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- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 246
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
As Wartime Realities Unfold: Supporting Clients In Traumatic Shock, Ep. 191
Trauma expert Dr. David Grand, LCSW, discusses the impact of traumatic exposures on our bodies and brains and interventions to help our clients when in the state of traumatic shock, through the lens …
01:00:49 |
Tue 17 Oct 2023
Safe Sex In a Digital Age: Considering Sexual Health and Safety in an Online World, Ep. 190
Dr. Stefani Goerlich provides a framework for how clients can engage more healthfully and safely in intimate ways in an ever-connected online world. Including discussion of social media, algorithms,…
01:03:10 |
Thu 05 Oct 2023
The ICD Meets the DSM: What U.S. Clinicians Need to Know, Ep. 189
Dr. Jared Keeley explains the International Classification of Disease's history, purpose, and structure, including key differences between the ICD-10, ICD-11 and DSM-5-TR. Interview with Elizabeth I…
01:02:53 |
Thu 28 Sep 2023
Cultural Safety and Care for Immigrant & Refugee Communities, Ep. 188
Raj Sundar, MD, shares how to bettter navigate cultural barriers and develop communication strategies to foster trust and respect with immigrant clients through the principles of Cultural Safety. In…
01:01:03 |
Thu 21 Sep 2023
Mediating Trauma in Indigiqueer People: Deepening Identity Through Psychedelic Assisted Therapy, Ep. 187
Marca Cassity, LMFT, shares about the use of psychedelic assisted therapy in Two Spirit people with trauma, including discussion about discrimination, resilience, identity development, and oneness. …
01:01:36 |
Thu 07 Sep 2023
On The Road Without a Map: The Value of Accurate Diagnoses For Better Outcomes, Ep. 186
Dr. Shiro Torquato discusses the importance of accurate diagnoses, benefits and limitations of the DSM diagnostic system, and complementary diagnostic tools like the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopa…
01:00:59 |
Thu 24 Aug 2023
Fostering Resilience Against Suicide: Helping Clients "Build Lives Worth Living", Ep. 185
Jessica Gifford, LICSW, explains the power of upstream versus downstream suicide prevention interventions and offers research-based strategies to help clients improve quality of life as a suicide pre…
01:03:10 |
Thu 17 Aug 2023
When Therapy Stalls: How to Respond When Progress Is Missing, Ep. 184
Elizabeth Heaney, LPC, discusses how to navigate stalled therapy... maybe we’re covering the same material over and over again, maybe we’re feeling unsure of what to focus on, or maybe the conversati…
01:01:07 |
Thu 10 Aug 2023
The Language of Enneagram: Working with Enneagram Clients in Psychotherapy, Ep. 183
Joanne Kim, LMFT, provides a sociocultural primer about the Enneagram (a 9-type personality framework) and how a client’s interest in the Enneagram types can impact and potentially deepen psychothera…
01:10:37 |
Thu 27 Jul 2023
Developing Clinical Resilience: Nurturing Self of Therapist Beyond ‘Self Care’, Ep. 182
Megan VanMeter, LPC, explains the important difference between life enrichment and self-care in the face of the occupational hazard of burnout, and provides antidotes to the dark aspects of being a m…
01:00:22 |
Thu 20 Jul 2023
When Therapy Ends: Ideal and Less-Than-Ideal Termination, Ep. 181
Elizabeth Heaney, LPC, explores differences in who initiates termination (client or therapist), what happens when termination seems premature, reactive, or not mutually agreed-upon, and the ethical i…
01:00:33 |
Thu 13 Jul 2023
Therapy or Coaching? Differences & Similarities Worth Knowing, Ep. 180
Dr. Londyn Miller, LMFT, MCLC, defines and explains the philosophies of coaching versus therapy, including legal and ethical considerations relating to therapists providing coaching services. Interv…
01:01:29 |
Thu 15 Jun 2023
Coming Out: A Trauma-Based Experience, Ep. 179
John Sovec, LMFT, explains coming out as a potentially trauma-based experience for LGBTQIA+ individuals, including themes like nervous system activation, hypervigilance, and social alienation; John a…
01:01:00 |
Thu 01 Jun 2023
Setting the Tone at the Top: Anti-Oppressive and Trauma Informed Leadership and Supervision, Ep. 173
Cristal Martinez Acosta, LPC-S, explains trauma-informed principles and explains leadership strategies to emphasize anti-oppressive, trauma\-sensitive, and culturally-aware strategies in management a…
01:02:59 |
Thu 25 May 2023
Polyvagal Theory: Hacking the Stress Response, Ep. 177
Gabrielle Juliano-Villani, LCSW, gives a helpful primer on the important role of the Vagus nerve plays in how the human nervous system manages stress and regulates emotions. Includes discussion abou…
01:01:05 |
Thu 11 May 2023
Remnants of Combat: Assisting Veterans with PTSD and TBI, Ep. 176
Dr. Lorin Lindner shares best practices for engaging and treating veterans in psychotherapy, including discussion about clinical presentations of combat-related Post-Traumatic Stress, Tramautic Brain…
01:00:47 |
Thu 27 Apr 2023
DSM-5-TR: What’s New, a Review, and Limitations, Ep. 175
Dr. Stephanie Woo provides a comprehensive discussion about continuities and changes in the DSM-5-TR, including discussion about social and ethnocultural limitations and the evolution of the Diagnost…
01:03:04 |
Thu 20 Apr 2023
Innovative Approaches for Treating Fears and Phobias in Young Children, Ep. 174
Dr. Karen Levine provides clear guidance about treatment approaches based in a combination of Play Therapy techniques and gradual exposure in order to address fears and phobias in young children, inc…
01:01:24 |
Thu 06 Apr 2023
"But That's Not What I Want": The Ethics of Self-Determination and Cultivating Medical Autonomy, Ep. 173
Diane Bigler, LCSW, takes a deep dive into how to approach ethical considerations regarding client self-determination around medical care. What rights does a patient/client have? What if their provi…
01:02:28 |
Thu 30 Mar 2023
When You Connect, You Protect: The Impact of Social Connection on Mental Health, Ep. 172
Jessica Gifford, LICSW, explains the link between social connectedness and mental health, and emphasizes the importance of helping clients build connection using concrete strategies. Interview with E…
01:03:07 |
Thu 16 Mar 2023
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