HumanRights
Transition isn’t just hormones or surgery. 🌈 It can mean legal, social, or physical changes like binding, tucking, voice training, or even breaking gender “rules.” No two transitions look alike — and that’s valid. Cis people affirm gender too. #TransHealth #GenderAffirmation #GenderAffirmingCare
September 16, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Transition isn’t just hormones or surgery. 🌈 It can mean legal, social, or physical changes like binding, tucking, voice training, or even breaking gender “rules.” No two transitions look alike — and that’s valid. Cis people affirm gender too. #TransHealth #GenderAffirmation #GenderAffirmingCare
Suicide is a global public health issue — as well as an individual tragedy. And like all public health issues, it’s one we can change. 💛
intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ipsp001-wo...
#SuicidePrevention #MentalHealthAwareness
intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ipsp001-wo...
#SuicidePrevention #MentalHealthAwareness
September 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Suicide is a global public health issue — as well as an individual tragedy. And like all public health issues, it’s one we can change. 💛
intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ipsp001-wo...
#SuicidePrevention #MentalHealthAwareness
intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ipsp001-wo...
#SuicidePrevention #MentalHealthAwareness
In many communities, housing is scarce and unaffordable. RC Neesha Chhiba explains how these are not just financial issues but also social and psychological ones, shaping family wellbeing even generations after apartheid.
#IntersectionalPsychology #DecolonisingPsychology #SocialJustice #MentalHealth
#IntersectionalPsychology #DecolonisingPsychology #SocialJustice #MentalHealth
Apartheid shaped the map. 🗺️ Its effects are still felt in our homes. 🏠
RC Neesha Chhiba shares how overcrowded housing affects family life — and why psychology must always consider context.
#IntersectionalPsychology #DecolonisingPsychology #SocialJustice #SouthAfrica #FamilyDynamics #MentalHealth
RC Neesha Chhiba shares how overcrowded housing affects family life — and why psychology must always consider context.
#IntersectionalPsychology #DecolonisingPsychology #SocialJustice #SouthAfrica #FamilyDynamics #MentalHealth
September 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
In many communities, housing is scarce and unaffordable. RC Neesha Chhiba explains how these are not just financial issues but also social and psychological ones, shaping family wellbeing even generations after apartheid.
#IntersectionalPsychology #DecolonisingPsychology #SocialJustice #MentalHealth
#IntersectionalPsychology #DecolonisingPsychology #SocialJustice #MentalHealth
Clinical Psychologist Thembi Dlamini explains that diversity is a natural part of human development. It's not explained by trauma, bad parenting or confusion. #GenderAffirmingCare shifts the focus from pathologising difference to creating spaces of affirmation, dignity and care. #QueerPsychology
Stop asking “why?” — start asking “how?” 🌈
Sexual & gender diversity is a natural part of human development. The real question: How can we create space for people to explore who they are without shame, suspicion, or scrutiny? 💜
#GenderAffirmingCare #QueerMentalHealth #inclusivity #QueerPsychology
Sexual & gender diversity is a natural part of human development. The real question: How can we create space for people to explore who they are without shame, suspicion, or scrutiny? 💜
#GenderAffirmingCare #QueerMentalHealth #inclusivity #QueerPsychology
September 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Clinical Psychologist Thembi Dlamini explains that diversity is a natural part of human development. It's not explained by trauma, bad parenting or confusion. #GenderAffirmingCare shifts the focus from pathologising difference to creating spaces of affirmation, dignity and care. #QueerPsychology
🕯️ This week on #IntersectionalPsychology, a special episode for #WorldSuicidePreventionDay: why suicide happens, how to spot warning signs, & how to support with care. 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ipsp001-wo... #WSPD2025 #WSPD #SuicidePrevention
September 12, 2025 at 5:18 AM
🕯️ This week on #IntersectionalPsychology, a special episode for #WorldSuicidePreventionDay: why suicide happens, how to spot warning signs, & how to support with care. 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: intersectionalpsychology.podbean.com/e/ipsp001-wo... #WSPD2025 #WSPD #SuicidePrevention
Changing the narrative on suicide requires systemic change. It's about shifting from a culture of silence and stigma to one of openness, understanding, and support.
Thanks to @IASPinfo for starting the conversation.
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay #WSPD2025 #SuicidePrevention
Thanks to @IASPinfo for starting the conversation.
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay #WSPD2025 #SuicidePrevention
September 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Changing the narrative on suicide requires systemic change. It's about shifting from a culture of silence and stigma to one of openness, understanding, and support.
Thanks to @IASPinfo for starting the conversation.
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay #WSPD2025 #SuicidePrevention
Thanks to @IASPinfo for starting the conversation.
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay #WSPD2025 #SuicidePrevention
"Professionals must create safe spaces where both families of origin and choice are respected. This includes navigating disclosure, supporting relational repair when possible, and validating chosen family bonds in therapy, law, policies, and institutions." - Clinical Psychologist Thembisile Dlamini.
Family isn't just blood. 💜🌈
Supporting LGBTQIA+ mental health means affirming chosen families & diverse relationships — queer kinship, poly, ace & more. Respect, validation & advocacy are essential.
