Violet Crown Counseling / Deagan Psychotherapy

06/08/2025

I love substack! I also totally agree with this article. So far, in 35 years, I have never had a childhood sexual abuse survivor say a transgender or q***r person groomed or molested them.
The largest group by far they name are religious white men, "respected" by their community, often church leaders or men in positions of power over the child. People that were charged with caring for these kids - parents, extended family members, ad hoc "family members" live in male partners, "cousins" living with the family etc, trusted family friends, and church leaders. Almost every time.
Sigh.
Sorry to be a bummer but prolly not news.
Let's celebrate Pride and the resiliency of every survivor that made it through and strives to thrive!

Just saying on a regular basis every time I get the chance.

04/05/2025

This free loan program may be useful if you need to move out of state to protect your family.
https://www.keshetonline.org/movetothrive/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJeKvhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHr_4d14_v_dOTlZaVTAMibdYZXDxBEvk3WFBUKP0sCdkfe3hB3SR3C0cS0q9_aem_vRpTGkR17BpoAQyowzY1Kg

Keshet and the Hebrew Free Loan Society are partnering to offer interest-free loans of up to $10,000 for individuals and families to support relocation

03/30/2025

If you are angry and feel despair over the policies and agendas being implemented by our current regime? Watch this. Want a playbook? Watch this. Then decide how you will and can act out these values. Do so. This requires everyone do this in every way we can. Do not wait for anyone to do it for you. ACT NOW

Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

03/01/2025

Every Little Bit

Morally Injured by the regime? Studies show that regularly doing at least one small thing to resist and use our voices helps.

These links take you to varied groups where you can sign one click petition, sign up to write letters or post cards, and draft letters to the editor. Move On also has tools for doing your own actions.

Lets help each other.

Petitions, Look up your legislator, Sign up for actions
Common Cause Petition Links
https://www.commoncause.org/take-action/

Petitions, Alerts, Volunteer and Campaign options, Start your own petition
Move On
https://front.moveon.org/

MoveOn is a community of millions of Americans from all walks of life who use innovative technology to lead, participate in, and win campaigns for progressive change.

02/27/2025

Please participate. It is essential that we do as many actions as possible to drive home the point that we do not accept an authoritarian oligarchy. Boost this to EVERYONE!

Join in tomorrow’s economic blackout

02/13/2025

This is so easy! Click and sign! https://www.nonprofitvote.org/reject-save-act/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIbAINleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHdLGEW03JfvFPGGzSe8RfYyw3w8thE7FS_I4hIS4rC_drgB6md2h_hmKJg_aem_iRDVK0NQkucAluSWodcvvQ The Save act HR 22 will:
- Keep anyone from registering to vote whose name on their Driver's license or passport does not match their original birth certificate - most married women never changed their birth certificate (I didn't) my marriage certificate was proof of why it changed.
- Save would NOT accept my marriage license. I would have the burden of legally changing my name, then changing my birth certificate (both of which cost a fee) if I wanted to register to vote. Most people could not do that.
- Most minorities and those strategically under resourced do not have their birth certificate in hand, so they couldn't register either.
- Wont affect you? Do YOU have your birth certificate in your possession? If not goodbye voting.
- It is a blatant attempt to stop voting by groups they do not agree with!

Nonprofit VOTE is calling on Congress to reject the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, H.R. 22

02/06/2025

Please Share! Easy 1 click to help get Texas kids fed in the summer! There is absolutely no excuse not to... unless cruelty is the point.
https://secure.feedingtexas.org/a/summerebt

In 2024, Texas was one of only 13 states that chose not to participate in Summer EBT, a new federal nutrition program that provides a grocery benefit to families with low-income students to make up for the loss of school meals during the summer. In opting out of the program, ***!!!Texas state missed out on an estimated $450 million in food aid to feed 3.75 million kids.!!!

There is a small window of time for Legislature to act to implement Summer EBT in 2025. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) needs direction from the Legislature by March 1 at the latest to move forward with the program for Summer 2025.
Feeding Texas, joined by our network of 20 food banks, and the Texas Food Policy Roundtable, a coalition of more than 80 organizations dedicated to ending hunger, is calling on state lawmakers to act to implement the program before it's too late.
Join us by sending a letter to your state senator and representative urging them to direct HHSC to implement Summer EBT in 2025.

Call on state lawmakers to act to implement the program before it’s too late.

02/06/2025

We are not alone. We are stronger together with our allies

Onward.

02/03/2025

Friends and clients often tell me their relatives need this information, so here it is.

Trump's decision to impose tariff's undermines the core premise of his campaign

01/29/2025

Texas Transgender Rally, 1/30 4-5:30pm CST

Like and share this to everyone you can!

01/20/2025

This is an essential read to protect yourself, your loved ones, and us all. Whole book is free on many platforms.

From the Twentieth Century

01/16/2025

This is a disturbing article to read but I believe the more prepared we are, the more we can be for what may come.

My best guesses drawn from my study of Project 2025 (Scroll to the end to listen)