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Light Up The Couch
by Clearly Clinical
Affordable, relevant, and diverse Continuing Ed for mental health professionals… one year of unlimited CE courses for just one low price! Clearly Clinical is an approved provider with the APA, NBCC, ASWB, NAADAC, NYS, CAMFT, & CCAPP; we feature clinicians from historically-marginalized populations, and donate to the Trevor Project. Our innovative CE presentations and interviews feature national experts and cover topics that help today’s passionate providers learn, grow, and shine. Visit us at www.ClearlyClinical.com to become part of the movement! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What Is Compersion? Positive Empathy in Consensual Nonmonogamy, Ep. 281
Dr. Marie Thouin explores compersion in consensually nonmonogamous relationships, helping clinicians understand how jealousy, autonomy, relational security, metamour dynamics, and community can shape clients’ relationship experiences. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for...
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Sleep Out of Sync: Identifying and Treating Circadian Rhythm Disorders, Ep. 280
Jessica Fink, LCSW, explores circadian rhythm disorders and how mismatches between the body’s internal clock and everyday schedules can be mistaken for insomnia, depression, or behavioral problems. She discusses clinical assessment, diagnostic criteria, and helpful referrals and interventions....
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Sensory Processing Disorder Revisited: Recognition, Assessment, and Support, Ep. 279
Dr. Shiro Perera Torquato revisits sensory processing differences, reflecting on what has changed in clinical understanding since her 2019 Clearly Clinical interview. She explores how sensory needs can affect behavior, school functioning, and daily life. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn...
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When a Parent’s Stress Tells a Bigger Story: Exploring Possible Child Neurodivergence in Adult Therapy, Ep. 278
Lisa Kays, LICSW, LCSW, explores how clinicians can support parents and caregivers when a child’s possible neurodivergence, sensory needs, learning differences, or medical complexity may be contributing to family stress. This conversation invites clinicians to move beyond parent-blaming…
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Disrupting Period Stigma: Recognizing and Responding to PMDD, Ep. 277
Monique Gonzalez, PsyD, explores premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), helping clinicians recognize its cyclical impact on mood, cognition, relationships, and daily functioning while considering assessment, treatment, and culturally responsive care. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE...
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Beyond the Blank Slate: Positionality and the Myth of Neutrality in Clinical Practice, Ep. 276
Dr. Wendy Ashley explores how clinicians can move beyond the myth of neutrality by recognizing how identity, power, privilege, and lived experience shape clinical work. She offers practical guidance for practicing with greater cultural humility, reflexivity, authenticity, and responsiveness in…
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Safety, Stability, and Support: Trauma-Informed Care for Foster Caregivers, Ep. 275
Trish Yonker, LCPC, explores how foster care, family separation, instability, and disrupted relationships can affect children and the people who care for them. She offers practical guidance for pacing trauma treatment, building emotional and physiological safety, supporting overwhelmed…
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Supporting Hispanic and Latino/x/e Clients in a Climate of Fear, Ep. 274
Mara Sammartino, LCSW, explores how clinicians can support Hispanic and Latino/x/e clients with cultural humility, curiosity, and respect amid heightened fear and safety concerns. She offers practical guidance for building trust, addressing systemic stressors, and reducing barriers to care....
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Psycho-Oncology: Supporting Mental Health Across the Cancer Journey, Ep. 273
Boris Kisilev, MD, explores how cancer diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship can affect patients and the people who care for them. He offers practical guidance for addressing anxiety, grief, trauma, treatment-related mental health symptoms, caregiver stress, fear of recurrence, and the need for...
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When Cognition Changes: Supporting Clients with Cognitive Impairment and Dementia, Ep 272
Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA, explores how cognitive impairment and dementia can show up in clinical work. She offers practical guidance for adapting communication, supporting caregivers, preserving dignity, and expanding care when clients need more support. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT....
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Supervising with Cultural Humility: Feedback, Ethics, and Clinical Growth (Ep. 271)
Dr. Julia Macaronis explores ethical, culturally responsive supervision practices, offering concrete strategies for addressing power, positionality, feedback, gatekeeping, and cultural humility in support of safer learning environments and supervisee growth. Presentation. Earn CE credit for...
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When Work Stops Working: Helping Clients Navigate Mental Health Leave, Ep. 270
Dr. Londyn Miller, LMFT, examines mental health leave in the workplace, helping clinicians identify how occupational stressors, systemic influences, and functional impairment converge, while providing practical strategies to support assessment, stabilization, and return-to-work planning....
