Autistic therapist/writer/thinker. She/They. POTS/hEDS/MCAS. Bisexual goofball. Developer of Contextual Systems Therapy. Happily partnered to my AuDHD dreamboat. http://www.libbyiscomplex.com
Libby Banks
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This is probably my favorite thing I have ever written, and I am SO happy it found a home at HAD.
Powerful CNF by @libbyiscomplex.bsky.social on Venus de Milo, disability & recognising wholeness.
"No limbs to perform emotional labor. No hands to comply. Just pure, uncompromising presence. Liberation looks like letting go of what the system demands you carry."
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Updated pinned post!
Leftist/elder millennial/autistic/chronically ill/practitioner-researcher/writer. Writing and other current projects: www.libbyiscomplex.com.
I am terrified and excited and hopeful, and I can't wait to share this next iteration of my work with you.
My student loans got forgiven through Public Service Loan Forgiveness today, and I'm beyond happy and in a little shock.
My piece "What Venus de Milo Taught Me About ‘Broken’ Bodies" is up at @wordgathering.bsky.social. Thrilled to be in this issue - go check out the whole Winter 2025-2026 edition!
I signed the contract for my first book, Navigating a Hostile Mental Health Care System: The Contextual Systems Therapy Field Guide, today. It will include 12 original interventions for neurodivergent practitioners and clients navigating a mental health system that pathologizes survival.
Have a new piece that will be up tomorrow in the new issue of @wordgathering.bsky.social - truly honored and VERY excited!
RE: autistic pattern recognition, abuse, and narratives around that comfort, confuse, and distort. CW: Intimate partner violence/abuse, sexual assault (statistical mention, not depicted), coercive control, gaslighting, body dysmorphic disorder, trauma.
Piece up at @hfr.bsky.social!
heavyfeatherreview.org/2026/03/12/u...
