Libby Banks (is querying a therapy book)
@libbyiscomplex.bsky.social
Autistic therapist/author/thinker. Developer of a modality! LPC/LCDC/MA. She/They. Bisexual goofball. Elder millennial. Happily partnered to my AuDHD dreamboat. POTS/hEDS. http://www.libbyiscomplex.com
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- Leftist/elder millennial/autistic/chronically ill/practitioner-researcher/writer
- Happily partnered with my AuDHD dreamboat, @fuzzymac505.bsky.social
- Developed a radical therapeutic modality and writing a book - more info at www.libbyiscomplex.com
- Leftist/elder millennial/autistic/chronically ill/practitioner-researcher/writer
- Happily partnered with my AuDHD dreamboat, @fuzzymac505.bsky.social
- Developed a radical therapeutic modality and writing a book - more info at www.libbyiscomplex.com
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I attempted to go to an ICE patrol training here in LA this morning and they had to turn most of us away because of capacity issues and even as I was leaving I saw a ton more folks showing up
so that’s how well their attempts to scare everyone away are going, even in the face of murder
so that’s how well their attempts to scare everyone away are going, even in the face of murder
January 24, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I attempted to go to an ICE patrol training here in LA this morning and they had to turn most of us away because of capacity issues and even as I was leaving I saw a ton more folks showing up
so that’s how well their attempts to scare everyone away are going, even in the face of murder
so that’s how well their attempts to scare everyone away are going, even in the face of murder
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ICE are Gestapo.
ICE are domestic terrorists.
ICE are criminals serving a criminal.
ICE are empowered abusers.
ICE are cold blooded murderers.
ICE are domestic terrorists.
ICE are criminals serving a criminal.
ICE are empowered abusers.
ICE are cold blooded murderers.
January 24, 2026 at 4:27 PM
ICE are Gestapo.
ICE are domestic terrorists.
ICE are criminals serving a criminal.
ICE are empowered abusers.
ICE are cold blooded murderers.
ICE are domestic terrorists.
ICE are criminals serving a criminal.
ICE are empowered abusers.
ICE are cold blooded murderers.
2 years ago today, I published this RE: how my haunting dog helps me ground.
Grounding with Mabel: Lessons from a Grumpy Little Dog
Grounding prescriptions crumble under PDA’s gravity.
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January 21, 2026 at 4:08 AM
2 years ago today, I published this RE: how my haunting dog helps me ground.
I wrote about Piranesi and dissociative architecture.
The House I Already Knew: Reading Piranesi as Dissociative Architecture
Note: This essay discusses Piranesi’s central mystery and transformation.
www.libbyiscomplex.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:55 AM
I wrote about Piranesi and dissociative architecture.
I wrote about how my self-acceptance affected my marriage for the blog today.
Crumbs Before Vows
He was washing dishes, his shoulders moving in a rhythm that I had always read as concentration.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I wrote about how my self-acceptance affected my marriage for the blog today.
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www.libbyiscomplex.com/p/still-i-be... - a piece about therapy, being a therapist, and the complexity of working in "helping professions" that are built on harm and care.
January 7, 2026 at 6:51 PM
www.libbyiscomplex.com/p/still-i-be... - a piece about therapy, being a therapist, and the complexity of working in "helping professions" that are built on harm and care.
www.libbyiscomplex.com/p/when-self-... - wrote about self-fairness and self-compassion.
December 31, 2025 at 5:14 AM
www.libbyiscomplex.com/p/when-self-... - wrote about self-fairness and self-compassion.
Watching It’s a Wonderful Life, everyone’s favorite holiday movie about a monopolist landlord’s Christmas being made worse by radical mutual aid. (Genuinely adore this film - one of my mildest takes.)
December 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Watching It’s a Wonderful Life, everyone’s favorite holiday movie about a monopolist landlord’s Christmas being made worse by radical mutual aid. (Genuinely adore this film - one of my mildest takes.)
CW: parental loss. Tomorrow is the anniversary of my dad's death, and as sometimes happens with hard anniversaries, my body knew before my brain did. Resharing this piece about what he meant to me and how loss changed me in ways expected and unexpected.
www.libbyiscomplex.com/p/the-timing...
www.libbyiscomplex.com/p/the-timing...
The Quiet That Wasn't Vigilance
Filed under: grief logic and cellular loyalty.
www.libbyiscomplex.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
CW: parental loss. Tomorrow is the anniversary of my dad's death, and as sometimes happens with hard anniversaries, my body knew before my brain did. Resharing this piece about what he meant to me and how loss changed me in ways expected and unexpected.
www.libbyiscomplex.com/p/the-timing...
www.libbyiscomplex.com/p/the-timing...
www.libbyiscomplex.com/p/cinderella...
New piece discussing power, tactical intelligence, and survival.
New piece discussing power, tactical intelligence, and survival.
December 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
www.libbyiscomplex.com/p/cinderella...
New piece discussing power, tactical intelligence, and survival.
New piece discussing power, tactical intelligence, and survival.
Very excited/honored/thrilled to have a piece up at Disappointed Housewife today - this is my first-ever lit mag publication.
Excerpts from a very special dictionary this morning, by Libby Banks. And guess what.
