My Authentic Self.

<p class="p1">José Mata is a Psychotherapist and Certified Course Facilitator at Boston University, and James Birks has over 9 years of experience Family Therapist BA of Psychology at UCLA and Masters/MFT at USC. They visited Polemic Nation to talk about gender identity, coming out, finding a sense of belonging, and the "fake self" that we create to avoid rejection and look for belonging.</p> <p class="p1">Learn more about José Mata at:</p> <p class="p1"><a href="theheldspace.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">theheldspace.com</a></p> <p class="p1">Learn more about James Birks at:</p> <p class="p1"><a href= "https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/james-birks-los-angeles-ca/838326"> psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/james-birks-los-angeles-ca/838326</a></p> <p class="p1"> </p>