Tell Me About Your Mother

Evan, Melissa, and Eli explore the way in which attachment styles impact peoples’ messages, perceived messages, and counselors’ countertransference. This conversation also generated discussions related to: Career Counseling: benefits of personifying a job (helps identify abuse) Clinical Directors: being the log in a wood splitter Communication: how do people express needs & wishes, how effecti...

Evan, Melissa, and Eli explore the ingrained familial contracts, the power of renegotiation, and seeking internal wellness. Evan explores the ways in which his dysfunctional family system has impacted his toxicity tolerance and his newly formed  self-gatekeeping. Speaking about the holiday season also generated discussions related to: Self-help language perceived as condescension in arguments Body...

Tell Me About Your Mother offers an unscripted look at the genius and controversy of Dave Chappelle’s latest comedy special now streaming on Netflix.  Our reactions to and perception of Dave Chapelle’s message lead us to contemplate whether we can help others change and grow, particularly people within our personal lives, as well as: How social media influences our thoughts; Going Gault within the...

WARNING -- Discussion of sex practices ahead!  Tell Me About Your Mother ventures into the world of sex education and sexual health in this unscripted expression of how psychotherapists broach the subject of sexuality with our clients, ourselves, as well as with colleagues.  Speaking about sexuality also generated discussions related to: What is anxiety really about? How do we help our clients dis...

Securely fasten your headphones, dear listeners, as we drop a few F bombs while contemplating our own cultural indoctrination and the meaning behind clients’ “testing behaviors.”  In this episode, Eli, Evan, and Melissa explore many topics related to racial and cultural identity development including: What is “queer”? Assignment: Watch the newest Dave Chapelle comedy special on Netflix Fear of spe...

What do you get when you cross maladaptive family dynamics with a resilient spirit and an intellectually curious mind? Evan and Eli share how their family dynamics have shaped their pursuit of excellence in psychotherapy as well as contributed to their own personal growth.  Sit a spell and laugh with us as we contemplate: Familial social contracts Fears which arise in us while listening to clients...

Join us as Tell Me About Your Mother explores issues impacting the quality of substance use treatment.  Evan, Eli, and Melissa share their insights into how they experienced working as clinicians in substance use treatment and offer solutions for improving the industry. Topics explored in this episode include: Observations of group therapy vs. group facilitation Value of therapeutic relationships...

How do our client’s cultural beliefs and experiences inform our sessions?  Are we able to hold space for beliefs which do not reflect our own? In this episode, Eli, Melissa, and Evan explore what we love about psychotherapy.  In answering this question, we contemplate the role our clients’ stories and dare we say it, delusions, play in their lives and within the counseling process.  Additionally,...

Evan, Eli, and Melissa welcome you to their inaugural podcast of Tell Me About Your Mother .  In this episode, we explore how our quest for excellence in psychotherapy led us to create this podcast.  Evan shares how his childhood fascination with the movie Titanic relates to his family dynamics and thus influenced his career in addiction and mental health treatment.  Please join us each week as we...