Therapy Chat
532 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★ - 623 ratingsLaura Reagan, LCSW-C, Psychotherapist, Burnout Prevention Consultant and Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator interviews guests to discuss holistic and alternative approaches used in psychotherapy, counseling, coaching and healing sessions. Be a fly on the wall as therapists discuss the practice of psychotherapy and how they implement self care into their own lives to prevent therapist burnout. Conversations about mindfulness, self compassion, The Daring Way™, EMDR, art therapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, other somatic methods, trauma, parenting, attachment will get you thinking deeply about therapy and the universal experience of being human, with all the joy and pain that entails.
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74: Using Sandplay Therapy with Children & Adults
March 03, 2017 01:00 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBWelcome to episode 74 of the Therapy Chat Podcast with host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C. This week’s guest features E. Anna Goodwin. Anna is a psychotherapist and lecturer turned writer and professional speaker. Anna applies her extensive knowledge and experience with those suffering from trauma and stress in her highly-acclaimed book, “How to Cope with Stress After a Trauma: Especially for Veterans, their Families, and Friends.” Anna also co-authored a renowned textbook for counselors and psychol...
73: Creating A Safe Space for All the Parts of Ourselves
February 24, 2017 01:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBWelcome to episode 73 of the Therapy Chat Podcast with host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C. This week’s guest features Xanthia Johnson. She is the founder of Urban Playogoly in Washington, DC. Urban Playology provides psychotherapy services to children, adolescents, individuals, couples and families. During defining transitions, she provides a safe place for you to be who you are. Whether you are 2 years old or 85 years young, you will enjoy a transformative experience. Her clinical areas of speciali...
73: Creating A Safe Space for All the Parts of Ourselves
February 24, 2017 01:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBWelcome to episode 73 of the Therapy Chat Podcast with host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C. This week’s guest features Xanthia Johnson. She is the founder of Urban Playogoly in Washington, DC. Urban Playology provides psychotherapy services to children, adolescents, individuals, couples and families. During defining transitions, she provides a safe place for you to be who you are. Whether you are 2 years old or 85 years young, you will enjoy a transformative experience. Her clinical areas of special...
72: Yoga for Depression & Anxiety
February 17, 2017 01:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBWelcome to episode 72 of the Therapy Chat Podcast with host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C. This week’s guest features Amy Weintraub. Amy has been a pioneer in the field of yoga and mental health for over twenty years. She offers the LifeForce Yoga Practitioner Training for Mood Management to health and yoga professionals and offers workshops for everyday practitioners. Amy leads workshops and professional trainings at academic and psychology conferences internationally at such venues as the Boston U...
71: Addiction & Trauma
February 10, 2017 01:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MBWelcome to episode 71 of the Therapy Chat Podcast with host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C. This week’s guest features Robert Cox, NCC. Robert is a therapist in Missouri near Kansas City who specializes in trauma, addictions, and autism. Trauma and addictions almost always go hand in hand. He specializes in walking with his patients through those rough patches. He uses therapy and mindfulness to work towards overcoming the past, repairing damaged relationships and moving into the future with a new abi...
70: Core Emotions & the Change Triangle
February 03, 2017 01:00 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBWelcome to episode 70 of the Therapy Chat Podcast with host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C. This week’s guest features Hilary Jacobs Hendel, LCSW. Hilary was gracious enough to speak to me again after a fault with technology disrupted our previous interview. I originally touched base with Hilary because she consulted on the show Mad Men (which I’m a huge fan of) and in episode 53 & 54 you can hear me dissect the character of Don Draper and relate it to childhood trauma, secrecy, and shame. Hilary gre...
69: Helping Survivors of Sexual Violence with the Legal System
January 27, 2017 01:00 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBWelcome to episode 69 of the Therapy Chat Podcast with host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C. This week’s guest features the director of the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA), Lisae Jordan.MCASA supports legislation that promotes justice for survivors of sexual assault, accountability for offenders, and protection for the general public. MCASA supports legislation that promotes justice for survivors of sexual assault, accountability for offenders, and protection for the general public. ...
