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Nov 2025 | The Full-Bodied Book Club: Real Self-Care by Pooja Lakshmin, MD


  • Virtual on Google Meet (map)

Welcome to The Full-Bodied Book Club!

More than a reading group, this is a supervision space rooted in reflection, liberation, and community care. Created for pre-licensed therapists who want to think critically about their work and their place in the world, we center self-of-the-therapist exploration through texts that challenge the status quo and reimagine your therapy practice.

This Month’s Read

This November, we’re exploring Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness by Pooja Lakshmin, MD.

Dr. Lakshmin acknowledges that pop culture’s version of self-care is all about comparison and keeping up with the Kardashians, and, as mental health professionals, we get the concept shoved down our throats and blamed for the burnout we inevitably experience. This “faux self-care” is perpetuated by systems of oppression that hide behind a capitalist veil, but what could self-care look like if it were real and sustainable?

That’s what this group seeks to find out!

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Meets Mondays
November 10th - December 1st, 2025

5:30 – 7:30 PM Pacific
7:30 - 9:30 PM Central
Virtual via Google Meet

Up to 8 group supervision hours toward licensure.

Limit 5 participants.

Multiple rate options, early bird rates available until 10/27.

PLEASE NOTE: Washington LMHCAs cannot count group supervision as supervision hours on your licensure application, but they can count toward "Other Hours".

  • This 4-week group supervision series is a space for deep reflection and self-of-the-therapist exploration. Each 2-hour session will include:

    • Guided reflection questions,

    • Space for open dialogue, discussion, and community support, and

    • Collective inquiry around what it means to do liberatory work in colonized systems.

    Rather than focusing on client consultation or case review, this space prioritizes you, your experiences, your ancestry, your identities, and your evolving sense of what healing means in your life and the work you do.

  • We offer flexible payment options to make supervision as accessible as possible.

    Take advantage of our early bird discounts when you register by 10/27!

    ONE-TIME PAYMENT PAY PER SESSION
    Early Bird: $200 Early Bird: $280
    Regular: $360 Regular: $400

  • Jackie Abeling, MA, LMFT (she/her) is an AAMFT-Approved Supervisor licensed in Washington (#LF61117197), Minnesota (#2774), and registered in British Columbia (#20171267). With over 15 years of experience in the mental health field, she is passionate about supporting Associates as they grow and face inevitable challenges in their practices.

    Aware of and constantly examining her privileges, Jackie recognizes the injustices in the mental health field—including the harm she’s perpetuated in being part of a colonized system—and strives to challenge the status quo to better align herself and her practice with her values, and the profession with its healing purpose. Learn more


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