This is her first publication! We're honored to give her the stage today.
thedisappointedhousewife.com/2025/12/02/a...
This is her first publication! We're honored to give her the stage today.
thedisappointedhousewife.com/2025/12/02/a...
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Very excited/honored/thrilled to have a piece up at Disappointed Housewife today - this is my first-ever lit mag publication.
This is hard to share. Relocated to New Mexico from Texas 6mo ago for Wyatt’s food truck/safety/need for more familial support, Houston house still unsold despite $50k price drop. Old mortgage + new business + medical costs = underwater. Raising $6k to sustain until house sells.
gofund.me/6b47f89ff
gofund.me/6b47f89ff
Donate to Help Libby & Wyatt Stay Afloat During Transition, organized by Libby Banks
What happened:
Six months ago, we made a big move: we relocated to New M… Libby Banks needs your support for Help Libby & Wyatt Stay Afloat During Transition
gofund.me
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is hard to share. Relocated to New Mexico from Texas 6mo ago for Wyatt’s food truck/safety/need for more familial support, Houston house still unsold despite $50k price drop. Old mortgage + new business + medical costs = underwater. Raising $6k to sustain until house sells.
gofund.me/6b47f89ff
gofund.me/6b47f89ff
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Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
My social media is wall-to-wall love for the incomparable Alice Wong, and I need more words. What captures sadness and/also affection for a community that knows what's been lost?
Alice could not eat food for years.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
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Alice Wong was one of the most effective people challenging the Whiteness of disability communities and its many flaws, but who believed fiercely in us as a community, in disabled people as oracles.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Alice Wong was one of the most effective people challenging the Whiteness of disability communities and its many flaws, but who believed fiercely in us as a community, in disabled people as oracles.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
I think the Elyse Myers thing is a vivid example RE: norms that are about power differentials/preventing structural harm are not “arbitrary neurotypical etiquette.” Autism does not preclude responsibility and power.
November 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I think the Elyse Myers thing is a vivid example RE: norms that are about power differentials/preventing structural harm are not “arbitrary neurotypical etiquette.” Autism does not preclude responsibility and power.
The Disability Visibility Project taught me so much about disability as culture, community, and resistance and that although I have access needs that will exist in any society I am in, the violence against those needs is socially constructed. Grateful for Alice Wong's advocacy - it changed my life.
November 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The Disability Visibility Project taught me so much about disability as culture, community, and resistance and that although I have access needs that will exist in any society I am in, the violence against those needs is socially constructed. Grateful for Alice Wong's advocacy - it changed my life.
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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I’m heartsick to hear that the incomparable Alice Wong has passed. Her loss will be felt keenly, by many, and for a long time. She is a force, a generous leader and storyteller, and an oracle for disabled futures. Much love to Alice and to all our crip kin and comrades. ❤️🩹
November 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I’m heartsick to hear that the incomparable Alice Wong has passed. Her loss will be felt keenly, by many, and for a long time. She is a force, a generous leader and storyteller, and an oracle for disabled futures. Much love to Alice and to all our crip kin and comrades. ❤️🩹
Yesterday, I was thinking about my life online as a autistic psychotherapist. In my 5 years of sharing my thinking publicly, I've gone from "how I try to navigate a ableist system ethically" to "let's dismantle the mental health industrial complex and reimagine better together." Growth remains wild.
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Yesterday, I was thinking about my life online as a autistic psychotherapist. In my 5 years of sharing my thinking publicly, I've gone from "how I try to navigate a ableist system ethically" to "let's dismantle the mental health industrial complex and reimagine better together." Growth remains wild.
Wrote about body dysmorphic disorder and its global impact on my visual processing (among other things). CWs: body dysmorphic disorder, visual processing dysfunction, mental health misdiagnosis.
The Kenneth Effect: When Your Brain Sees Everyone Wrong
Content warnings: Body dysmorphic disorder, visual processing dysfunction, mental health misdiagnosis
www.libbyiscomplex.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Wrote about body dysmorphic disorder and its global impact on my visual processing (among other things). CWs: body dysmorphic disorder, visual processing dysfunction, mental health misdiagnosis.
New essay about pathological demand avoidance/pervasive drive for autonomy and friendship.
www.libbyiscomplex.com/p/comet-frie...
www.libbyiscomplex.com/p/comet-frie...
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
New essay about pathological demand avoidance/pervasive drive for autonomy and friendship.
www.libbyiscomplex.com/p/comet-frie...
www.libbyiscomplex.com/p/comet-frie...
Wrote about disenfranchised grief, disability, and neurodivergence today.
The Futures We Never Got to Mourn
CW: Childlessness, chronic illness, trauma
www.libbyiscomplex.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Wrote about disenfranchised grief, disability, and neurodivergence today.
3.5 months into writing essays/flash seriously, Smokelong Fitness gave me what I didn't know I needed: community that understands compression and takes craft seriously. Really grateful for this community workshop as someone who is geographically + professionally isolated.
October 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
3.5 months into writing essays/flash seriously, Smokelong Fitness gave me what I didn't know I needed: community that understands compression and takes craft seriously. Really grateful for this community workshop as someone who is geographically + professionally isolated.