68: Creativity & the Therapeutic Process: An Interview with Lisa Mitchell
January 20, 2017 01:00 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBWelcome to episode 68 of the Therapy Chat Podcast with host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C. This is the third episode in the integrative mental health series featuring Lisa Mitchell. She became a therapist 20 years ago — and for the first 10 years of her private practice, taught thousands of therapists how to integrate art into their work safely and effectively. As she walked along her teaching path, she made a surprising discovery. Most of the therapists she met already identified as “creative types”...
67: Connection Through Groups
January 13, 2017 01:00 - 46 minutes - 42.1 MBIn Episode 67 Therapy Chat host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews therapist and group specialist Katie K. May, a licensed professional counselor in the Philadelphia area who also calls herself the “Group Guru” because she loves running groups and teaching therapists how to effectively plan and market their groups. Katie talks about how therapeutic groups are different from individual therapy and why she loves offering groups in her practice. If you’re a therapist, this episode will likely insp...
66: How Can Nutrition Affect Mental Health?
January 05, 2017 21:21 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBWelcome back to Therapy Chat! Today's episode, the second in the Integrative Mental Health Series, includes a fascinating interview with author Dr. Leslie Korn, who is a Harvard-trained body-oriented psychotherapist who has worked for four decades to help people understand the connection between physical and emotional health. Leslie spoke with host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C all the way from Mexico, where she lives and works. Leslie talks about how she got started doing body-oriented psychotherap...
65: Year End Reflections
December 31, 2016 19:53 - 4 minutes - 3.77 MBWelcome back! In this brief episode host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C extends an end of year greeting to listeners of Therapy Chat. She pauses to reflect on the increase in audience of Therapy Chat from the beginning of 2016 to the end, talks about what is coming up in the next few months, and makes a confession about the difficulty she finds in practicing self care. Happy New Year! Our Sponsors: * Check out Badlands Ranch and save 50% off your order at: badlandsranch.com/CHAT * Get 15% off your or...
64: Six Podcasts I'm Loving Right Now
December 23, 2016 03:54 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBLooking for some new podcasts to listen to? I'm on a bit of a holiday hiatus from new episodes of Therapy Chat podcast. In the meantime, I wanted to tell you about some other podcasts I love. Here are 6 podcasts I'm listening to and recommending frequently! I hope you will check them out and please comment with your favorite podcast! 1. Women In-Depth with Dr. Lourdes Viado, MFT - I love this podcast because my friend and colleague Lourdes Viado conducts interesting and (as the name implie...
63: Doing Hard Things
December 08, 2016 14:31 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBToday, I did something hard. Have you heard Glennon Doyle Melton say "We can do hard things"? Well, we can. I can. I think. It's not always something huge - for me, today, it was trying something new and very challenging. Fulfilling a promise I made to myself and to listeners of Therapy Chat (talk about accountability!), I took my 45 year old body which has not been on the back of a horse for 32 years - and even then, at age 13, my experience was limited to two or three times I rode a horse...
62: How Does Attachment Style Affect Our Relationships?
December 02, 2016 01:27 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBWelcome to episode 62 of the Therapy Chat Podcast with host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C. This is the third episode in the trauma and attachment series featuring Stuart Fensterheim, LCSW. Stuart is a clinical social worker in Scottsdale, Arizona, practicing with couples using Sue Johnson’s Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) which is an attachment-based couples therapy method. In the episode, Stuart talks about how he works on making connections with couples and how our childhood attachment affects ...
61: 11 Therapists Share Their Self Care Tips
November 23, 2016 20:34 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBWelcome back! In Episode 61 Therapy Chat host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C asked 11 therapists to contribute their best tips for using self care to manage holiday stress. With Thanksgiving Day tomorrow in the US, hopefully you will find something useful here. Thanks for listening to Therapy Chat. Please get in touch and let host Laura Reagan know what you thought of this episode! Thanks to the eleven therapists who participated! See below for their names and links to their websites! E...
60: What Is Integrative Mental Health?
November 17, 2016 23:45 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBWelcome back! In Episode 60, the first in the series on Integrative Mental Health, Therapy Chat host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews James Lake, MD, an integrative psychiatrist in California who has authored four books, including 2009’s Integrative Mental Health: A Therapist’s Handbook. Dr. Lake is a leader in the field of integrative mental health, as you will hear in this interview. Dr. Lake discusses how he uses complementary and alternative medicine (“CAM”) in his clinical practice, ...
