The Inked Therapist

Episode summary : Del Knight takes four words — 'it could be worse' — and spends an hour unpacking what they're actually doing to your nervous system. What pain minimization is, where it comes from, why comparative suffering is a logically broken system, and what it actually means to let pain be what it is. Funny at the start, real in the middle, liberatory by the end. Topics covered : Pain minimi...

Episode summary: In the final episode of The Inked Therapist's nervous system arc, Del Knight gets specific about what trans-affirming therapy actually means — not the sticker in the window, but the real thing. Five concrete clinical practices, a deep dive into somatic work with trans clients, a direct address to trans and nonbinary listeners about what they're allowed to expect, and an honest not...

In Episode 3, Del Knight answers the question that Episodes 1 and 2 were building toward: what does healing actually look like in practice? The answer — slow, titrated, body-centered, at the client's pace — is unpacked across four clinical pillars, a direct address to the people this approach is built for, and a personal account of why Soma Roots Therapy was built the way it was. Topics covered :...

Episode summary : In Episode 2 of The Inked Therapist, Del Knight goes deeper on the nervous system arc — unpacking what 'adapted' actually means, why the story of dysfunction causes additional harm, why insight alone doesn't shift nervous system patterns, and what the foundational shift from combat to curiosity actually makes possible in healing. Topics covered : Nervous system adaptation · Dysfu...

Episode summary : In the first full episode of The Inked Therapist, Del Knight breaks down chronic vigilance — what it is, how it develops, who carries it, and what healing actually looks like. If you've never been able to fully relax even when everything is technically fine, this one is for you. Topics covered : Chronic vigilance / hypervigilance · Nervous system adaptation · Minority stress · Wi...

The Inked Therapist is back. New chapter. Same unapologetic voice. In this pilot episode, Del Knight, PsyD, LPC, LMHC (they/them) — licensed psychotherapist, and cofounder of Soma Roots Therapy — introduces the show, the practice, and the specific kind of person this podcast was made for. Not a general wellness podcast. Not a clinical lecture series. A show for people who have been told, in one wa...