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Motivational Interviewing Today: Adapting to Context and Complexity, Ep. 269
Dr. Kristin Dempsey, LMFT, LPCC, and Ali Hall, Juris Doctor, explore how motivational interviewing evolves in real-world practice, helping clinicians move beyond core skills to navigate context, systemic influences, and the complexities of change, while applying a flexible, process-oriented...
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Beyond the Label: Reframing Borderline Personality Disorder Through a Trauma-Informed Lens, Ep. 268
Dr. Nancy Grechko explores how stigma, trauma, and emotion dysregulation shape borderline personality disorder, helping clinicians reconsider diagnostic assumptions, recognize internalized and overlooked presentations, and apply a trauma-informed lens to support more accurate, compassionate care....
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Before the Meltdown: Recognizing and Responding to Early Signs of Nervous System Overload in Children, Ep. 267
Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge explores how early nervous system dysregulation shows up in children, helping clinicians recognize signs of overload or shutdown and apply a regulation-first lens to support stabilization and engagement. Presentation.Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by…
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The Body Before the Behavior: How the Vestibular System Shapes Emotion and Self-Regulation, Ep. 266
Robin Abbott, OT, explores how the vestibular system shapes emotion, attention, and behavior, helping clinicians recognize when dysregulation may be sensory-based and apply a body-based lens to support regulation. Presentation.Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost...
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AI and the Future of Therapy: Opportunities, Limits, and Staying Human, Ep. 265
Kelly Higdon, LMFT, and Miranda Palmer, LMFT, review the growing use of artificial intelligence in psychotherapy and explore both its potential advantages and important ethical and practical limitations for clinical care. Presentation.This episode has been proudly sponsored by AutoNotes, an...
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When Suicide Comes Up: Regulating Therapist Reactivity in High-Stakes Sessions with IFS, Ep. 264
Dr. Beth Mullen-Houser, LPC, and Hanna Soumerai Rea, LICSW, examine how therapist reactions to suicide talk influence clinical care, integrating research and Internal Family Systems informed practice to offer strategies for staying grounded and connected in high-stakes sessions. Presentation.Earn...
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I Can’t Listen Because My Shirt Is Itchy: When Sensory Input Disrupts Regulation, Ep. 263
Dr. Matt Zakreski, PsyD, examines how clinicians can distinguish sensory overload from behavioral concerns and develop individualized sensory support plans that promote regulation and engagement. Presentation.Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for...
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The Impact of Growing Up With a Parent With BPD: Paths to Healing in Adulthood, Ep. 262
Daniel Lobel, PhD, discusses the adult impact of growing up with a parent or caregiver with borderline personality disorder, with a focus on mistrust, identity development challenges, and therapeutic support for healing. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT.Earn CE credit for listening to this...
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Brains and Bodies: Neurodivergence and Hormonal Change Across the AFAB Lifespan, Ep. 261
Helen Bennett, counsellor and psychotherapist, explores hormone-aware therapy practices and how hormonal shifts can influence neurodivergent presentations in clients assigned female at birth, with a focus on reducing distress, improving clinical understanding, and avoiding misdiagnosis. Interview...
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When Sessions Go Sideways: Catching Resistance Early Using Process Coding, Ep. 260
Jordan Harris, PhD, LMFT-S, LPC-S, shares how recognizing resistance as a timing cue, not a clinical failure, can transform therapeutic responsiveness through process coding and feedback-informed treatment principles. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT.Earn CE credit for listening to this…
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Professional Wills: The What-If Scenarios No One Warned You About, Ep. 259
Robyn Miller, PhD, outlines the real-life emotional, legal, and logistical burdens that fall on clients, loved ones, and colleagues when clinicians lack a clear professional will, and she offers practical steps for creating a thoughtful plan that protects everyone involved. Interview with…
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Before and After A Psychedelic Experience: Integration and Harm Reduction in Clinical Practice, Ep. 258
Dr. Peter Addy, LPC, LMHC, integrates foundational set and setting concepts with core therapeutic competencies to support clinicians working with clients who use psychedelics while outlining ethical responses, harm reduction strategies, and ways to incorporate these experiences into ongoing...