59: Trust, Play, Attachment & Being Seen
November 11, 2016 01:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBWelcome back! In Episode 59, # 2 in the series on Trauma and Attachment, Therapy Chat host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews Rebecca Wong, LCSW-R, a relationship therapist in New Paltz, NY, the creator of Connectfulness, and co-host of the upcoming Practice Of Being Seen podcast. Rebecca talks about using play in her couples work, as well as how our attachment relates to our ability to trust our partners. Rebecca explains that needing attention is not a bad thing – it’s normal. She talks a...
58: Attachment Trauma & Adoption
November 03, 2016 18:30 - 54 minutes - 49.4 MBWelcome back to Therapy Chat! Episode 58 is the first in the series on Trauma and Attachment. In today’s episode host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews Amy Sugeno, LCSW. Amy is a clinical social worker in private practice who specializes in working with survivors of trauma related to attachment, particularly related to adoption. Amy explains how attachment trauma can affect children who were adopted, even if the adoption went as smoothly as it possibly could. She describes how children who...
57: How Children Are Like Horses
October 28, 2016 03:12 - 14 minutes - 12.8 MBHow Children Are Like Horses (And Why You Should Care) If you have been listening to Therapy Chat podcast lately, you know that I have been talking about using equine assisted psychotherapy and education methods to get in touch with our emotional experiences. In Episode 55 I described my own experience of making a deep soul connection in a barn when I spent a Saturday morning at an equine learning workshop with four other women and two horses. That changed me and I am still feeling it, ...
56: Equine-Assisted Survivors of Trauma Therapy
October 20, 2016 05:00 - 41 minutes - 38 MBWelcome back to Therapy Chat! In today’s episode, as a follow up to Episode 55 about falling in love in a barn, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews Charlotte Hiler Easley, LCSW. Charlotte is a psychotherapist in private practice who specializes in working with survivors of trauma using equine-assisted psychotherapy (EAP). Charlotte discusses her work using Equine Assisted Survivors of Trauma Therapy, a method she developed in collaboration with a rape crisis center when she was in grad scho...
55: I Found Heart & Soul Connection In A Barn
October 14, 2016 00:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBI found my heart and soul connection in a barn. I had a new experience which was a game-changer for me. I've been saying for at least 10 years that I want to take horseback riding lessons. I talked about it on an episode of Therapy Chat earlier this year, vowing that I would make it happen. I've ridden a horse maybe 5 times in my whole life, all between the ages of 10-13 years old. For a time I was obsessed with them, as many children are. I grew up in the city but close enough to rural...
54: What's Up With Don Draper?
October 07, 2016 00:00 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBWelcome to Therapy Chat! In today’s episode host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C discusses the AMC drama “Mad Men.” If you are a fan of the show, you’ll want to listen and if you haven’t watched it before, maybe you will be intrigued to check it out. Just a warning, though, this episode contains some spoilers so if you don’t want to know some of the important plot points, maybe you should watch the show first and come back to this episode later. Laura is a trauma therapist, and she talks about how the ...
53: Secrecy, Shame & The Shadow
September 30, 2016 01:17 - 42 minutes - 39 MBWelcome to Therapy Chat! In today’s episode host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C talks about Secrecy, Shame and the Shadow. Laura references previous Therapy Chat episodes 38 with Renee Beck, 40 with Lourdes Viado and 42 with Keri Nola – all about the Shadow. If you haven’t listened to those episodes yet, check them out too – links are below. Laura talks about how we carry beliefs about what makes us different – what disconnects us from everyone else, and how we hold shame about those things we don’t l...
52: Suicide - What Can Schools & Communities Do?
September 23, 2016 21:24 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBWelcome back to Therapy Chat! Today’s topic is a serious one, and something that needs to be talked about, although most of us would rather not think about it. September is Suicide Prevention & Awareness Month, and host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C recorded this special episode to honor a friend’s brother who died by suicide almost 3 years ago. Today Laura interviews someone who has worked for years in the field of suicide prevention. Jonathan B. Singer, PhD is podcaster, a social work professor at ...
51: Your Unique Business Strategy with Tara Gentile
September 22, 2016 00:00 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBWelcome to Therapy Chat! Today’s episode, the 9th and final episode in the Practice Building Series, is about using what makes you unique to create a successful business. Host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews amazing business strategist Tara Gentile, host of Profit.Power.Pursuit podcast, highly sought out speaker, creator of Quiet Power Strategy™ and the author of Quiet Power Strategy, The Art of Earning, The Observation Engine and The Art of Growth. Tara talks about exactly how you can ta...
