A Simple Therapy Podcast: Honest Conversations on Therapy, Mental Health, Healing and Self-Growth

In this episode, Kresta Dalrymple, LMFT, fearlessly opens up about her 35-year struggle with misophonia, an extreme sensitivity to certain sounds. Join us as she shares her personal journey of finding freedom from misophonia, offering inspiration and wisdom for therapists and individuals on their own paths to healing. As a therapist specializing in complex trauma, Kresta brings a wealth of knowled...

Welcome to an extraordinary episode of The Heart-Centered Therapist Podcast! Join us as we delve into a powerful conversation with Pamela Cohen, a remarkable individual who holds a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology from Loyola College. With an incredible 42 years of lived experience with bipolar 1 disorder, Pam brings a unique perspective to our discussion. Pam's journey has been nothin...

Get ready for an episode that will ignite your therapeutic imagination! We all know that stories have the power to heal and teach, but have you ever wondered how to harness that magic in your therapy sessions? Join me as I chat with the incredible Daniel Hand, a true master of using role-playing games (RPGs) and storytelling in psychotherapy. Brace yourself for a mind-blowing conversation where we...

Katie Read helps the helping professionals step into their biggest lives…so they can serve in the biggest ways. She is the creator of: The Clinician to Coach® Academy, The Clini-Coach® Certification, and the Six-Figure Flagship® Program.  In this episode, we challenge assumptions held by private practice and agency therapists and explore signs indicating when a therapist is ready to move beyond th...

Becca Ferguson is a Licensed Professional Counselor who specializes in trauma recovery, and she is an online course creator and real-life human being. Becca brings her love for storytelling and teaching to every environment that she's in! When people ask her for advice, it's coming from years of experience personally and professionally. Becca's main goal is for people to know that they aren't alon...

Julia Aziz, LCSW-S, Rev. is a holistic psychotherapist, ceremonialist, teacher, and author. With a psychospiritual lens integrating mind-body and traditional healing tools, Julia's work has focused on women who spend much of their time and energy attending to other people's needs. She supports helping professionals in reclaiming, rewilding, and empowering themselves through the challenges of burno...

Michelle Moseley is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina. She came into mental health counseling as a second career after working in vocational ministry. Now Michelle has her own private practice, where she specializes in working with survivors of religious trauma or spiritual abuse, and body image concerns. In this episode, we discuss Michelle's personal journey in recove...

Silvana Espinoza Lay is a psychotherapist, consultant, and embodied liberation educator in her own journey of decolonizing her practice and herself. She supports therapists to help them decolonize their practices and to question and unlearn the ways they provide therapy to embody anti-oppressive and liberation practices. For the last 13 years, she has compassionately supported therapy seekers of d...

Chris McDonald is a Holistic Licensed Therapist and owns a group online practice, "Path to Hope Counseling". She is a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher, is Certified in Brainspotting and offers gentle yoga to clients in session, workshops and private yoga sessions. She specializes in the treatment of anxiety, depression, trauma and grief in young adults. Chris also offers Therapy for Therapists and...

Julie Herres is an expert in Profit First who has helped hundreds of private practice owners gain financial freedom. Founder of GreenOak Accounting, the country's largest firm serving the mental health industry, Julie is an accountant, consultant, speaker, author of Profit First for Therapists and host of the Therapy for Your Money podcast.   In this episode, we look at the ways therapists and pra...

On today's show, we have the incredible Monique Hoving-Smeets, a Marriage and Family Therapist and Canadian Certified Counsellor, who has developed an integrative trauma model that is going to take the therapy world by storm - T.R.I.P. (Trauma Regulation and Integration Process). Originally from the Netherlands and now living in Canada, Monique's curiosity in the connection between body, brain, mi...

Dr. Morgan Levy is a licensed psychologist who specializes in helping high-achievers and professionals learn the skills they need to optimize their work performance and personal development. She provides online workshops and education on mindfulness, perfectionism, and burnout, and is the creator of The Mindful Professional Bundle. In this episode, we dive deep into perfectionism and burnout. Morg...

Lee Chaix McDonough is an ICF certified business coach and the founder of Coach With Clarity ® , her unique framework for helping you tap into your wisdom, serve your clients in truly life-changing ways, and create a thriving business. She is also the host of the Coach with Clarity podcast, and author of the #1 Amazon bestseller,  ACT On Your Business . If you've ever wondered how you can add coac...