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Autism Through an IFS Lens: Reducing Uncertainty and Building Self-Compassion, Ep. 257
Sarah Bergenfield, MA, IFS educator, explains how Internal Family Systems can help autistic clients reduce overwhelm, understand their parts, and build confidence through self-compassion and predictability. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT.Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by…
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Detecting Dropout Danger: Data-Driven Ways to Keep Clients Engaged and Reaching Goals, Ep. 256
Dr. Keith Klostermann, LMFT, MHC, shares practical, evidence-based ways to use early feedback data to spot dropout risk, repair ruptures before clients vanish, and foster lasting engagement and progress. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Quick Note: You may notice a little clicking in Beth’s...
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Ethical Kink-Affirming Practice: Power, Culture, Consent, and Pleasure, Ep. 255
Dr. Elyssa Helfer, CST, LMFT, explores the ethical and cultural dimensions of kink-affirming therapy, helping clinicians distinguish between abuse and healthy erotic expression to enhance ethical competence and cultural humility. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening…
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Empowering Neurodivergence: Honoring Neurological Differences from Giftedness to ADHD, Ep. 254
Dr. Matt Zakreski, PsyD, reframes “deficits” as different operating systems, highlighting neurodiversity across giftedness, autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and OCD (the "big five"), and explores how clinicians can adapt care with supports that build on clients’ strengths and maximize skills. Interview…
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Codependency Reconsidered: History, Stigma, and Clinical Alternatives, Ep. 253
Lara Okoloko, LICSW, traces codependency’s roots in addiction culture, exposing the cultural and clinical gaps created when vague definitions pathologize normal caregiving. She then introduces evidence-based strategies that promote autonomy and reduce harm. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT....
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When Teens Threaten Self-Harm: Guidance for Clinicians and Parents, Ep. 252
Dr. Jaimee Arnoff reviews evidence-based strategies to help caregivers support adolescents facing suicidal ideation or self-harm, including guidance on boundary setting, safety planning, and recognizing when to escalate to emergency services. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT.Earn CE credit…
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When Parents Split Late: Supporting Adult Children of Divorce, Ep. 251
Linda Hershman, LMFT, examines how later-in-life parental divorce disrupts rituals, relationships, finances, and caregiving for Adult Children of Divorce (ACODs), highlighting ways to validate their grief and foster resilience across family systems. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT.Earn CE...
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Elective Forgiveness in Trauma Therapy: Distinguishing Forgiveness from Reconciliation, Ep. 250
Amanda Ann Gregory, LCPC, offers a critical look at forgiveness in trauma therapy, clarifying its elective role and its distinction from reconciliation, as well as providing practical tools to help therapists integrate these concepts responsibly into treatment. Interview with Elizabeth Irias…
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When Clients Disengage: An IFS-Informed Approach to Repairing Ruptures and Improving Outcomes, Ep. 249
Dr. Beth Mullen-Houser explores how Internal Family Systems (IFS) can help therapists recognize and repair ruptures caused by disconnection. This episode examines the ethical responsibility of staying present and attuned, even when our own internal systems get activated. Interview with Elizabeth...
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From Forced Repression to Safe Expression: Making Room for Anger, Ep. 248
Bronwyn Schweigerdt, LMFT explores how early attachment disruptions and alexithymia can impair a client’s ability to recognize and articulate anger. This interview offers structured strategies to support emotional identification and expression in session. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT.…
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When the Unthinkable Happens: Mental Health Strategies for Disaster Recovery, Ep. 247
Dr. Erika Felix, PSY, discusses the psychological impact of natural and human-caused disasters, offering clinical strategies and protective factors that support healing in individuals and communities. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining…
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When Chaos Feels Like Chemistry: Healing and Rewiring the Nervous System for Safer Love, Ep. 246
Dr. Nancy Grechko, PSY, explores how attachment wounds and nervous system dysregulation may draw clients to intense, but harmful, relationships, and how clinicians can gently intervene in support of safety and stability. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this...
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Clinical Curveballs: Responding to the Unexpected with Ethics, Integrity, and Care, Ep. 245
Dr. Kristin Dempsey, LMFT, LPCC, provides a framework for addressing unexpected client behavior without losing your ethical footing, talking through concerns like a client being inebriated in session to boundary issues. Dr. Dempsey discusses how to uphold therapeutic integrity while adapting to...
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Inclusive Care: Raising the Ethical Standard for Supporting Gender-Diverse Clients
Angela Brooks-Livingston, LCMHCS, explores the evolution from affirming to competent care for transgender and gender expansive clients, offering guidance on historical context, gatekeeping, letter-writing, and creating a more deliberately inclusive practice. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT....
