Rhizome Wellness Collective
Our Vision and Mission
Rhizome as a metaphor, as a calling to the interdependance necessary in these times of catastrophe.
In the queer tradition-- borrowing from, thinking on, evolving from, in conversation with-- Deleuze + Guattari and Reynolds we pick up the metaphor of RHIZOME. A rhizome is a tuber, a root--tucked safely away in the dirt--holding all the vital life energy of the plant. For us the rhizome symbolizes both the queer and trans experience of awakening to our true selves, and of a deep awareness of how our struggles are interrelated, that interdependence is the way forward. When the rhizome sprouts, the new growth is in an unexpected place. The rhizome asks us to be open to these possibilities, these sites of unfurling and tenderness.
The rhizome holds multiple realities--our multiple realities--the world is burning, there is no way forward, and yet there is joy in our lives, in our relations, that we can heal ourselves and each other. We are living in an old world, one that is flaming and dying and held up by colonial ways of thinking---together we can imagine and create new realities, new futures.
The Future We See
A community where trans and queer people have access to healing spaces that are culturally rooted in our past, present, and future.
How We will Get There
By building a therapy practice that reduces barriers to care, invites community collaboration, and trains the next generation of clinicians in trans and queer affirming mental health care.
Our Guiding Values
Land Back, Black Lives Matter, No Borders, Ceasefire, Abolition Now, Body-Mind-Spirit Autonomy. We commit to these politics via actions of mutual aid, reparations, and using our position(s) of power to confront systems of oppression, and the colonial mindset. We take accountability for harms we have committed, and we engage in the continual process of educating ourselves.
