I Got Banned from LinkedIn.... Twice: What Happens When Therapists Speak Up

You've been feeling it too, haven't you? That sense that something is deeply wrong with our mental health system.

Maybe you've drafted posts about impossible caseloads or regulations that harm more than they help.

But every time you go to hit publish, you stop. What if this gets back to my employer? What if speaking up puts everything at risk?

Two weeks ago, I stopped asking "what if" and found out exactly what happens when a therapist refuses to stay quiet. I got banned from LinkedIn. Twice. Not for being unprofessional—but for telling the truth about a system that's failing us.

This episode isn't about my LinkedIn drama. It's about the choice every therapist faces: stay safe and silent, or speak up and face the consequences.

In this episode, I share:

• The exact post that got me banned (and why 200,000 people resonated with it)
• What happened when I tried to appeal—and why creating a new account got me banned again within hours
• The real reason this isn't about platform policies or community guidelines
• How David Dinca's NDIS post made national news and what it reveals about systematic silencing
• Dr. Nat Green's courageous stand on medical gaslighting and complaint systems that retraumatize
• Why my neurodivergent brain responded to being told "you can't" by getting louder, not quieter
• The 45 minutes I considered making myself smaller—and what pulled me back
• What resistance with integrity looks like when the system punishes reform
• Why this moment clarified rather than crushed my mission

Bottom Line: The mental health system will not reform itself. Permission to speak up isn't coming. The cost of waiting for someone else to fix what's broken is too high—for us and for those who need our help.

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Featured voices:

• David Dinca - Psychologist whose NDIS post went viral and made national news
• Dr. Nat Green - Medical professional speaking out about gaslighting and harmful complaint systems. Listen to her powerful episode here.

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