falling through the cracks

Previously, I created a separate website specifically for my therapy clients. That website was called, “The Rebellion Clause.” Now, The Rebellion Clause redirects to this website.

The idea of the Red List grew out of the idea of policy changes affecting the livelihoods of the people they were supposed to protect. Before my start in the world of social work, I wrote about gaps in the community related to crisis intervention services and how agencies dealt with children who had higher level behavioral health needs. I turned my photography website into an advocacy website and was eventually able to land a job addressing those themes and topics in direct practice every day. I went from a made up job title to Clinical Director in a few years.

Now I find myself at the top of the social work field, essentially doing private practice telehealth therapy for the various populations. I conduct telehealth therapy with patients in four states. I’ve gotten the itch to continue my written advocacy work after working with clients in skilled nursing facilities.

There is no doubt that COVID had a massive impact on social service delivery and staffing changes. It almost seems like we’re back in the 1970’s after de-institutionalization began and we’re finding ways to either keep people in new forms of institutional care or fighting against the current to get people back to the level of independence they had before the pandemic.

After watching ‘The Black List’ on Netflix, I had the idea of creating a ‘Red List’ for agencies and policies that keep individuals stuck in new forms of institutional care. I also want to focus on state and federal initiatives that are not effectual in their goals. A lot of taxpayer dollars are wasted on awareness campaigns. Awareness campaigns only reach the people who are already aware of the issues. I hope to give a platform for real people negatively effected by policies and initiatives or do not go far enough to be fiscally beneficial.