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Queer Couples Therapy: Tools for Affirming Clinical Work, Ep. 243
Laurel Roberts-Meese, LMFT, equips therapists with practical tools and essential knowledge to foster cultural competency, navigate nuanced dynamics, and provide affirming, inclusive care to queer couples, from intake to intervention. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for...
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Affirming Bisexual and Pansexual Clients: Clinical Tools for Inclusivity, Ep. 242
Dr. Lana Holmes teaches how erasure, bias, and repeated coming out shape the mental health of bi and pan individuals, including discussion about identity, stress, and clinical strategies for affirming care. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by...
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Rituals for Resilience: Supporting Clients Through Change Using Culturally-Attuned Ceremonies, Ep. 241
Julia Aziz, LCSW and interfaith ceremonialist, explores how ritual and ceremony can support clients through life transitions. This course offers culturally responsive tools for integrating meaning-making and spiritual practice into therapy. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for...
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Inclusive, Intentional Supervision: Ethical Leadership Rooted in Awareness, Ep. 240
Dr. Brittany Peters, LCSW, explores the complexities of clinical supervision, from interpersonal dynamics to systemic influences. This course offers tools for structured planning, effective feedback, and culturally aware leadership. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for…
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The Overlooked Connection: Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, and Dyscalculia and the Mental Health Impact, Ep. 239
Dr. Robin Raniero Norris, LMFT, highlights how learning disorders may impact mental health and present in therapy. This episode provides tools to recognize signs and offer supportive, informed care. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our...
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Recovery, Social Justice, and the Right to Autonomy: A Harm Reduction Framework for Healing, Ep. 238
Dr. Kristin Dempsey, LMFT, LPCC, explores harm reduction as a clinical and social justice framework for supporting clients with substance use and process addictions. This course equips clinicians with tools to foster autonomy, safety, and nonjudgmental collaboration across the spectrum of…
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FREE CE COURSE: Resilience in Action: Why Some Bounce Back—And How to Help Others Do the Same Ep. 237
Renowned psychologist Dr. Donald Meichenbaum explores the science of resilience, examining why some individuals recover from trauma while others struggle with lasting distress. Through evidence-based strategies, clinicians will learn how to enhance protective factors, support meaning-making, and...
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The Silent Weight of Client Suicide: On Grief, Ethics, and Clinical Realities, Ep. 236
Khara Croswaite Brindle, LPC, ACS, CFT-I, explores the silent burden clinicians carry after a client’s suicide, addressing grief, ethical dilemmas, and self-care. This course provides essential strategies for navigating loss while maintaining professional integrity and resilience. Interview with...
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Behind the Masking: An Intimate Case Study in Recognizing Autism in Individuals Assigned Female at Birth, Ep. 235
Patricia Young, MSW, a neurodivergent coach and former LCSW, explores the complexities of high-masking autism in AFAB individuals, highlighting late diagnosis, internalized masking, and mental health impacts. This course equips therapists with neurodivergent-affirming tools to recognize…
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Conceptualizing Intimacy Beyond Sex: The Interplay of Attachment, Boundaries, and Vulnerability, Ep. 234
Dr. Tamora Callands, PsyD, examines intimacy across emotional, physical, and social domains to help clinicians better conceptualize its complexities, providing a framework for understanding intimacy’s interplay with attachment, boundaries, and vulnerability to support client growth. Interview…
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Protecting Older Adults: Recognizing and Responding to Elder Abuse , Ep. 233
Elder abuse expert E. Penny Jacobo, LCSW, shares key insights on identifying, addressing, and preventing elder abuse. This episode covers its forms, the role of Adult Protective Services, and clinicians’ legal and ethical reporting duties.Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining…
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Mind, Mood, and Menopause: Understanding Hormonal Transitions in Mental Health Care, Ep. 232
Helen Bennett explains the profound mental health impacts of the menopause transition, from hormonal shifts to emotional and cognitive challenges. This podcast equips therapists with practical tools, including CBT, lifestyle interventions, and insights into hormone replacement therapy, to better...
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Affordable, relevant, and diverse Continuing Ed for mental health professionals… one year of unlimited CE courses for just one low price! Clearly Clinical is an approved provider with the APA, NBCC, ASWB, NAADAC, NYS, CAMFT, & CCAPP; we feature clinicians from historically-marginalized populations, and donate to the Trevor Project.
Our innovative CE presentations and interviews feature national experts and cover topics that help today’s passionate providers learn, grow, and shine.
Visit us at www.ClearlyClinical.com to become part of the movement!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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