04/15/2024
My teaching and planning parts are so excited to tell you about the student intern joining me for the next 3 months! Gus is warm, chill and engaging, and super invested in contributing to the q***r community as a future service provider. We are planning to run a group, create a workshop and a few other community-minded endeavours. My big thinker parts are relieved, happy and excited to have the help to make community work in solo private practice possible. We will have more info to come in the next few weeks! image text: Student Intern Gus Richardson they/them Master of Social Work student at St. Thomas University. Gus Richardson (they/them) is a white, q***r, non-binary, neurodivergent, and chronically ill settler living and learning on the ancestral and unceded lands of the Wolastoqiyik, Mi’kmaq, and Peskotomuhkati Peoples. They are currently enrolled in the Master of Social Work program at St. Thomas University and hold a Bachelor of Social Work from Dalhousie University.
Gus values unconditional positive regard, authenticity, and gentle curiosity in their approach. They strive to support personal healing and growth while also acknowledging, honouring, and validating the impacts that systemic oppression and institutional discrimination have in the lives of individuals. Their approach is further informed by their work in housing and harm reduction, which has provided a wealth of insight into the value and necessity of a practice framework that is grounded in anti-oppressive, decolonized, trauma-informed perspectives and facilitates meeting people where they are at.