#ChosenFamily #QueerMentalHealth #GenderAffirmingCare
Supporting LGBTQIA+ mental health means affirming chosen families & diverse relationships — queer kinship, poly, ace & more. Respect, validation & advocacy are essential.
#ChosenFamily #QueerMentalHealth #GenderAffirmingCare
September 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
"Professionals must create safe spaces where both families of origin and choice are respected. This includes navigating disclosure, supporting relational repair when possible, and validating chosen family bonds in therapy, law, policies, and institutions." - Clinical Psychologist Thembisile Dlamini.
"I stopped using language like, 'Let's do CBT today.' It shifted to, 'Let's work through some of the difficulties that you're facing. How do you feel like you're self-sabotaging today?' And that shift has just really improved my counselling overall." - Neesha Chhiba on @intersectpsych.bsky.social.
From “Let’s do CBT today” ➡️ “How do you feel you’re self-sabotaging?”
Registered Counsellor Neesha Chhiba shows how decolonising psychology makes practice more real, contextual, and transformative. 🎙️
#IntersectionalPsychology #DecolonisingMentalHealth #DecolonialPsychology #MulticulturalPsychology
Registered Counsellor Neesha Chhiba shows how decolonising psychology makes practice more real, contextual, and transformative. 🎙️
#IntersectionalPsychology #DecolonisingMentalHealth #DecolonialPsychology #MulticulturalPsychology
September 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"I stopped using language like, 'Let's do CBT today.' It shifted to, 'Let's work through some of the difficulties that you're facing. How do you feel like you're self-sabotaging today?' And that shift has just really improved my counselling overall." - Neesha Chhiba on @intersectpsych.bsky.social.
Loved my discussion with RC Shaheeda Sadeck on @intersectpsych.bsky.social podcast. "Multicultural approaches push psychology to expand its frameworks, incorporating narrative therapy and indigenous healing practices. This ensures therapy is culturally responsive & aligns with clients’ worldviews."
Shaheeda Sadeck on why decolonial psychology must respect spiritual experiences instead of pathologising them. Embracing indigenous healing & interfaith practices makes counselling truly responsive. 🎧 Full ep: #IntersectionalPsychology podcast.
#DecolonisingMentalHealth #SpiritualHealing
#DecolonisingMentalHealth #SpiritualHealing
September 4, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Loved my discussion with RC Shaheeda Sadeck on @intersectpsych.bsky.social podcast. "Multicultural approaches push psychology to expand its frameworks, incorporating narrative therapy and indigenous healing practices. This ensures therapy is culturally responsive & aligns with clients’ worldviews."
Mistakes aren’t the end of the world — they’re part of being human. 🌱
Unlearning cis-hetero conditioning takes honesty and repair, not perfection.
#QueerVoices #PsychologyForJustice #TransRights
Unlearning cis-hetero conditioning takes honesty and repair, not perfection.
#QueerVoices #PsychologyForJustice #TransRights
September 2, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Mistakes aren’t the end of the world — they’re part of being human. 🌱
Unlearning cis-hetero conditioning takes honesty and repair, not perfection.
#QueerVoices #PsychologyForJustice #TransRights
Unlearning cis-hetero conditioning takes honesty and repair, not perfection.
#QueerVoices #PsychologyForJustice #TransRights
Reposted by Aurora Brown, Registered Counsellor
New ep!🎙️ Big Brother is Still Cis: Countering Anti-Gender Attacks
With Clinical Psychologist Pierre Brouard, we unpack online harassment, anti-gender disinfo, and survival strategies. Learn how to fight trolls and protect your queer joy online. 🌈✨ #TransRights #OnlineSafety #IntersectionalPsychology
With Clinical Psychologist Pierre Brouard, we unpack online harassment, anti-gender disinfo, and survival strategies. Learn how to fight trolls and protect your queer joy online. 🌈✨ #TransRights #OnlineSafety #IntersectionalPsychology
![Poster advertising new podcast episode.
Headline: "Big Brother is still Cis: Counting anti-gender movements online"
S03E03 special guest: Pierre Brouard
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September 1, 2025 at 5:05 AM
New ep!🎙️ Big Brother is Still Cis: Countering Anti-Gender Attacks
With Clinical Psychologist Pierre Brouard, we unpack online harassment, anti-gender disinfo, and survival strategies. Learn how to fight trolls and protect your queer joy online. 🌈✨ #TransRights #OnlineSafety #IntersectionalPsychology
With Clinical Psychologist Pierre Brouard, we unpack online harassment, anti-gender disinfo, and survival strategies. Learn how to fight trolls and protect your queer joy online. 🌈✨ #TransRights #OnlineSafety #IntersectionalPsychology
Reposted by Aurora Brown, Registered Counsellor
“What kind of future do we want—one that values equality, or one that normalises inequality?” Dr. Haley McEwen shows how UN votes on inclusive language reveal the global struggle over human rights.
#equity #inequality #IntersectionalPsychology
#equity #inequality #IntersectionalPsychology
August 29, 2025 at 5:06 AM
“What kind of future do we want—one that values equality, or one that normalises inequality?” Dr. Haley McEwen shows how UN votes on inclusive language reveal the global struggle over human rights.
#equity #inequality #IntersectionalPsychology
#equity #inequality #IntersectionalPsychology