How We Became Witchy Therapists. Stacey Aldridge, LCSW and Charity O'Reilly, LPC. Episode 1

Welcome to the first episode of the Witchy Therapist Podcast! In episode one, your hosts Stacey Aldridge, LCSW and Charity O'Reilly, LPC discuss how they became "witchy" therapists. They discuss their backgrounds and surprising things that they have in common including:Growing up evangelical and being afraid of opening up to witchy influences like yoga, tarot, astrology, and crystals. Fun fact: To this day neither one of them has played with a Ouija board!Being afraid of alienating clients as they are more open about integrating unconventional techniques into their clinical practice.Their journeys to becoming mental health professionals.How they met and why they decided to start a witchy therapist podcast.Resources mentioned: The Moon Tarot instagram https://www.instagram.com/themoontarot/Charity O’Reilly, LPC has been a trauma healer since 2006. She provides EMDR intensives to clients from all over the world. Charity is the co-author of You Will Get Through This: A Mental Health Tool Kit, and How to Understand and Deal with ADHD. She trains nationally and internationally on topics related to healing trauma and our parts. She has also been featured talking about trauma healing on multiple podcasts and on Letters from Love with Elizabeth Gilbert. Charity lives with her husband, chickens, cats, and many foster kittens on a homestead on Lenape Land in what is now called Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Visit her website to learn more about working with her.Stacey Aldridge, LCSW has worked in the mental health field for over 15 years. She works with women and LGBTQ+ clients in Mississippi addressing trauma, late diagnosed ADHD and autism, and religious trauma at her therapy practice Inspired Happiness Therapy, LLC. She is also a Reiki Master, Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique practitioner, and Holistic Health & Wellness Coach. Stacey sees coaching and Reiki clients from anywhere in the world at Kaya Holistic Wellness, LLC. A late diagnosed ADHD-er herself, Stacey also has a small business making and selling ice dyed clothing and home goods as well as an Etsy shop with curated vintage items, handmade ritual candles, and magical supplies. Stacey lives with her husband Jon and their 3 elderly dogs on unceded Chahta Yakni (Choctaw) land in Central Mississippi.Follow us on social media! @ WitchyTherapistPodcast on Instagram WitchyTherapyPodcast on Facebook  http://witchytherapistpodcast.staceyaldridgelcsw.com Charity O'Reilly, LPC @ TeaWithATraumaTherapist http://charityoreilly.com/Stacey Aldridge, LCSW @ HolisticallyStacey http://www.staceyaldridge.com