The Badass Counseling Show

In this Lightning Round, Sven answers questions and gives detailed insight on topics including: Do people choose to suffer? Why do I have attachment issues? Is it bad to not feel sympathy towards someone who hurt you? How do I forgive a parent who abandoned me? And: How do I deal with memories of sexual abuse that only happened once or twice? For al this and more, please listen in! Explicit content.

Jayda suffered incredibly severe physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her ex-husband. She desperately wants to protect her children. But her mother isn't supportive and was never nurturing, and not even her therapist believes her description of the violence she endured. She has lost her faith, and lost herself. Sven helps Jayda through her feelings of being unlovable, guides her to some uncomfortable truths, and makes a surprise offer of help. Explicit content.

Once again, Sven takes to social media live to take questions on provocative topics including dealing with resentment, feeling jaded by past relationships, healing from emotional neglect, and lots more. Please listen in to this recorded Lightning Round! Explicit content.

Sven counsels Shoshanna, who in her mid-40's has lost her spirit and feels stuck. She lives in loneliness and fear that her life will never get better. She's made the break from abusive marriages, but now living alone in a small apartment she's not sure she can maintain a good relationship with her two teenage children, much less heal their own traumas. And, she's conflicted about her career path. Sven helps Shoshanna reach for the understanding and answers that will pull her out of her distr...

After the show, Sven talks with Shoshanna about her experience.

Another recorded session with Sven opening up live sessions on YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok to take unpredictable questions and answer them as only he can. In this episode: How do I stop breadcrumbing from happening? How do I open up after not having a relationship for 10 years? If you know a husband is cheating, do you tell the wife? Is anger a normal response to betrayal? And much more. Please listen in to Sven's latest Lightning Round! Explicit content.

Sven counsels Leslie, who recalls hating herself since age 4, and now finds her adult life is empty and sad. In order to feel happy, complete, and have a sense of purpose, she believes all she needs is her mother's love and support - which has not come in over 50 years. Sven probes for the messages that have caused Leslie's misery, and guides her to the truths that can unlock a much brighter future. Explicit content.

After the counseling session with Leslie, Sven gives her some parting advice. Explicit content.

Lightning Round! Sven takes to multiple social media sites live and unrehearsed to take questions including: How do I take revenge on my partner while we're still married? Why do I put my self-worth in someone else's hands? How do I deal with a narc husband who is verbally abusing our kids? Why does the atmosphere change when a narc enters the room? And much more. Please join us for knowledge, insight, inspiration, and a few smiles. Explicit content.

Sven counsels Celeste and Rikki, two women with very different, very painful stories but the exact same problem at its root: They felt unwanted, treated like a burden, needing apologies from mom that will never come. When your mother tells you she wishes she had aborted you, how can you not face repeated crises all your life? Sven goes to work and uncovers new solutions for these vibrant, talented, but deeply troubled souls. Explicit content.

After the show, Sven talks with Rikki and Celeste about their counseling experience. Explicit content.

In this recorded Lightning Round, Sven again fields his followers' questions live on TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube. The questions are unpredictable, the answers always illuminating and, at times, entertaining. Should I force my son to go to counseling? I'm triggered by my husband's cheating, what should I do? What if I don't like the way my daughter-in-law speaks to my son? And much more, including Sven waxing poetic about the emotional impact of songs. Come on in! Explicit content.

Bridget and Taya are two women who are seriously struggling with life, and for very good reasons. Bad parenting, being a parent, childhood sexual abuse, rape, cults, PTSD, a tragic overdose, and emotional abuse all figure in to their stories. Afraid to face their truths, Sven coaches them to unlock the vaults that hold a lifetime of feelings that can set them free - if they have the courage. In this impactful counseling episode, two women who don't know each other, each with a very different ...

Find out what Sven thinks when one of his followers says her mom told her that her dead stepfather - who molested her - couldn't stand the sound of her voice. Lots more unpredictable questions come Sven's way from social media in this Lightning Round, with tons of great insight and advice. KC comes down from the booth for this one, too. Please join! Explicit content.

Breck and Molly, two complete strangers, are both in a dark place. Breck always got the message that he was a "dumbass," never good enough, and he attempted suicide at age 18. Counseled by Sven to express his feelings, he says he's terrified that the feelings are coming out. When Molly's mother passed away 2 years ago, she learned that the father who raised her wasn't her bio-dad. She reconnected with bio-dad, but with distressing results. Sven goes to work with both these troubled individual...