Saying the Unsaid

Vanessa + Sarah talk about words to avoid in Process Groups to reduce polite  faux-neutrality in pursuit of specificity and realness.  

Vanessa asks Sarah about her vocal nodule procedure and 72 hours of no-talking, and the two think out loud about the utility of studying our projections.  

Sarah tells Vanessa how she is feeling about a vocal cord procedure scheduled for the following day to treat her vocal nodules, and how process groups helped her advocate for herself in the medical arena.

Sarah + Vanessa attempt to describe a process group succinctly, wonder if it's akin to the mind-numbing quality of verbally describing a board game, and share a recent group experience.  

Vanessa + Sarah talk about the experience of being witnessed in our grossness and the potentially meaningful information of disgust.

Sarah + Vanessa share more thoughts on the dangers and invitations or boredom and mattering.  

Sarah + Vanessa discuss Adult Skate Camp and the potentially avoidant quality of asking questions.

Vanessa + Sarah discuss the Wild Boar of Boredom, its potentially aggressive undertones, and the scary but vitalizing prospect of naming it.  

Sarah + Vanessa use Sarah Simpson's description of a process group to help clarify what it is that they're trying to do.  www.sarahsimpsoncounseling.com 

Vanessa + Sarah discuss an article by Dr. Nancy McWilliams about the maternal and paternal aspects of analytic work, and Vanessa shares about her reconstructive lip surgery the day before the recording.  

Sarah + Vanessa talk about some of the ideas of Provocative Therapy, as coined by Frank Farrelly, and the invitations of the unexpected. 

Vanessa and Sarah talk about the utility of paying attention to negative or disavowed thoughts/feelings as a way to hold onto one's hot potatoes.

Vanessa shares three recent experiences of jealousy and the two of them share the invitation of expanding ones range of thoughts, feelings and relational impulses. 

Sarah + Vanessa catch up about recent experiences of getting tattooed, telling the truth, and witnessing children on airplanes.  

Vanessa + Sarah talk about an article on using psychodrama in group work and their associations with acting things out.  

Vanessa + Sarah have a conversation about an interpersonal approach to group, noticing and following replications, and being the canary.

Sarah + Vanessa discuss their resistance to the idea of marketing while simultaneously wanting to promote Process Groups.  

Vanessa + Sarah talk about the art of Joining and the invitation to call a spade a spade in process groups.

Vanessa + Sarah share some reflections on the similarities of good parenting and good group leading.  

Vanessa + Sarah check in about their personal current experiences as members of process groups.

Sarah + Vanessa talk about the idea of mending as it pertains to group, and Vanessa gives an update on her recovery from her accident.  

Vanessa + Sarah talk about group process as playing with play-dough, and share some imaginations around the invitations of Lent.  

Sarah + Vanessa talk more about the permission to be ourselves and to follow the grain of our wood, professionally and personally.  

Sarah + Vanessa talk about the how sometimes choosing pleasure and ease is just what the doctor ordered.  

Vanessa and Sarah talk about the energizing quality of aggression.