Hear/Say

Written by: Hear/SAY contributor Maeve Jillian King (they/them), a graduate student in an MSW program, having earned a master's in social sciences and a bachelor's in psychology. I was honored to attend my local Lavender Graduation as I completed my master's degree this May. I was able to connect with my fellow GSA members, and I was relieved to be at graduation after collective action was demanded at our intolerant university. I also reconnected with other community members

When people think about youth mental health, they often start with a very broad and simplistic question: “How can we get more young people to seek help?” This is indubitably an important question to ask, but I think there is a more fundamental one that anyone designing a youth mental health solution must ask first: “What happens after a young person reaches out for help?” As a person with lived experience of complex trauma, I have experienced the mental healthcare system fir