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28/07/2026

Such an incredible book to read on Deaf Culture. Should be a text book for Deaf Studies. Such an achievement.

A campaigner who has spent 50 years raising awareness of Deaf culture and fighting for the recognition of British Sign Language has received an honorary degree from the University of Reading.

22/07/2026

This is why access to Deaf affirming Mental Health care is so important. This is unfortunately not uncommon, one of the many issues we deal with in counselling therapy. This runs so deep!

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11/07/2026

After working in the educational system, this I found to be very true. We still don’t have access to Deaf affirming therapy at schools to support these kids. The system is powerful, and the natural resilience of these kids is being broken down every day.

Deaf children deserve classrooms that see their minds, not just their ability to fit into hearing spaces.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR COUNSELING AND THERAPY SERVICES: https://www.deafcounseling.com

Est. 2001. Deaf Women Owned. Over 25 years in business. 35+ years of Experience. Deaf Counseling Center provides both online (videophone, web-based, online, and virtual, e-therapy, telemental health) and in-office therapy to Deaf clients on a national basis.

Board-certified Telemental Health (BC-TMH). HIPAA Compliant. 100% Private. Inbox us for more information.

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Disclaimer: This space is for education and reflection, not a replacement for therapy or professional care. You may want to consider diagnosis and treatment of your symptoms with a licensed professional counselor. Feel free to contact us to be connected to one of our therapists.

NOTE: We use the word “Deaf” as an INCLUSIVE term for all Deaf, hard of hearing, DeafBlind, DeafPlus, late-deafened, oral Deaf, ASL users, CI users, and other identities.

We provide Deaf therapy led by fully licensed Deaf therapists, psychologists, counselors, and social workers with more than 35+ years of experience serving the Deaf community. Our practice offers ASL therapy and online therapy for Deaf people, reaching clients on a national level and serving as a trusted resource hub for culturally grounded, multicultural, and inclusive mental health care. Many people begin their search with phrases like finding my best Deaf therapist, my ASL therapy, an award winning provider or a top-notch psychologist who understands Deaf mental health. Our experienced team is committed to honoring your language, identity, and lived experience.

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16/06/2026

Deaf mental health research shows, not being understood and feeling part of the family growing up, causes mental health issues. It’s a shame

No need to imagine this. It IS reality.

We are glad hearing parents want to understand their children by asking for interpreters, but it is a catastrophic failure of our educational and medical systems that created these types of parent-child relationships. ASL is every Deaf child’s birthright – and their hearing parents’ right as well. They should be able to sign and understand each other outside sessions without interpreters.

How heartbreaking is it that in 2024, most Deaf children with hearing parents continue to almost always carry the burden of having to lipread or guess what their parents are saying…because their hearing parents never learned ASL?

Sadly, the parent-child relationship is impacted when there is no common language to nurture it. This doesn’t need to happen.

Communication is THE bedrock of any relationship, none more critical and life-shaping than parent-child relationships.

By nature, even when there is a shared language, parent-child relationships are already complicated enough. They require patience, hard work, commitment to understanding, validating each other, and growing together.

Take away a shared language between parents and children and what is left of the relationship?

Interpreters in therapy sessions can support the healing process between Deaf children and hearing parents. Most of the work, however, needs to happen outside of sessions, in real life. It is NEVER too late for hearing parents to start learning ASL.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR COUNSELING AND THERAPY SERVICES: https://www.deafcounseling.com

Est. 2001. Deaf Women Owned. Over 25 years in business. 35+ years of Experience. Deaf Counseling Center provides both online (videophone, web-based, online, and virtual, e-therapy, telemental health) and in-office therapy to Deaf clients on a national basis.

08/06/2026

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16/05/2026

Interview Series: Deaf-Affirming Therapy (Q8/8)

This is the final video in this series where I’m interviewed by Dr Ramas McRae, a Deaf researcher whose work has shaped important insights into mental health in the Deaf community.

This conversation focuses on what needs to change, in training, awareness, and how therapy is approached with Deaf clients.
Therapy should not require Deaf clients to adapt. Therapy needs to adapt to Deaf clients.
This is a key part of the Deaf-Led Therapy Framework™.

In this video, I answer: “If you could change one thing in the mental health field when working with Deaf clients, what would it be?”

eBook available now:
https://www.cloudcounselling.com.au/store//between-two-worlds-deaf-therapy-guide

12/05/2026

Interview Series: Deaf-Affirming Therapy (Q7/8)

Continuing this series where I’m interviewed by Dr Ramas McRae, a Deaf researcher whose work has shaped important insights into mental health in the Deaf community.

This video focuses on something many professionals don’t realise, communication access alone does not mean therapy will work.
Therapy needs to be adapted to the Deaf client, including their language history and lived experience. This is a key part of the Deaf-Led Therapy Framework™.

In this one, I answer: “What is something hearing therapists may not realise they are getting wrong when working with Deaf clients?”

eBook available now:
https://www.cloudcounselling.com.au/store//between-two-worlds-deaf-therapy-guide

10/05/2026

Deaf-Affirming Therapy Series — Complete (8/8)

Over the past series, I’ve shared key insights from my ebook through an interview with Deaf researcher Dr Ramas McRae.

These conversations have explored critical gaps in therapy when working with Deaf clients, from misconceptions about communication, to the impact of language deprivation, and the need for culturally and linguistically responsive approaches.

A consistent message throughout:
Therapy should not require Deaf clients to adapt.
Therapy needs to adapt to Deaf clients.

This is the foundation of the Deaf-Led Therapy Framework™ — developed to support therapists in translating these insights into real world practice.
If you work with Deaf clients, or may in the future, this resource was created to guide and strengthen your practice.

eBook: Between Two Worlds: A cross-cultural therapy guide is available now.

A cross cultural therapy guide supporting clinicians working with Deaf and Hard of Hearing clients. Practical frameworks for culturally responsive care.