84. Are Therapists Substitute Parental Figures?
Attachment theory is one of the most credible areas in the field of psychotherapy. It is not, however, an excuse for a therapist to presume to be a substitute parental figure for a client. In this epi...
7 Juni 20211h 37min
83. Drive-Thru DBT (with Dr. Ben Caldwell)
In this episode, our guest Maryellen shares her bad experience with a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) specialist. But was it bad therapy? Was it therapy at all? Dr. Ben Caldwell joins us to share h...
24 Maj 20211h 32min
82. Predatory Therapists (with Dr. Diane Gehart)
A small percentage of therapists do bad things – not tiny ruptures in the therapeutic alliance or scheduling errors, but truly exploitative practices. This is a story about the latter. Courtney descri...
10 Maj 20211h 37min
81. Codependency In Therapy (with Marissa Esquibel, LMFT)
Marissa Esquibel, LMFT joins us to talk about codependency – the tendency to let another person's behavior affect your own while obsessing over trying to control that person's behavior. What happens w...
26 Apr 20211h 16min
80. The Troubled Teen Industry (with Kenneth R. Rosen)
Kenneth R. Rosen is an author and journalist with firsthand experience in what is colloquially called the Troubled Teen Industry. This industry – a dubious version of wilderness therapy – often includ...
12 Apr 20211h 14min
79. The Stigma of Severe Mental Illness
Having a severe and persistent mental illness is difficult – especially when the stigma of certain diagnoses negatively influences treatment. On today's episode, Ann discusses her up and down experien...
29 Mars 20211h 21min
78. Very Bad Couples Therapy (with Dr. Bonnie Kennan)
Building a good therapeutic alliance in couples therapy can be tricky with multiple people in the counseling room. This is especially challenging when the therapist is consistently late or not present...
15 Mars 20211h 15min
77. Surviving Rehab
Rehab facilities can be life saving for many people. This is a different kind of story. Jen shares her experience of 2.5 years in inpatient and outpatient treatment centers trying to overcome unhelpfu...
1 Mars 20211h 8min
