Liberation-Based Therapy LCSW, PLLC

14/05/2026

Now introducing Human after all.

This reflective weekly podcast from Liberation-Based Therapy features audio notes and conversations on being, relating, and everything in between.

In this first episode, Tanisha Christie opens the space by asking why this podcast exists at all -- in a world already full of noise, content, and constant reaction.

The answer is not another performance.
It is a pause.
A listening in.
A space to think about how we live with another, how we make meaning, how we survive, love, lose ourselves, and find ourselves again.

Listen to the first episode of Human after all at the link below or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
https://www.liberationbasedtherapy.com/human-after-all-podcast
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"Liberation-Based Therapy: Empowering Emotional Wellness Through Culturally Affirming, Strength-Based Healing in NY, NJ & CT”

🎧Listen to the Podcast: https://www.liberationbasedtherapy.com/human-after-all-podcast 🎧

01/05/2026

We’re a big kid now.
A bit more coordinated, trying to be more social.
Curious. Growing.
Learning how to continue to be in real relationship with each other, with our clients, and with our community.
We’re doing this in a time that is asking a lot of our nervous systems — an ongoing ambient intensity that doesn’t seem to quit.
But here we are.
Bumping into things.
Holding the tension through it all.
Honoring the trust that has been placed in us.
Building something we can stand inside of together.
To everyone who has been part of this ...
THANK YOU for trusting us with your care, your stories, your becoming.

And thank you to the THERAPISTS that have graced this space with their brilliance.

We’re still learning.
Still becoming.
Still here.

25/04/2026

A reminder for New York social workers, trauma therapists, and relational clinicians:

Our upcoming training, Where'd You Go? Exploring Dissociation and Countertransference in Psychotherapy, offers a deeper look at dissociative experiences in clinical work through case examples, discussion, and a liberation-based framework.

This course is designed for clinicians who want to strengthen their ability to recognize dissociation, reflect on countertransference, and respond with greater clinical intention and care.

New York Social Workers can receive CE credits and a certificate upon completion.

Register at the link below
https://www.liberationbasedtherapy.com/whered-you-go-exploring-dissociation-and-countertransference-in-psychotherapy
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"Liberation-Based Therapy: Empowering Emotional Wellness Through Culturally Affirming, Strength-Based Healing in NY, NJ & CT”

🎓 Explore Our CE Trainings: https://www.liberationbasedtherapy.com/trainings 🎓

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Explore dissociation and countertransference in psychotherapy through real case examples and a liberation-based lens. This 4-hour CEU training equips clinicians with practical tools to recognize dissociative patterns and respond with holistic, client-centered care. Led by Dagem Lemma LCSW (he/him)

23/04/2026

We're proud to celebrate this milestone with our founder, Tanisha Christie, LCSW.

"I’m excited to share that I’ve been accepted into the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program. 🎉"

It's time to build stronger containers for care and community. It has not been easy but I desire to continue expanding Liberation-Based Therapy in ways that protect the integrity of the work while increasing access for the people who need it most.

Too often, healing work is expected to survive without structure, strategy, or investment. I’m interested in changing that. I’m looking forward to learning alongside other entrepreneurs, sharpening what’s possible, and bringing that knowledge back to the communities we serve.

Here’s to growth with values, scale with soul, and building what should have existed all along.

22/04/2026

Dissociation in couples work does not always look the way people expect.

Sometimes it shows up through projection, charged affect, rapid escalation, and a cycle where neither person can stay fully connected to what is happening underneath.

In our upcoming training, Where'd You Go? Exploring Dissociation and Countertransference in Psychotherapy, we explore a case example of mutual dissociation in couples work and the therapeutic interventions that helped interrupt the cycle.

This training is designed for clinicians who want a more practical understanding of dissociative coping, relational dynamics, and countertransference in the room. New York Social workers can receive CE hours and a certificate upon completion.

Share with a clinician in your community or register at the link below to join us.
https://www.liberationbasedtherapy.com/whered-you-go-exploring-dissociation-and-countertransference-in-psychotherapy
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"Liberation-Based Therapy: Empowering Emotional Wellness Through Culturally Affirming, Strength-Based Healing in NY, NJ & CT”

🎓Explore Our CE Trainings: https://www.liberationbasedtherapy.com/trainings 🎓

20/04/2026

Who should attend this training?

Where'd You Go? Exploring Dissociation and Countertransference in Psychotherapy is designed for New York social workers, trauma therapists, psychodynamic therapists, couples therapists, and relational clinicians who want to deepen their understanding of dissociation and therapeutic response.

If your work asks you to sit with complexity, disconnection, relational patterns, and the subtle dynamics that can emerge in the room, this course may be for you.

