138: Therapy 101 | Barriers Disability Parents Face + How to Receive This Much-Needed Care w/ Liz Spitzer, PhD

If you’ve been around in the medically complex world for a minute, you’ve surely heard others talk about therapy. But maybe you’re still asking yourself, “have I been through enough to even need it?” Liz Spitzer, PhD and rare mom herself, is here to reassure everyone that we all deserve care, including therapy, no matter how much or how little we’ve endured comparatively. In Ep 138 of The Rare Life podcast, Liz breaks down the different types of therapy parents and caregivers of medically complex children can benefit from and also how to access those therapies, including acknowledging the many barriers and providing workarounds for those of us who want therapy, but don’t know how to make it fit in our lives. If you’ve been curious about therapy but aren’t sure where to start, this is the episode you need. Also, a big thanks to our sponsors for this episode: The Nettle Families in honor of The Steitz Family, who lost their son Logan during pregnancy to a rare genetic syndrome CDPX1 Links: Check out our affiliate BetterHelp for online licensed therapy. See Amanda Griffith Atkins Directory of therapists who have experience working with parents like us! Check out this list of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) providers.  Here's a directory of EMDR therapists!  Check out the Postpartum Support International "Mental Health Support for Special Needs and Medically Fragile Parenting" group.  Check out Give An Hour’s Rare Caregiver Peer support groups. You can also find therapists on PsychologyToday.com. Learn more about ACT therapy. Listen to Ep 25: EMDR therapy. Read Special by Melanie Dimmitt for her experience with therapy. Follow Liz on Instagram @parent.caregiver.therapy!—her Instagram account Follow us on Instagram @the_rare_life! Donate to the podcast or Contact me about sponsoring an episode. Fill out our contact form to get a reminder about upcoming discussion meetings and the Skype link to join! Access the transcript on the website here. And if you love this podcast, please leave us a rating or review in your favorite podcast app!