Irina González, MSW Student

Therapist-in-Training, Former Journalist, Founder of Unmasking Therapy

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Category: Writing

My Husband and I Tried Growing Self’s Couples Therapy—and It Did Not Disappoint

Posted on February 21, 2024March 21, 2024 by Irina Gonzalez

Note: This therapy services review was written for and published on VerywellMind.com in September 2023. However, due to website changes beyond my control, it is no longer available on the site… But the internet gods allowed me to find it in its entirety, so I am re-posting it here . Enjoy! Growing Self made couples therapy…

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Why Brooklyn 99’s survival is so important for Rosa Diaz fans and bi representation on TV

Posted on October 30, 2023October 30, 2023 by Irina Gonzalez

Note: This is an essay that was written for and published by Bella Books in 2018. However, due to website changes beyond my control, my essay is no longer available on the site… But the internet gods allowed me to find it in its entirety, so I am re-posting it here since bisexual representation in media is very…

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I Feel Nervous That My Spanish Isn't Good Enough to Speak to My Baby, But Here's Why I'm Getting Over That by Irina Gonzalez

I Feel Nervous That My Spanish Isn’t Good Enough to Speak to My Baby, But Here’s Why I’m Getting Over That

Posted on October 16, 2023October 16, 2023 by Irina Gonzalez

Note: This is an essay that was written for and published on Parents.com in 2020. However, due to website changes beyond my control, my essay is no longer available on the site… But the internet gods allowed me to find it in its entirety, so I am re-posting it here since a) this was a really important, heartfelt essay…

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Quarter 1 of 2020 Writer’s Life

Posted on March 27, 2020August 31, 2020 by Irina Gonzalez

This has probably been the craziest working quarter of my entire life, and I can’t imagine that it’s about to get any easier. I was in my third trimester the entire time, which meant a LOT of sleepless nights due to pregnancy insomnia and a lot of anxiety. And that’s not even to mention the…

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Quarter 4 of 2019 Writer’s Life [#yearofwriting]

Posted on December 31, 2019January 22, 2020 by Irina Gonzalez

Please subscribe to my newsletter: Self-Care For Writers. It’s impossible to look at the past three months of my writing life without having all sorts of conflicted feelings. For one, if I simply look at the numbers of how much money I made (and how much I wrote) in the past few months, it is…

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Irina Gonzalez is a journalist, editor, and sober bisexual Latina mom with ADHD. She is the author of the Parenting in Hard Mode newsletter—for those of us who are raising social justice-minded families and getting real about mental health for parents navigating life on the difficult setting. She is also working on an upcoming book on impactful Latinx Americans with The Quarto Publishing Group.

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