Episode 22: Alcoholic Garden Gnome
Tell Me About Your Mother
English - June 09, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsArts therapy humor mental health counseling self-reflection Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 21: Emotional Literacy
Next Episode: Episode 23: Pound Town
Evan and Eli are one-on-one for this episode. Within minutes they realize that Melissa represents a shadow mother figure in the podcast dynamic and that her absence allows for more dick jokes. Discussing the phallic qualities of their mic stands provides a bridge to a slightly more serious conversation:
“Sounding gay”Southern sayings Family therapy Intervening in a family system Garden gnome drunkLove pats instead of spankings Fast routes to treating core elements of clientsSaying unconventional things to clients to diffuse and restructure conversationsOld men becoming softerI’d be a bad father if I was warm and loving Our questions are often a projection of ourselves Revictimization of trauma experiences in institutions that are needing data to funding and reimbursementsEvan tells a kid to punch a hole in the wall