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Adventures In Relationship
by Amy Gordon, MA, LPCC
Welcome to AIR (Adventures In Relationship) where host and psychotherapist, Amy Gordon, supports you in navigating the quests, transformations, and triumphs in your relationship with romantic partners, yourself, and others. Change begins with YOU but nobody can do "the work" on their own. Think of AIR as a wise and friendly companion on your life's journey!
Episodes
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Transform Fighting & Resolve Conflict PART 2 - Argument Tips for Couples with Trauma
Why do relationship arguments become so painful, repetitive, and exhausting—and how do you actually stop the cycle?In this episode of Adventures in Relationship, couple psychotherapist Amy Gordon breaks down practical, trauma-informed strategies for navigating conflict without escalating it....
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Transform Fighting in Relationships Resolve Conflict (Without Making It Worse) | Argument Tips for Couples with Trauma
Why do relationship arguments become so painful, repetitive, and exhausting—and how do you actually stop the cycle? In this episode of Adventures in Relationship, couple psychotherapist Amy Gordon breaks down practical, trauma-informed strategies for navigating conflict without escalating it....
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Why Dating Feels Hopeless, and 3+ Tips on How to Find a Healthy Relationship Anyway
Are you feeling jaded about dating? Like there’s no one good out there… and maybe no real hope for a healthy relationship? In this episode of Adventures in Relationship, psychotherapist Amy Gordon explores why modern dating can feel so discouraging—especially for adults with complex trauma,...
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Part 2 - Resentment, Jealousy, Repair, and Complex Trauma
Are you constantly asking yourself, “Should I stay or leave this relationship?” If you live with complex trauma (CPTSD), this question can feel overwhelming, confusing, and exhausting. In this episode of Adventures in Relationship, therapist Amy Gordon explores how attachment styles, trauma...
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Part 1 - Abuse, Attachment, and Complex Trauma
If you’re asking yourself “Should I stay or should I go?” in your relationship, you’re not alone—and for adults with complex trauma, this question can feel especially consuming. In this episode of Adventures in Relationship, we take an honest, nuanced look at abuse in relationships—moving beyond...
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Anxious Attachment Isn’t What You Think (The Truth About Anger, Protest, and Resistance) in Relationships of Adults with Complex PTSD
Anxious attachment has become the most talked about attachment style/relationship pattern online— but much of what’s being shared is incomplete, softened, or simply inaccurate. In this episode of Adventures in Relationship, psychotherapist Amy Gordon offers a direct, grounded, and at times...
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Why Do I Keep Repeating the Same Relationship? Reenactment, Broken Picker, & Complex Trauma
Why do romantic relationships sometimes start out feeling completely different… and then slowly begin to feel painfully familiar?In this episode of **Adventures in Relationship**, therapist Amy Gordon explores a question many adults with complex trauma eventually ask:**Why does this keep…
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Are You a Scapegoat? Complex Trauma and the Hidden Roles You are Forced Into
In this episode of Adventures in Relationship, Amy unpacks scapegoating — in families, romantic relationships, workplaces, and even mental health systems. What is scapegoating? It’s what happens when harm is occurring, but accountability would destabilize the system. So instead of addressing the...
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Why Current Events Hit Harder If You Have Complex PTSD
In this episode of Adventures in Relationship, psychotherapist Amy Gordon explores how current events, political violence, and systems of power are impacting mental health—especially for adults with complex trauma (CPTSD). From a relational and neurobiological perspective, this episode examines…
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Emotional Flashbacks: Why You're Conflict Avoidant
Most therapists overlook the significance of emotional flashbacks for adults with complex trauma. Amy describes what emotional flashbacks are and offers some tips for working with emotional flashbacks, especially as they pertain to conflict avoidance. Start here if you want to be less conflict...
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Relationship Between Attachment and Personality Disorders
One of Psychology's best kept secrets is the knowledge that childhood anxious attachment trauma can yield Borderline Personality Disorder, avoidant attachment trauma can yield Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and disorganized attachment trauma can yield Antisocial Personality Disorder. Amy…
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What You Need to Know about Personality Disorders
There's a lot of talk about narcissism and Borderline Personality Disorder floating around and that's GOOD! Amy's clinical perspective shines light on intellectual gatekeeping within the mental health field and dares to share some really important information about NPD, BPD, and other personality...
