Therapy Rocks!

Margaret Hunter, Registered Art Therapist, joins Signe to talk about Art Therapy as a specialized area of mental health that helps to promote insight and healing through creative expression. Margaret is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT), Registered Art Therapist (ATR), and Certified Eating Disorder Creative Arts Therapist (CEDCAT) through the International Association of Eating Dis...

Connie Sobczak and Signe have a conversation about “The Art of Aging.” Connie is the author of Embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice!) and in 1996, Connie co-founded The Body Positive, a nonprofit organization that provides practical tools to developing balanced, joyful self-care and a relationship with our bodies that is guided by love, forgiveness, and humor. I...

Join Signe for a conversation with Julie Lythcott-Haims, former Stanford dean, on "adulting," the modern markers of adulthood and the importance of feedback. Julie is the New York Times bestselling author of the anti-helicopter parenting manifesto How to Raise an Adult which gave rise to a popular TED Talk. Her second book is the critically-acclaimed and award-winning prose poetry memoir Real Amer...

Join Signe for a conversation with Dr. Jason Nagata about body image in boys and men, a historical overview, considerations in caring for this population, risk factors and prevention. Jason Nagata, MD, MSc, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, specializing in adolescent eating disorders. He researches eating disorders, body image, and muscle-enhan...

Join Signe for a conversation with Dr. Norman Kim on shame. They discuss what shame is, why we have it and how to manage it individually and systematically. Dr. Kim completed his B.A. at Yale, his Ph. D. in Psychology at UCLA and has developed an expertise in treating and teaching about psychiatrically complex populations with a particular focus on minority status and barriers to mental health car...

Join Signe for a conversation with Kelly McGonigal about her most recent book, The Joy of Movement, why people who exercise are happier, insights on why some individuals are more inclined to move than others, and some surprising benefits of moving that you may not have heard before.  Kelly is a health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University who specializes in understanding the mind-body c...

Award-winning podcaster, Kristen Meinzer, joins Signe to discuss the necessity of knowing WHY you want to embark on a podcasting journey (and who it's for), movie therapy, tips on co-hosting a show, the importance of diversity in podcasting the BEST tips for making a great show! Kristen Meinzer is podcaster, culture critic, royal watcher, and author. She's the host of Movie Therapy with Rafer &amp...

Sleep is the most glaring omission in the health conversation of today, and Dr. Meeta Singh is going to catch us up to speed on what we need to know about this behavior that takes up 1/3 of our day, but don't talk about. In this conversation, Signe and Dr. Singh unpack the changes in sleep across the life span, why some people love the mornings and others thrive at night, how under sleep affects m...

Join Signe for a conversation with Dr. Riley Nickols on cultivating mental and physical health in athletes, body image in sport culture, “the need to be perfect” in athletes and how to navigate that in a more balanced way.  Dr. Nickols is the spokesperson in the media for input on relevant mental health topics for athletes such as eating disorders, anxiety, and performance improvement. He is a cou...

Join Signe in a conversation with Dr. Dan Tomasulo about "hope," what it is, how to access it and why it’s so important in 2021. Dr. Dan Tomasulo just released his book and audiobook Learned Hopefulness: The Power of Positivity To Overcome Depression , which is currently a #1 new release on Amazon. Dr. Dan has been honored by Sharecare as one of the top ten online influencers on the issue of depre...

Join me for "Part Two" with Dr. Brenda Schaeffer about the benefits of expelling addictive love from your life, the stages from addiction to love and finding healthy belonging. Brenda Schaeffer is an author, a Licensed Psychologist, Certified Addictions Specialist, and holds a doctorate in spiritual psychology.  With over 600,000 publications sold, she is the best-selling author of Is It Love or I...

This episode is about how to raise competent eaters, keep diet culture out of parenting and feed with trust not fear. Joining us for this conversation is someone who knows a lot about family feeding and nutrition: Anna Lutz. Anna is a Registered Dietitian in private practice in Raleigh, NC who  specializes in eating disorders and pediatric/family nutrition. She is the co-creator and co-host of Sun...

Join me for a conversation with Jane Mattes, founder and spokesperson for Single Mothers by Choice (SMC). Jane speaks about what it was like to pave the way for SMC in 1981, soon after having her son, Eric and starting the first chapter SMC chapter in NYC. She now oversees chapters throughout the US, Canada, Europe and beyond, where now over 30,000 single women have enjoyed the benefits of members...

The teen years can be turbulent times for parents, tune in to my conversation with Dr. Louann Brizendine for a look "under the hood" at the teen brain. Dr. Louann Brizendine is a neuropsychiatrist , researcher, clinician and professor at the University of California, San Francisco ( UCSF ). She is the author of two best selling books: The Female Brain , and more recently the The Male Brain . Since...

Join me for my "Part One" conversation with Dr. Brenda Schaeffer about the definition of love addiction, where it comes from and how to heal from it. Dr. Schaeffer is an author, Licensed Psychologist, Certified Addictions Specialist, and holds a doctorate in spiritual psychology.  With over 600,000 publications sold, she is the best-selling author of Is It Love or Is It Addiction? presently publis...

Best selling author, Randi Kreger, has a candid conversation with Signe about her relationship, the keys to having good boundaries as well as the benefits of boundaries. Randi's forthcoming book Stop Walking on Eggshells:Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Love Has Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) , has sold 1.1 million copies in 15 different languages and therapists refer to it as the gol...

Dr. Joanna Steinglass talks about the neural circuitry of habits and more specifically the habit-based model of disordered eating. Dr. Steinglass breaks down the neuroscience of habit, how this relates to Anorexia Nervosa, and gives her top 3 habit-busting techniques for eating disorders. Dr. Joanna Steinglass is a Professor of Psychiatry and the Associate Director of the Center for Eating Disorde...

Sara Gilliam, award winning writer and co-author of Reviving Ophelia 25th Anniversary Edition: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, joins Signe on Therapy Rocks! to talk about being the original "Ophelia," the trends of adolescent girls mental health over a 25 year span, and gives us some tips for helping our youth navigate social media. Sara has teamed up with her mother, bestselling nonfiction...