About Raven Thompson, MSW, LCSW

I am a queer, southern woman, and a reformed church girl. I was raised with the values that shape so much of the South: faith, family, and tradition. For a long time, I lived by those expectations. I overworked myself and suppressed my needs and desires hoping for validation that simply never came. At some point I was overwhelmed and so filled with dread that I decided to live my life the way that I wanted to–that I would no longer let others dictate who I would become.