Save the Therapist

Part 1: Jimmy Sullivan, LMSW, is a veteran who, through his own experience, realized other veterans may often being getting misdiagnosed. (8 minutes)

Part 2: What’s it like to be a veteran navigating …

Part 1: Incels communicate with eachother almost entirely online. So Tobin decided to join a group, in order to observe the culture first-hand. To make sense of what he saw, he reached out to Andrew …

Part 1: Tobin posed a question to a group of therapists with lived-experience with chronic pain. What’s it like? (3 minutes)

Part 2: Lindsay Cirincione, PsyD, is a psychologist, researcher, and privat…

Part 1: There are Reddit threads that focus very directly on mental health issues, including their ongoing stigma. Hear a thread that focused on Borderline Personality Disorder, and the unexpected im…

Part 1: Tobin pitches this platform to a group of investors in the thankfully hypothetical “Shrink Tank”. It does not go well. (2 minutes)

Part 2: Venture capital is a term that, in recent years, has …

Part 1: Tobin wanted to understand how grief counseling techniques would apply to himself & his grief after his dad’s death. So he worked with Bailee Chillman, LMHC, an art therapist with a specialty…

Part 1: In news that is not shocking, debates about parenting take place on Facebook. Hear a recreated post, with plenty of comments, which conveys a way these “conversations” can unfold. (6 minutes)

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Part 1: In an attempt to find relief after the death of her son, Emily Beerbower, LCSW, embarked on psychedelic treatment. She discusses how her experience unfolded and what she learned throughout th…

Part 1: Everyone has that one friend who loves their job, almost too much. Tobin talks to his to try to figure out where the enthusiasm comes from. (5 minutes)

Part 2: Kali Wolken, LMHC, is a therapi…

Part 1: We know stress and trauma can be felt within the body. But can they be felt on the body? Tobin talks with a massage therapist to find out. (5 minutes)

Part 2: Bonnie Leggo, LCSW, sees the mind…

Part 1: Tobin talks with a therapist who—early in his career—navigated a request that was somehow simultaneously ethically taxing, embarrassing, and—looking back now—very funny. He tells the story. (…

Part 1: Robbi Zeper, PhD, LCSW, joined an EMDR Facebook page where she encountered a troll. Except it wasn’t really a troll. And her career changed forever. (7 minutes)

Part 2: Laney Rosenzweig, LMFT,…

Part 1: Mark Mayhew, LCSW, works in community mental health and maintains a small clinical practice on the side. He shares a personal story about how his interest in the treatment of religious trauma…

Part 1: Ethan Getchell, MSW, shares about his brothers suicide on social media, and also wrote a book which addresses it. He’s well aware future clients may know his story. But, what will this mean f…

Part 1: Heather Sexton, LPCC-S is a Certified Sex Therapist through the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors & Therapists (AASECT). As part of her training, she participated in a s…

Part 1: Tobin tests using ChatGPT to diagnose a hypothetical client. But it doesn’t take long until the experiment feels very real. (4 minutes)

Part 2: Jeffrey Parsons, PhD, LPCC-S worked to develop t…

Part 1: Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy posits that the psyche has many different parts, serving different roles. And sometimes, certain of these parts really need healing. (4 minutes)

Part 2: T…

Part 1: Eye movements can be meaningful in many ways. Hear about how some companies are trying to capitalize on the psychology of your peepers. (3 minutes)

Part 2: Melissa Sichting, LCSW owns a privat…

Part 1: When tragedy changes the life of a college student & self proclaimed “business bro”—his career ambitions change as well. (6 minutes)

Part 2: Ethan Getchell, MSW has carved out a niche online p…

Part 1: Michael Anderson, LAMFT is a therapist who treats men who want to change their relationship with pornography. He began recording voice memos to share tips with his clients—including a persona…