Save the Therapist

Part 1: Is it raining or sprinkling? It depends on whose mom you ask. (2 minutes) Part 2: Traditional talk therapy doesn’t work for everyone—especially those who aren’t developmentally ready for it. Jamie Watson, LMFT, RPT-S took an unexpected turn into play therapy, and quickly realized it’s both misunderstood and often extremely effective. As a registered Play Therapist, she now supervises and t...

Part 1: Nikki Glaser is a world famous comedian, But one of her most watched online clips isn’t meant to be funny. It’s about her decision to stop drinking. (3 minutes) Part 2: Souneh Arevalo, LFMT, utilizes MI in her everyday work and is even part of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers. She discusses the MI spirit, it’s core techniques, and why MI has stood the test of time as the g...

Part 1: A single word leads Tobin to an unexpected topic. The word? Withdrawal. (3 minutes) Part 2: Nicole Lamberson, PA is a medical provider who came to specialize in the tapering and de-prescription of psychiatric medicine after her personal experience suffering from withdrawal. (9 minutes) Part 3: Colleen Donaldson, LPC was a dance therapy intern when she first heard about akathisia and began...

Part 1: OCD can be very misunderstood. By clients. by clinicians. By Kardashians. (3 minutes) Part 2: Danielle Henderson, PsyD, LPC, and Meghin Lisi, LMFT have dedicated their careers to working with clients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and are advocates for an evidence-based treatment called Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). (24 minutes) Part 3: Summary of topic and conclusion. (3 min...

Part 1: Ann Dypiangco, LCSW found herself re-engergized by creating something that she hopes helps other therapists re-energize as well. (3 minutes) Part 2: Early in her career, Chelseyah Bolden, LPC, shifted the way she thought about her role as a therapist. And it had a real on her feelings of burnout. (6 minutes) Part 3: When Natasha D'Arcangelo, LMHC, LPC, learned about compassion fatigue, her...

Part 1: Behind every online post about intimate partner violence, there is a story to be told. (5 minutes) Part 2: Quin Rich, LICSW, has a ton of clinical training and experience in working with survivors of intimate partner violence. She incorporates this knowledge into her private practice work often. (15 minutes) Part 3: Eli Adler-Roth, LICSW, works at a domestic violence crisis center which pr...

Part 1: What would you do if your hourly rate was potentially getting cut in half? For Joshua Terhune, LMHC, that question was not hypothetical. (8 minutes) Part 2: Rachel Kimbrel, LCSW, thinks a lot about how hard it is to navigate the specifics of insurance benefits. And, like a lot of therapists doing their own billing, has been forced into some tough conversations with her clients. (8 minutes)...

Part 1: Mauricio Silva is a therapist who moved from Brazil to the United States when he was 12 years old. The transition changed him in ways that were unique, even from his family. (5 minutes) Part 2: Growing up between cultures can be enriching at times, and heavy at others. Miranda Nadeau, PhD, is a psychologist who specializes in working with third culture kids—and gets the dynamic first hand....

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 the mental health system? Christopher Brown, LICSW, is a trauma therapist who knows first-hand. Hear his insight on military culture and how it impacts the therapeutic relationship. Part 4: Summary of...

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 Thomas, PhD, who is a therapist specializing in working with members of this community. (21 minutes) Part 2: Turns out it’s very difficult to get a member of the incel community to chat with a therapis...

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 private practitioner who specializes in helping kids, teens, young adults, and adults facing the emotional and psychological challenges that come with chronic illness. She shares practical tips about what t...

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 impact of it’s label. (5 minutes) Part 2: Katie K. May, LPC, is a therapist, practice-owner, and author who specializes in working with teens experiencing depression, self-harm, and thoughts of suicide....

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 often been applied to mental health care. But what exactly is it? (5 minutes) Part 3: Megan Cornish, LICSW, has emerged as a major voice exploring the ethical considerations of big money in mental hea...

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 in grief work—and recorded their sessions. (19 minutes) Part 2: Emily Beerbower, LCSW, had a son who died suddenly at 11 years old. Now, years later, there’s a question she gets from new clients t...

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) Part 2: Trish Jonker, LPC is a therapist who has not only spent years working with children and families—but has herself been a foster parent of 8 children. Hear about what these experiences have taug...

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 the process. (9 minutes) Part 2: Dee Bonney, MD, is a physician who is all about functional medicine. Hear about why and how he’s become such an advocate for Ketamine treatments, and why he so often sees...

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 therapist and certified career counselor whose passion is to—among other things—help her clients find theirs. While she works with all types of professions, her career counseling caseload includes many therap...

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-body connection as critical to mental health care. Her practice specializes in somatic experiencing, and focuses on the ways experiences are stored within the body. She uses techniques like breath wo...

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. (10 minutes) Part 2: Raffi Bilek, LCSW-C, is a funny guy who also happens to be a therapist. His practice specializes in couples work, and he has written about how he has found laughter to be an effecti...

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, developed Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) in 2008 after a realization that she’d found a method using eye movements and image replacement that worked more quickly and effectively than anything s...

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 was born. (5 minutes) Part 2: Anna Clark Miller, LPC-S, specializes in working with survivors of religious trauma, spiritual abuse, cults, and other high-control groups. Her work requires practicing r...

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 for his future clinical practice? That is a question mark. (4 minutes) Part 2: “Dr. Vivid” is a Tik-Toker with a following of over 80k. Her real name is Ashley Elliott, PsyD, and she’s a private practic...

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 sexual attitude re-assessment in which she viewed pornography and then processed her judgements. (6 minutes) Part 2: Ruby Bouie Johnson, LCSW is a sexual educator and therapist who works with client...

Part 1: People are now using AI for mental health support. What’s that experience like? Hear one persons account. (3 minutes) Part 2: Rachel Wood, PhD, LPC, in addition to being a licensed therapist, equips and trains other clinicians on the impact of AI in their practice and in their clients lives. Hear about the issues most relevant to her human mind as she considers the current ethical consider...

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: Theresia Paauwe, LMHC is a therapist who is all in on neuroscience based approaches like IFS—rather than traditional talk therapy. Tobin participates in an IFS session with her, focusing on a part of h...