51: Your Unique Business Strategy with Tara Gentile
September 22, 2016 00:00 - 50 minutes - 40.3 MBWelcome to Therapy Chat! Today’s episode, the 9th and final episode in the Practice Building Series, is about using what makes you unique to create a successful business. Host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews amazing business strategist Tara Gentile, host of Profit.Power.Pursuit podcast, highly sought out speaker, creator of Quiet Power Strategy™ and the author of Quiet Power Strategy, The Art of Earning, The Observation Engine and The Art of Growth. Tara talks about exactly how you can t...
50: Therapists Share Their Favorite Self Care Tips
September 16, 2016 00:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBWelcome to Episode 50 of Therapy Chat! Today’s episode is extra special because it’s the 50th episode of Therapy Chat! Host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C decided to try something different. She asked her fellow therapists to record a favorite self care tip, and they jumped at the chance to share what they recommend, and what they use personally. Listeners will hear a variety of therapists sharing their favorite self care tips. Check in with Therapy Chat and let Laura know: what’s your favorite tip? ...
49: Benefits of Podcasting for Therapists
September 09, 2016 03:35 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBWelcome to Episode 49 of Therapy Chat! Today’s episode is #8 in the therapist practice building series. Host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews the amazing Melvin Varghese, PhD, who is a psychologist and host of Selling the Couch podcast. Melvin, whose podcast is one of the top 100 business podcasts according to the iTunes rankings, discusses how podcasting can help therapists grown their practices and help them scale their businesses away from simply trading time for money. Melvin shares st...
48: What is Peaceful Parenting?
September 02, 2016 00:59 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBWelcome to Episode 48 of Therapy Chat! Today’s guest is Eric Greene, also known as “1 Awesome Dad”! Host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C and Eric discuss the random way they reconnected after growing up in the same community, even though neither of them lives there now. Eric talks about what he calls “peaceful parenting.” Eric explains the key to peaceful parenting, which is by definition non-violent – no hitting, spanking, smacking or popping, is to remain calm and connected with the child. Laura and ...
47: Abundance vs. Scarcity Mindset in Practice Building
August 26, 2016 00:00 - 52 minutes - 48 MBIn Episode 47 Therapy Chat host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews clinical social worker and practice building coach Allison Puryear. Allison shares her journey from agency work to building a thriving private practices in the saturated market of Seattle, then starting over and building a practice in the saturated market of Asheville, NC. Allison describes the abundance mindset and how it differs from a scarcity mindset. She explains why this matters in practice building and why it’s okay to ma...
Bonus Episode: 2 Trauma Therapists Talking
August 20, 2016 19:32 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBTherapy Chat host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C chatted with friend and colleague Deb Del Vecchio Scully, LPC, a trauma therapist in Connecticut who specializes in helping people affected by communal trauma. Deb has supported survivors of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 as well as the Newtown, Connecticut community affected by the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Laura and Deb talk about this concept of communal trauma and how the trauma of a mass tragedy is shared among commu...
46: How to Be Assertive Step By Step
August 18, 2016 02:28 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBTherapy Chat Podcast Show Notes Episode 46 – How To Be Assertive with Dr. Julie Hanks In Episode 46 Therapy Chat host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews Dr. Julie Hanks, who is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, private practice consultant and coach, author of two books – The Burnout Cure and The Assertiveness Guide for Women – as well as a performing musician and owner of a successful group psychotherapy practice in Utah. Julie talks about using social media and writing to expand her r...
45: Blogging to Reduce Mental Health Stigma
August 12, 2016 00:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBEpisode 45 – With Dr. Samantha Rodman, aka “Dr. Psych Mom” In Episode 45 Therapy Chat host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews a friend, colleague, author of two books and the very popular blog “Dr. Psych Mom,” Dr. Samantha Rodman. Samantha, a clinical psychologist in private practice outside of Annapolis, Maryland and the author of How to Talk to Kids About Your Divorce and the upcoming book 52 Emails to Transform Your Marriage (coming in November 2016), shares how she manages to find ti...
