Episode 2- Fear Factor: Equine Ejaculate or Emotional Intimacy?

How do our client’s cultural beliefs and experiences inform our sessions?  Are we able to hold space for beliefs which do not reflect our own? In this episode, Eli, Melissa, and Evan explore what we love about psychotherapy.  In answering this question, we contemplate the role our clients’ stories and dare we say it, delusions, play in their lives and within the counseling process.  Additionally, Evan shares his experiences with emotional vulnerability in group therapy.Topics explored in this episode include:Beauty of clients’ being the authors of their livesWorking with delusion as an affect-regulating resourceAnalyzing delusions within the psychodynamic processWas Melissa kidnapped by aliens?Trusting client’s authenticityPicking up on client’s cues while staying present during the counseling processSuggestions for allowing group process to occurDreams as a reflection of ourselvesHousing within clinically-directed treatmentMushing sled dogs as a metaphor for group therapyWould you consume equine ejaculate rather than express emotional vulnerability in group therapy?Racial bias in assessing physical pain and prescribing opiatesHow a lack of counselor self-awareness damages clientsPlease join us weekly as Tell Me About Your Mother discusses topics relevant to pursuing excellence in psychotherapy.  Melissa Martin, Eli Branscombe, and Evan Miller are three licensed psychotherapists who have come together for peer supervision and in doing so, created Tell Me About Your Mother so that we can share our passion for psychotherapy with our fellow healers.Tell Me About Your Mother is seeking sponsorship!  If you’d like to connect with us, please send an email to [email protected] us Fan MailSupport the showHave any questions or insights about this episode? Reach out to us at [email protected]