Save the Therapist

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 therapists need to know about supporting their clients in managing chronic pain (25 minutes)Part 4: Summary of treatment and conclusion. (2 minutes)

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. She thinks of DBT as essentially the perfect treatment, not just within her specialty, but across the board. (23 minutes)Part 4: Summary of treatment and conclusion. (2 minutes)

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 health care. Hear about what got her interested in this topic, and the things she thinks therapists need to know. (21 minutes)Part 3: Summary of topic and conclusion (2 minutes)

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 that feels tricky: Do you have kids? (6 minutes)Part 3: Some of us handle grief in creative ways. Hear a snippet from a therapist who, after the death of her husband of 23 years, started writing poetry. (2 minutes)Part 4: Summary of treatment and conclusion. (3 minutes)

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 taught her about trauma-informed parenting. (21 minutes)Part 3: Summary of topic and conclusion. (3 minutes)

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 it work even when nothing else has. (9 minutes)Part 3: Melissa Scannell, LMHC, discusses her unique specialization which includes accompanying clients on their often in-home psychedelic journeys. (9 minutes) Part 3: Summary of topic and conclusion. (3 minutes)

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 therapists who are trying to move forward from their own burnout. (21 minutes)Part 3: Summary of topic and conclusion. (4 minutes)

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 work, movement, and increased awareness of bodily sensations to help her clients process trauma stored within the body and achieve real and lasting healing. (23 minutes)Part 3: Summary of topic and conclusion. (2 minutes)

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 effective tool clinically. Here, he discusses ethical considerations for incorporating humor into a therapeutic context. (18 minutes) Part 3: Summary of topic and conclusion (2 minutes)

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 she’d used before. And beyond that—it was simple. Since then, there has been a large body of research which has supported it’s effectiveness and ART has been adopted by clinicians worldwide. (21 minutes)Part 3: Summary of topic and conclusion. (2 minutes)

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 religious neutrality—which can be harder than it sounds. Hear about some of the common symptoms and impacts of religious trauma as well as suggestions for clinical approaches to this type of work. (23 minutes)Part 3: Summary of topic and conclusion. (2 minutes)

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 practice therapist in Washington DC. No surprise—she’s thought a lot about ethics related to her social media presence. Hear her thoughts on how and why online sharing can both be tricky and simple. (24 minutes)Part 3: Summary of topic and conclusion (2 minutes)

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 clients who are into kink, BDSM, and are in consensual non-monogamous relationships. She has some practical insight about clinical skills related to working with kinky clients. (22 minutes)Part 3: Summary of strategies for treatment and conclusion. (2 minutes)

Part 1: Tobin tests using ChatGPT to diagnose a hypothetical client. But it doesn’t take long until the experiment feels very real. (4 minutes)Part 2: Jeffrey Parsons, PhD, LPCC-S worked to develop the National Board of Certified Counselor’s Ethical Principles for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Counseling. Hear about how he thinks AI will impact the profession and ethical considerations we should all keep in our human minds. (26 minutes)

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 him he’s been trying to hide for years. (26 minutes)