A warmly lit therapeutic workspace designed to convey psychological safety, centered around a sturdy wooden writing desk with a soft, sand-colored notebook open to a blank page and a smooth stone placed on top. The desk sits near a large window with translucent curtains, letting in diffused afternoon light that casts gentle, elongated shadows. Surrounding shelves hold a few carefully chosen books in muted earth tones and small plants with lush green leaves. Photographic realism at eye level, with a shallow depth of field that keeps the desk in crisp focus while the background softly blurs, creating a calm, professional, and grounding atmosphere suitable for a trauma-informed mental health website homepage.

Fiyin Banjo

On trauma, culture, and what it means to survive.

This is where I write about the things I think about most — trauma, identity, the body, and the systems we’re all navigating. Pull up a chair.

I’m Fiyin Banjo — therapist, writer, systems thinker. I write about trauma, pop culture, and why mental health can’t be separated from the world we live in.

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Books I Return To

The Body Keeps the Score

Bessel van der Kolk

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog

Bruce D. Perry and Maia Szalavitz

Finding Me

Viola Davis

My Grandmother’s Hands

Resmaa Menakem

Set Boundaries, Find Peace

Nedra Tawwab

The Myth of Normal

Gabor Maté

It Didn’t Start With You

Mark Wolynn

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