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The Shrink Think Podcast — 253 episodes

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253. Couples Therapy Should Be Balanced

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252. When to Go Back to Therapy

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251. Envisioning Goals As Who I Want To Be

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250. Skill Issue or Personality Difference

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249. How to Use AI in Therapy (Without Replacing It)

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248. Should You Use AI Instead of Therapy

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247. How Compassion Prevents Burnout

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246. Empathy Can Be Dangerous

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245. The Hidden Reason You Can’t Stop Overthinking

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244. Transparency, Vulnerability, and Emotions: What Actually Builds Intimacy

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243. If I’m Nice I’m Safe (People-Pleasing)

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242. Your World Is A Reflection Of You

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241. Stop Trying To Be A "Good Client" In Therapy

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240. The Role of Spirituality in Therapy

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239. Medication Can Play A Significant Role In Therapy

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238. Saying "I'm Fine" Is Emotional Dishonesty

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237. Why We Fear Change & Cling To The Unhealthy

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236. Are You “Too Much” For Your Therapist?

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235. NAMI Mental Health Resources: Interview w/ Amber Drake

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234. Clients Who Intellectualize Their Problems But Struggle To Feel

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233. Clients Who Don't Do Work Between Sessions

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232. Don't Ask What To Do In Therapy

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231. You Should Be Getting Better In Therapy

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230. Is Therapy A Product Or A Service?

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229. Tolerating Emotions

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228. Verbal Processing In Therapy

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225. Gottman’s Four Horsemen: Contempt

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227. Gottman’s Four Horsemen: Stonewalling

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226. Gottman's Four Horsemen: Defensiveness

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224. Gottman’s Four Horsemen: Criticism

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223. Are You Arguing Or Discussing?

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222. Encouraging Someone To Go To Therapy

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221. Get Curious About Yourself with Guest Tory Krone

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220. When Your Therapist Is Extroverted

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219. When Your Therapist Is Introverted

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218. Defining Your Season

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217. Genocide to Healing w/ Dr. David Niyonzima: Treatment or Healing?

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216. Genocide to Healing w/ Dr. David Niyonzima: Discovering Mental Health

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215. Genocide to Healing w/ Dr. David Niyonzima: Terror in Burundi

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214. Sexual Differences in Long-Term Relationships

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213. Knowing Your Needs Makes You Known

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212. Why A Good Assessment Matters

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211. Hallmarks of Quality Therapy

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210. Part 2: Unsupported Wives & Passive Husbands

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209. Part 1: Unsupported Wives & Passive Husbands

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208. Replay of Types of Therapy: Internal Family Systems (IFS)

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207. Loving Yourself Is Not Selfish

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206. Aaron & Nathan Demonstrate IFS

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205. The Real Story vs. The Story You Tell

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204. Are You Emotionally Closed, Open, Or Available?

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203. Internal Family Systems (IFS) Explained

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202. Letting Go Of Relationships

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201. Holding Space In Relationships

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200. Celebrating Our 200th at Flyboy Brewing

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199. Be IRL...IRL

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198. Maturing In Marriage

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197. Clinical Supervision in Counseling

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196. How To Build Your Emotional Intelligence

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195. Normalizing: Making the Strange Familiar

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194. People-Pleasing & Anxiety: Breaking the Cycle

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193. Dating: No Is The Best Way To Yes

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192. Group Therapy

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191. What It Takes To Be Successful in Private Practice

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190. Scapegoating in Families

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189. Let Your Teenager Learn

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188. Raising Kids To Fear Or People-Please You

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187. Are You Talking Too Much?

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186. Living In Survival vs. Thriving

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185. Did You Grow Up With Emotional Incest?

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184. Take A Compliment, Bro!

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183. Expectations Can Be Premeditated Resentments

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182. Get Over Yourself

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181. The Power of Core Beliefs

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180. Relational Repair Requires Validation

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179. Budget Your Energy

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178. Fix It Don’t Fixate

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177. The Victim Mindset

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176. How To Not Lose Yourself In Relationships

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175. What Is My "Self"?

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174. YOU Are The Biggest Problem In Your Own Life

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173. Why Do Premarital Counseling?

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172. When Your Parents Won’t Change

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171. Fix Your Parenting Mistakes!

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170. Interview with Guest Andrew Lang on Inner Critic & Shadow Work (part 2)

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169. Interview with Guest Andrew Lang on Inner Critic & Shadow Work (part 1)

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168. Control Yourself Not Your Environment

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167. What To Do When You're Emotionally Flooded

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166. Use This Not A Grenade To Resolve Conflict

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165. All About ADHD with Guest Martin Altman (part 2)

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164. All About ADHD with Guest Martin Altman (part 1)

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163. Being Responsible TO But Not FOR Others

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162. Benefits of In-Person Therapy

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161. Benefits & Drawbacks of Telehealth

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160. What Do You Need From Therapy?