44: Trauma Exposure: An Occupational Hazard
August 05, 2016 00:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBIn Episode 44 Therapy Chat host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews a very inspiring person who has really been a pioneer in the field of trauma exposure. Laura van Dernoot Lipsky is today’s guest on the podcast! You may have heard of her book, Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide To Caring for Self While Caring for Others, and her amazing TED Talk entitled, “Beyond the Cliff”. In this episode of Therapy Chat Laura describes what happened AFTER she realized the impact trauma work had in her li...
Bonus Episode: Trauma Therapist Community
August 02, 2016 23:27 - 5 minutes - 5.15 MBI've worked with survivors of trauma since 2002 and at various times I've felt alone in my thoughts and feelings about the experience of doing this work. We can't talk about what we see and hear day in and day out with the important non-professionals in our lives, like family, close friends and spouses. Even discussing our feelings about our work can be overwhelming for those loved ones, which contributes to the isolation we trauma therapists often feel. The effects of vicarious trauma, se...
43: Why Therapists Need Practice Management Systems
July 29, 2016 01:12 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBIn Episode 43, the 5th in the therapist private practice building series, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C discusses the benefits of practice management systems with Brad Pliner, the founder and CEO of Therapy Notes. Brad explains how Therapy Notes and other similar practice management systems allow therapists to securely maintain clinical documentation along with recording payments received, balances owed, submit insurance claims, keep track of client appointments and therapist schedules, and more...
42: Holding Space for the Shadow
July 22, 2016 00:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBIn Episode 42 Therapy Chat host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C again interviews Keri Nola, who is a psychotherapist and coach for healers and the creator of the Messages From Shadow deck. Keri and Laura continue the conversation begun in Therapy Chat podcast Episodes 38 with Renee Beck and 40 with Lourdes Viado. Keri discusses the Shadow in more depth and discusses how she became acquainted with this concept. She and Laura discuss welcoming all the parts of ourselves and Keri offers a Messages from Sh...
41: Speaking to Your Ideal Client
July 15, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBThey share that when someone is looking for a therapist, the process can be extremely overwhelming. Kelly and Miranda point out that therapist marketing efforts can, at times, make it worse for people who are trying to find the right therapist for their specific issues. They address the ethical concerns that many therapists have raised about niching and focusing on specific areas of psychotherapy. Kelly and Miranda talk about the culture of therapist education and how it affects therapist co...
40: The Middle Passage - Who's Driving the Bus?
July 08, 2016 00:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBWelcome back to Therapy Chat! In episode 40, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews a fascinating guest. Lourdes Viado, PhD is a psychotherapist in private practice in Las Vegas who is also the host of a new podcast called Women In-Depth. Lourdes explains depth psychology and concepts of Jungian psychology such as the Shadow (if you find that interesting go back and listen to episode 39 too, with Renee Beck). She describes her works with clients in the "Middle Passage" who are feeling out of a...
39: Designing A Website with Empathy
July 01, 2016 00:00 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBWelcome back! In Episode 39 of Therapy Chat Podcast, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews Kat Love as the third installment in the practice building series. Kat Love is a website designer and founder of www.katlove.com. She specializes in helping therapists build websites with empathy and compassion. The focus is on speaking to clients in a way that expands our ability to be of service, whether by providing useful free information and resources on our websites, or by helping clients find us ...
38: Dreamwork and Tarot in Shadow Work
June 24, 2016 00:33 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBWelcome back to Therapy Chat! In Episode 38 host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews Oakland, CA psychotherapist Renee Beck, LMFT. Renee specializes in dreamwork, tarot and transpersonal psychotherapy. In this episode she explains the shadow that is in all of us - the unconscious parts of ourselves which are hidden from our awareness. She describes how she works with her clients using dreamwork and tarot as well as other creative methods to bring the shadow to conscious awareness. She is availab...
37: Time Management, Productivity & Getting It All Done!
June 17, 2016 00:14 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBWelcome back to the Practice Building Series on Therapy Chat! In Episode 37, the second episode in the practice building series, you will hear Laura Reagan's episode with Joe Sanok, who is a podcaster, counselor, business coach and successful entrepreneur. Joe shares tons of tips and techniques for building a practice which runs effectively, efficiently and highly productively. Joe also offers several freebies for listeners! You can find more about Joe by visiting his website, www.practiceof...