Ira Israel is the author of "Wired & Tired," as well as "How To Survive Your Childhood Now That You're an Adult," which is endorsed by Sting, Reverend Michael Beckwith, Marianne Williamson, Jack Kornfield, and many more. He teaches sold-out workshops at Esalen and Kripalu and has written over 400 articles on psychology, philosophy, Buddhism, yoga, film, art, music and literature. In this episode,...

Dr. Kim Daniels is an Emotional Eating coach with a degree in Clinical Psychology who's been working with women who struggle with eating disorders and disordered eating for over 20 years. She's also a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and is the host of the Emotional Eating and Everything Else Podcast. Dr. Daniels combines Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Intuitive Eating approaches to help he...

Kali Wolken is a Licensed Counselor and Certified Career Counselor. She provides online mental health and career counseling to working women. Her number one goal is to help you believe in yourself so you can take control of your life and soar!  In this episode, we discuss Kali's unique specialty of integrating career counseling into mental health counseling. If you ever discuss work stress and car...

Karen Carnabucci, LCSW, TEP, is an expert in psychodrama for over 30 years and founder of the Lancaster School of Psychodrama and Experiential Psychotherapies. She trained with the late Zerka Moreno, co-creator of psychodrama. Karen truly is a master of psychodrama and is passionate about spreading the word about experiential therapy. Listen in for a riveting conversation about how these embodied...

Melissa Bennett-Heinz, MSW, shares her very personal journey from professional classical musician to gestalt psychotherapist. We talk about how gestalt therapy found her and has impacted her life and way of being. We take a deeper look at the essential components that make Gestalt therapy unique. Join our conversation to experience Melissa's love and passion for her work and for people, while you...

Briana Lefman, LPCC, CRC, has over 18 years of clinical experience and is an expert on group therapy. She leads an incredible range of therapy groups on trauma, addiction, codependency, infidelity, grief and more. In this episode, we talk about her passion for group work, and hear amazing stories of community, connection and healing. Most of all, you'll get to spend some time with a therapist who...

Jenny Hughes is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of trauma and PTSD. As the founder of the BRAVE Providers, LLC, Jenny helps healing professionals go from feeling drained and demoralized to energized and empowered.  In this episode, we discuss vicarious trauma, vicarious resilience, and the importance of self-care and community. She shares her personal and clinical ex...

Andrea Brognano, LMHC is the group practice owner of Therapy Connection, an online mental health group practice in several states. She is the founder of Achieve with Andrea, where she hosts a membership to help therapists with social media, women's retreats, courses and more. In this episode, we discuss how therapists can show up authentically online, learn practical tips for using social media, a...

Dr. Tatyana Kholodkov is the owner and founder of Project Yes PLLC. She is a first-generation immigrant and a North Carolina transplant. She merges her training background in Clinical Psychology with a lifetime of studying eastern philosophy, yoga, and meditation, including all she has learned from her yoga teacher Sri Dharma Mittra.  Dr. Kholodkov completed her PhD at the University of Wyoming an...

Yasmin Shaheen-Zaffar is a qualified counsellor registered with the BACP in the U.K., and creator of Polyvagal Teen.®. She is on a mission to support generations of families and teenagers to become Polyvagal Aware.   After struggling with dyslexia and ADHD, Yasmin found the books and resources around polyvagal theory almost impossible to understand. This made her learning difficult. She then tried...

Amanda Pratt, LCSW, shares her own struggle living with chronic illness and how it has impacted her work as a therapist. We discuss stigma, grief, coping, dealing with doctors, whether acceptance is a myth, and so much more.    Connect with Amanda: http://imaginelifetherapy.com/ https://www.instagram.com/imaginelifetherapy/ https://www.facebook.com/imaginelifetherapy https://www.tiktok.com/@chroni...

Today's episode is featuring special guest, Maureen Kane, LMHC. She's a therapist and poet, specializing in anxiety, panic, and trauma.  She shares with us her poem called "Let Yourself Be Weary."   Maureen is a winner of the 2022 Sue C. Boynton Poetry Award       Maureen's Website:  https://www.maureenkanecounseling.com/   Her book of Poetry, The Phoenix Requires Ashes by Maureen Kane https://www...