Elissa Bell-Degrate Elissa Bell-Degrate

A Letter To The Labels That Wore Me

Before the sessions begin, there are the labels… the ones written in charts, whispered by others, and carried long after they were given. This is an invitation to look beyond them and remember the person who existed before the world decided what to call them.

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Elissa Bell-Degrate Elissa Bell-Degrate

Dr. S

Dr. S has spent years helping other people name what hurts. But on a sleepless night filled with familiar routines, unfinished thoughts, and a dream that refuses to stay buried, the questions she usually asks others begin finding their way back to her.

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Elissa Bell-Degrate Elissa Bell-Degrate

Dr. S

By morning, Dr. S knows exactly how to become the woman everyone expects to see. Accomplished. Composed. Dependable. But somewhere between who she is to the world and who she is when no one is watching, something has begun asking to be acknowledged.

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