36: Self Compassion in Psychotherapy
June 10, 2016 02:41 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBWelcome to Episode 36 of Therapy Chat! In this episode, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C interviews author and psychotherapist Tim Ambrose Desmond, LMFT. Tim is a student of Zen master Thich Nhat Hahn who wrote a book called Self Compassion in Psychotherapy: Mindfulness-Based Practices for Healing and Transformation. Laura and Tim discuss how he became interested in self compassion, how it has helped him, and how it can be used in psychotherapy. He explains concepts from the book. To learn more abo...
35: Entrepreneur Burnout - Is It Inevitable?
June 03, 2016 00:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBWelcome back! In Episode 35, the first episode of the Practice Building Series, host Laura Reagan, LCSW-C speaks with counselor, coach and podcaster Colleen Mullen, PsyD, LMFT. Colleen is a psychologist and coach practicing in San Diego, CA and hosts a popular podcast called Coaching Through Chaos. She is also the co-host of a new podcast she will talk about in this episode. With so much going on, Colleen understands that burnout is an occupational hazard for entrepreneurs. She offers some w...
34: What Is The Mind?
May 27, 2016 00:00 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBWelcome back to Therapy Chat! If you’re a therapist, my guest today is someone who needs no introduction. Dr. Dan Siegel is my guest, and he explains the concept of interpersonal neurobiology, the nature of the mind, integration and “Mwe”. He shares his story of becoming interested in the brain and the mind beginning in college, and continuing through his medical school training. He explains his disappointment at discovering in medical school in the late 1980’s that there did not seem to be...
33: Worthiness, Perfectionism & Self Compassion
May 20, 2016 03:53 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBWelcome! Today we’re discussing Perfectionism, Worthiness, and Self-Compassion. I’m using a personal example from my own experience as the basis for our discussion. Join me! What you’ll hear in this episode: The “growth ceiling” can cause anxiety as we exceed our expectations. As an example of a “growth ceiling,” I never imagined having a thriving full-time practice where I love going to work and serving my clients, or having a podcast, or interviewing prominent guests. Brene’ Brown r...
32. Getting Up Close & Personal With Anger - Mindfully
May 12, 2016 23:29 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBWelcome! My guest for this episode is Dr. Andrea Brandt, a psychotherapist, speaker, and author who has much knowledge and experience to bring to the table. Her book, Mindful Anger: A Pathway to Emotional Freedom, explores revolutionary thinking on the topic of anger. Join us as we discuss mindful anger. What you’ll hear in this episode: Mindfulness and anger are not usually thought of as partners. Anger is almost always viewed as a negative emotion. “The Pleasure Principle” that humans ...
31: Mother's Day Can Be Tough!
May 06, 2016 00:00 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBWelcome to this episode. Our topic is Mother’s Day and why it can be tough for some people. In fact, some people hate Mother’s Day because of a history of childhood emotional neglect, abuse, or trauma. Know that you’re not alone and that many people have mixed feelings about this holiday. Let’s discuss it! What you’ll hear in this episode:I hear four reasons from clients as to why Mother’s Day can be tough: “My mom isn’t here and I miss her.” Solution: Find ways to honor your feelings...
30: Childhood Sexual Abuse
April 29, 2016 03:51 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBThis is Part 2 of a series about Sexual Assault Awareness, and today’s focus is on Childhood Sexual Abuse. Let’s jump right into our topic! What you’ll hear in this episode: Childhood Sexual Abuse is “a form of child abuse including sexual activity with a minor who is not capable of consenting.” Remember that a child CANNOT give consent to sexual activity! Childhood Sexual Abuse is not always physical contact, but can include digital/online interaction, fondling, exhibitionism, child porn...
29: Managing Anxiety
April 22, 2016 04:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MBWelcome! My guest today is Carolyn Daitch, Ph. D, author, and psychologist. She has written several books, including Anxiety Disorders: The Go-To Guide for Clients and Therapists, The Affect Regulation Toolbox: Practical and Effective Hypnotic Interventions for the Over-Reactive Client, Anxious in Love, and The Road to Calm Workbook: Life-Changing Tools to Stop Runaway Emotions. Carolyn is the director of the Center for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Michigan. You might have guessed t...