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- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 246
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
When Parents Split Late: Supporting Adult Children of Divorce, Ep. 251
Linda Hershman, LMFT, examines how later-in-life parental divorce disrupts rituals, relationships, finances, and caregiving for Adult Children of Divorce (ACODs), highlighting ways to validate their …
01:01:53 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
Elective Forgiveness in Trauma Therapy: Distinguishing Forgiveness from Reconciliation, Ep. 250
Amanda Ann Gregory, LCPC, offers a critical look at forgiveness in trauma therapy, clarifying its elective role and its distinction from reconciliation, as well as providing practical tools to help t…
01:00:20 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
When Clients Disengage: An IFS-Informed Approach to Repairing Ruptures and Improving Outcomes, Ep. 249
Dr. Beth Mullen-Houser explores how Internal Family Systems (IFS) can help therapists recognize and repair ruptures caused by disconnection. This episode examines the ethical responsibility of stayin…
01:01:52 |
Wed 06 Aug 2025
From Forced Repression to Safe Expression: Making Room for Anger, Ep. 248
Bronwyn Schweigerdt, LMFT explores how early attachment disruptions and alexithymia can impair a client’s ability to recognize and articulate anger. This interview offers structured strategies to sup…
01:00:47 |
Wed 23 Jul 2025
When the Unthinkable Happens: Mental Health Strategies for Disaster Recovery, Ep. 247
Dr. Erika Felix, PSY, discusses the psychological impact of natural and human-caused disasters, offering clinical strategies and protective factors that support healing in individuals and communities…
01:09:37 |
Wed 16 Jul 2025
When Chaos Feels Like Chemistry: Healing and Rewiring the Nervous System for Safer Love, Ep. 246
Dr. Nancy Grechko, PSY, explores how attachment wounds and nervous system dysregulation may draw clients to intense, but harmful, relationships, and how clinicians can gently intervene in support of …
01:01:46 |
Wed 09 Jul 2025
Clinical Curveballs: Responding to the Unexpected with Ethics, Integrity, and Care, Ep. 245
Dr. Kristin Dempsey, LMFT, LPCC, provides a framework for addressing unexpected client behavior without losing your ethical footing, talking through concerns like a client being inebriated in session…
01:01:16 |
Wed 18 Jun 2025
Inclusive Care: Raising the Ethical Standard for Supporting Gender-Diverse Clients
Angela Brooks-Livingston, LCMHCS, explores the evolution from affirming to competent care for transgender and gender expansive clients, offering guidance on historical context, gatekeeping, letter-wr…
01:01:03 |
Thu 12 Jun 2025
Queer Couples Therapy: Tools for Affirming Clinical Work, Ep. 243
Laurel Roberts-Meese, LMFT, equips therapists with practical tools and essential knowledge to foster cultural competency, navigate nuanced dynamics, and provide affirming, inclusive care to queer cou…
01:01:44 |
Wed 04 Jun 2025
Affirming Bisexual and Pansexual Clients: Clinical Tools for Inclusivity, Ep. 242
Dr. Lana Holmes teaches how erasure, bias, and repeated coming out shape the mental health of bi and pan individuals, including discussion about identity, stress, and clinical strategies for affirmin…
01:05:01 |
Wed 21 May 2025
Rituals for Resilience: Supporting Clients Through Change Using Culturally-Attuned Ceremonies, Ep. 241
Julia Aziz, LCSW and interfaith ceremonialist, explores how ritual and ceremony can support clients through life transitions. This course offers culturally responsive tools for integrating meaning-ma…
01:04:03 |
Wed 14 May 2025
Inclusive, Intentional Supervision: Ethical Leadership Rooted in Awareness, Ep. 240
Dr. Brittany Peters, LCSW, explores the complexities of clinical supervision, from interpersonal dynamics to systemic influences. This course offers tools for structured planning, effective feedback,…
01:01:36 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
The Overlooked Connection: Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, and Dyscalculia and the Mental Health Impact, Ep. 239
Dr. Robin Raniero Norris, LMFT, highlights how learning disorders may impact mental health and present in therapy. This episode provides tools to recognize signs and offer supportive, informed care. …
01:02:14 |
Wed 23 Apr 2025
Recovery, Social Justice, and the Right to Autonomy: A Harm Reduction Framework for Healing, Ep. 238
Dr. Kristin Dempsey, LMFT, LPCC, explores harm reduction as a clinical and social justice framework for supporting clients with substance use and process addictions. This course equips clinicians wit…
01:00:00 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
FREE CE COURSE: Resilience in Action: Why Some Bounce Back—And How to Help Others Do the Same Ep. 237
Renowned psychologist Dr. Donald Meichenbaum explores the science of resilience, examining why some individuals recover from trauma while others struggle with lasting distress. Through evidence-based…
01:00:59 |
Wed 02 Apr 2025
The Silent Weight of Client Suicide: On Grief, Ethics, and Clinical Realities, Ep. 236
Khara Croswaite Brindle, LPC, ACS, CFT-I, explores the silent burden clinicians carry after a client’s suicide, addressing grief, ethical dilemmas, and self-care. This course provides essential strat…
01:01:45 |
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Behind the Masking: An Intimate Case Study in Recognizing Autism in Individuals Assigned Female at Birth, Ep. 235
Patricia Young, MSW, a neurodivergent coach and former LCSW, explores the complexities of high-masking autism in AFAB individuals, highlighting late diagnosis, internalized masking, and mental health…
01:00:05 |
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Conceptualizing Intimacy Beyond Sex: The Interplay of Attachment, Boundaries, and Vulnerability, Ep. 234
Dr. Tamora Callands, PsyD, examines intimacy across emotional, physical, and social domains to help clinicians better conceptualize its complexities, providing a framework for understanding intimacy’…
01:02:06 |
Wed 19 Feb 2025
Protecting Older Adults: Recognizing and Responding to Elder Abuse , Ep. 233
Elder abuse expert E. Penny Jacobo, LCSW, shares key insights on identifying, addressing, and preventing elder abuse. This episode covers its forms, the role of Adult Protective Services, and clinici…
01:00:30 |
Wed 12 Feb 2025
Mind, Mood, and Menopause: Understanding Hormonal Transitions in Mental Health Care, Ep. 232
Helen Bennett explains the profound mental health impacts of the menopause transition, from hormonal shifts to emotional and cognitive challenges. This podcast equips therapists with practical tools,…
01:03:31 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
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