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Codependency = Deadly Silence
Codependency isn't spending a lot of time with somebody. It is a much more deeply rooted rejection of self that silences it's sufferers into abandoning their self in order to preserve relationships. Amy breaks down an overview of what codependency is, how it comes from complex trauma, what common...
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Blaming the Mother
Male-dominated Psychology had blamed our mothers for mental-emotional issues for more than a century. How accurate is this assumption? Maybe more than we'd like to admit. BUT systems of patriarchy, capitalism, imperialism, colonialism, sexism, racism, ableism, and homophobia, AKA 'great white...
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The Way of the Femme
Hosts of The Way of the Femme (Stephanie Carrodegua and Amy Gordon) reunited and it feels so good to share with you all about the vulnerability, struggles, and realities of starting a podcast and hope to inspire you to follow your dreams. Catch up with your favorite queer femmes in this crossover...
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Insight on the Stages of Relationship
Don't want to break up? Pay special attention to the 2nd relationship stage! Check out this breakdown of helpful information regarding the relationship stages. Amy provides support for how to stay together through the most challenging periods for couples and shares about the 5 relationship…
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Imperfect Boundaries are Good Enough
"Boundaries" is a relatively vague term. How do you know if you have actually set a boundary? Do you need to tell the other person that you will remove yourself if the boundary violation continues? Do non-speakers have boundaries? Amy presents a flexible and non-ableist framework for considering...
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Autonomy vs. Prioritizing the Relationship
Is it your role to heal your partner? Afraid of losing autonomy in your relationship? Amy presents new ways of thinking about these questions and offers some framework for creative collaboration between partners. Reciprocally prioritizing your relationship/helping each other to heal, and being...
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Jealousy as PTSD
Is jealousy eroding your relationship? Amy offers advice for chronically jealous partners (without shaming) and advice for the partners of chronically jealous people, while also presenting a new framework for considering the complex origins and prognostic factors of persistent dysfunctional...
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When Your Partner Complains
Are you missing the gold in your partner's complaints? Amy shares insight about how couples often focus on the apparent content of conflict instead of seeing the underlying needs, expressions of hurt that originated in their past wounding, and how to address partners complaints in a healing and...
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How Your Partner Affects You
An incredibly powerful strategy for getting your partner to hear you! Tell them how they affect you when they say/do this or that. Amy shares some important whys and hows when it comes to telling your partner how they affect you. Try this for reduced defensiveness, improved understanding, and...
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Diagnoses - Not What You Think
What if your diagnoses are really just descriptions of the symptoms of your complex trauma? Amy shares about new ways of thinking about mental illness and challenges traditional conceptualizations of mental health diagnoses. [email protected]...
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Better Couple Therapy
We've all heard of Gottman but there are better options for many couples. Amy shares about alternative couple therapy models and some important considerations in choosing the right therapist for your relationship. https://www.youtube.com/@adventuresinrelationship...
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Community and Lone She-Wolves
Listen as your hosts spontaneously respond to a fan's request for your hosts to cover the topic of community. Amy brings in the neurobiology of community, Stephanie gets vulnerable and insightful about human psychology. Spoiler alert: Femme's need community! Happy Pride month, everyone!!!...
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We Don't Know What We're Talking About
Join Amy and Steph in catching up with each other and exploring the upcoming eclipses, the astrological new year, relationships, business, and animals, among many other subjects!
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Intuitive Eating
In this episode, Stephanie and Amy discuss intuitive eating, intuitive living, and the complexities of chronic dieting, eating disorders, and body image.
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Arms and Body
In this episode, Amy and Stephanie respond to a listener email regarding a specific question about body shape.
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Matters of Life and Death
In this episode, Amy and Stephanie interview a young couple who want to know about matters of life and death, when to have kids, and how to handle death.
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Fuck Winter Blues
In this episode, Amy and Stephanie address depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder, capitalism, and exercise.
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He Called Her a Cunt
In this episode, Amy and Stephanie address relational conflict, gender socialization, humans as a social animal, and the words we use.
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Nice to Meet You - Introductions - Episode Zero
Stephanie and Amy introduce themselves. Get to know your The Way of the Femme hosts in this introductory episode.