Through case examples, discussion, and a liberation-based framework, this training offers practical ways to recognize dissociation, reflect on countertransference, and respond with greater awareness and care.

NY Social workers can receive CE hours and a certificate upon completion.

Sliding scale is available. Register at the link below.
https://www.liberationbasedtherapy.com/whered-you-go-exploring-dissociation-and-countertransference-in-psychotherapy
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"Liberation-Based Therapy: Empowering Emotional Wellness Through Culturally Affirming, Strength-Based Healing in NY, NJ & CT”

🎓Explore Our CE Trainings: https://www.liberationbasedtherapy.com/trainings 🎓

20/04/2026

Last call for Decoding the DSM.

This training was created for clinicians who want a more critical, culturally responsive, and reflective approach to diagnosis.

If you have been looking for a space to think beyond labels and engage diagnosis with more context, care, and humility, this is for you.

In this 3-hour CE training, we explore the history, limitations, and ethical use of diagnosis through a trauma informed, strengths-based, and culturally humbled lens.

3 contact hours
$60 registration fee
CEs and certificate offered upon completion

If this training feels aligned for your or someone in your network, now is the time to register and share.

Liberation-Based Therapy LCSW, PLLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers -0861.

Register today at the link below.
https://www.liberationbasedtherapy.com/decoding-the-dsm-a-critical-look-at-the-dsm-and-liberated-oriented-alternatives
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"Liberation-Based Therapy: Empowering Emotional Wellness Through Culturally Affirming, Strength-Based Healing in NY, NJ & CT”

🎓Explore Our CE Trainings: https://www.liberationbasedtherapy.com/trainings 🎓

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19/04/2026

A quick overview of Decoding the DSM for NY social workers and mental health professionals.

This upcoming CEU training invites clinicians to think more critically about diagnosis and its impact on care, identity, and treatment through a more trauma-informed, strengths-based, and culturally humbled lens.

3 contact hours
CEUs and certificate offered upon completion

Liberation-Based Therapy LCSW, PLLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers -0861.

Questions? Reach out to:
[email protected]

Register here:
https://www.liberationbasedtherapy.com/decoding-the-dsm-a-critical-look-at-the-dsm-and-liberated-oriented-alternatives
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"Liberation-Based Therapy: Empowering Emotional Wellness Through Culturally Affirming, Strength-Based Healing in NY, NJ & CT”

🎓Explore our CE Trainings: https://www.liberationbasedtherapy.com/trainings 🎓

A 3-hour virtual CEU training for NY-licensed social workers exploring DSM history, limitations, cultural bias, and strengths-based alternatives. Ideal for clinical social workers wanting trauma-informed, culturally humbled diagnostic practice.

17/04/2026

When working with dissociative clients, countertransference is not something to dismiss.

It may show up as confusion, urgency, distance, over-responsibility, or a feeling that the work is slipping just out of reach. These responses do not necessarily mean the therapist is off track. They may be clinical information.

When we approach countertransference with care and curiosity, it can offer insight into relational dynamics, protective strategies, and the conditions that keep disconnection in place.

Our upcoming training, Where'd You Go? Exploring Dissociation and Countertransference in Psychotherapy, explores these dynamics through case examples, discussion, and a liberation-based framework.

NY Social workers can receive CE hours and a certificate upon completion.

Register at the link below or share with a therapist in your community.
https://www.liberationbasedtherapy.com/whered-you-go-exploring-dissociation-and-countertransference-in-psychotherapy
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"Liberation-Based Therapy: Empowering Emotional Wellness Through Culturally Affirming, Strength-Based Healing in NY, NJ & CT”

🎓Explore Our CE Trainings: https://www.liberationbasedtherapy.com/trainings 🎓

17/04/2026

What changes when we stop seeing symptoms only as pathology?

In Decoding the DSM: A Critical Look at the DSM and Liberated-oriented Alternatives, we invite clinicians to consider how distress can also reflect survival, adaptation, and response to lived experience.

This 3-hour CE course explores strengths-based, trauma-informed, and culturally humbled alternatives to diagnosis that help us hold symptoms with more context and less harm.

Instead of asking only what is wrong, we can also ask what happened, what was survived, and what meaning these responses carry.

If you have been looking for a more practical and reflective approach to diagnosis register at the link below.
https://www.liberationbasedtherapy.com/decoding-the-dsm-a-critical-look-at-the-dsm-and-liberated-oriented-alternatives

Liberation-Based Therapy LCSW, PLLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers -0861.
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"Liberation-Based Therapy: Empowering Emotional Wellness Through Culturally Affirming, Strength-Based Healing in NY, NJ & CT”

🎓Explore Our CE Trainings: www.liberationbasedtherapy.com/trainings 🎓