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Queer to Help: Queer Mental Health
Join hosts Amy Gordon (therapist) and Meg Specksgoor (comedian) in interviewing Angel Merritt (Professional Legal Guardian and Community Health Worker). In this podcast they discuss the dire state of queer mental health and some personal and systemic suggestions for creating a safer world for...
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Immigration and LGBTQIA2S+ Kids
Join hosts Amy Gordon (therapist) and Meg Specksgoor (comedian) in interviewing Dr. Lulu (pediatrician, author, and educator) in this important, informative, and hilarious interview about a number of fascinating topics including immigration and queer kids.
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Working with Children
Join Amy Gordon (host, MA, LMHC), Marquel Musgrave (Land-based Intersectional Pueblo Feminist), and Brittnee Page (MAAT, ATR-BC, CCLS, LCMHCA) in discussing important considerations for doing therapeutic work with children. (Content notice: mention of death pertaining to children).
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Anxiety and Depression
In this special crossover episode, therapists and podcast hosts, Amy Gordon (MA, LMHC) and F. Kristopher Blue (MA, LCAS, QMHP) interview each other about theories, methodologies, and their own personal experiences regarding Depression and Anxiety.
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Queer Jews
Join host, Amy Gordon, in interviewing Katrina Mautner (MA, A-MFT) and Binah Gordon (PhD, community activist) to discuss a range of considerations for working with and providing therapy to queer Jews.
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Substance Use Recovery
Join rock star, Darren Keen, and substance use therapist, Beth Lykins (MA, LMHC, ATR-P), as they discuss considerations and perspectives regarding substance use recovery with host, Amy Gordon. Some farm animals also chime in.
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Polyamory and Ethical Non-Monogamy
Join Kevin Patterson (author and creator of PolyRoleModels), Michelle Hy (educator and creator of PolyamorousWhileAsian), and Kaytea Hendricks (M.A., Licensed Mental Health Counselor) in discussing nuanced and therapeutic aspects of polyamory and ethical non-monogamy with host, Amy Gordon.
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Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating
Join Gabriella Tafoya-Torrez (MA, LMHC) and Jesse Schreier Kennard (MA, LMHC, ATR-P) as they discuss insights and important considerations regarding the experience and treatment of eating disorders and disordered eating with host, Amy Gordon (MA, LMHC).
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Serving Intersex Clients
Join Rebekka Davis (MA, LCSW) and Chelsea Kaban in discussing important considerations for serving Intersex clients with host, Amy Gordon (MA, LMHC). https://interactadvocates.org/
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Therapeutic Benefits of Kink
Join sexperts, Keioshiah Peter and Molly Adler (LCSW, CST), as they discuss kinky considerations and the therapeutic benefits of kink with host, Amy Gordon (MA, LMHC). Check out these great resources shared by the show guests:...
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Harm Reduction
Join Vivian Haye (MA) and Nathan Leach (MA) as they engage in conversation with host, Amy Gordon (MA, LMHC), to discuss the field of Harm Reduction and its intersections with therapy.
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Suicide Prevention
Join suicide prevention educator, Karen Janette, and suicide loss survivor, Ashley Roessler, as they discuss insights and experience regarding suicide with host, Amy Gordon. Content notice: graphic descriptions of violent events and information that may be disturbing to some regarding the topic…
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Serving Non-Binary Clients
Join Dr. KD Nadler and Pretzyl Hyzy as they engage in conversation with host, Amy Gordon (MA, LMHC), to discuss insights and important considerations in working with Non-Binary clients.
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Adventure Therapy
Join host, Amy Gordon (MA, LMHC), along with guests, Michelle Esquibel (MA, LPCC) and Sky Yardeni (MA) as they discuss Adventure Therapy from their unique lenses.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to AIR (Adventures In Relationship) where host and psychotherapist, Amy Gordon, supports you in navigating the quests, transformations, and triumphs in your relationship with romantic partners, yourself, and others. Change begins with YOU but nobody can do "the work" on their own. Think of AIR as a wise and friendly companion on your life's journey!
HOSTED BY
Amy Gordon, MA, LPCC
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Welcome to AIR (Adventures In Relationship) where host and psychotherapist, Amy Gordon, supports you in navigating the quests, transformations, and triumphs in your relationship with romantic partners, yourself, and others. Change begins with YOU but nobody can do "the work" on their own. Think of...
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