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159. Attachment Styles with Guest Lisa Mustard (Part 2)

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158. Attachment Styles with Guest Lisa Mustard (Part 1)

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157. Enneagram “Roulette” - Type Responses

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156. Orienting Couples to Counseling

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155. Apologies Also Need Remorse

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154. "It Feels Unsafe" Is Not The Same As "It IS Unsafe"

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153. Enneagram: The Head Triad (5s, 6s, 7s)

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152. Enneagram: The Heart Triad (2s, 3s, 4s)

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151. They're Not Attacking You They're Defending Themselves

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150. Don't Be Offended

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149. Are You Triggered Or Just Overwhelmed?

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148. Stop Asking Agenda-Based Questions

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147. Dating 101: Some Do's and Dont's

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146. Be Honest With Yourself

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145. Stop Pretending-Tolerate Your Fear & Accept Reality

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144. When You Have Value Differences With Your Therapist

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143. When Do You Need Family Therapy?

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142. Enneagram: The Body Triad (8s, 9s, 1s)

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141. Helping Friends Who Are Suicidal

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140. Enneagram Triads

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139. When You Outgrow Friendships

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138. Start Doing This To Deepen Connections In Your Relationships

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137. Yung Pueblo's Observing Beyond Reactions

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136. Transferring To A New Therapist

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135. How The Enneagram Can Help Improve Your Relationships

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134. Your Mental Health Diagnosis Is Not Your Identity

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133. Is It Narcissism Or A Need To Feel Special?

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132. Guest Pavel Ythjall Found Purpose & Joy From A Tragic Car Accident (Part 2)

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131. Guest Pavel Ythjall Found Purpose & Joy From A Tragic Car Accident (Part 1)

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130. Walk Yourself Out Of The Prison You're In (Forgive)

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129. Don't Be So Attached

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128. All About Extroverts

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127. All About Introverts

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126. Random Therapist Musings

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125. Panel: On Being Men with Uriah Guilford, Ernesto Segismundo, Connor McClenahan (Part 2 of 2)

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124. Panel: On Being Men with Uriah Guilford, Ernesto Segismundo, Connor McClenahan (Part 1)

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123. Forgiveness

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122. Why Do I Keep Picking The Same People To Be With?

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121. Guest Lisa Mustard Shares Her Passion for Learning in Education and Podcasting

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120. How To Be A Good Friend

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119. How To Be Happy No Matter What

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118. How Do Therapists Remember Everything?

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117. The Point of Parenting

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116. Are You A Content Or Process Communicator?

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115. How Faith Can Help Your Therapy with Guest Whitney Owens

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114. Gaslighting (Part 2 of 2)

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113. Gaslighting (Part 1 of 2)

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112. Intro To Blended Family Dynamics

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111. What To Do When Everything Is Going Well

144

110. Regulate Your Body

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109. Can You Talk Too Much In Therapy?

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108. Your Sleep Affects Your Mental Health

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107. Why Aren’t You Fixed Yet?

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106. It IS All About You

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105. This Isn’t What I Came To Therapy For

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104. How Should You Feel When You Get Ghosted In Therapy?

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103. When You Run Out Of Things To Talk About In Therapy

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102. Moving From Parents of Children to Parents of Adults

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101. Relating To Your Parents As An Adult

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100. Celebrating The First One Hundo

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99 - You Can Be Right But You Won't Win Hearts

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98 - What Do YOU Mean By That?

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97 - Internal vs. External Processing

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96 - The Mind, Body, and Pain

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95 - When Your Behaviors Don't Match Your Values

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94 - I Don't Believe You're THAT Happy

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93 - Does Your Grief Need Therapy?

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92 - What Your Addiction Is Really About

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91 - Why Do Therapists Ask About Childhood?

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90 - Why You Need Different Perspectives To Change

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89 - How To Receive Difficult Feedback

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88 - Humility Is A Choice To Grow

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87 - Do Your Beliefs Have To Align With Your Therapist?

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86 - What Therapists Experience When You Contact Us

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85 - When You’re Addicted To Your Anxiety

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84 - Attachment Styles in Action: Anxious & Avoidant Types

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83 - Attachment Styles in Action: Secure & Disorganized Types

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82 - Things To Know About Couples Counseling

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81 - What Even Is Therapy?

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80 - Honesty & Openness in Therapy

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79 - Can A Therapist’s Personal Experiences Be Helpful?

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78 - Do Therapists Have Bad Days?

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77 - What Is Informed Consent In Therapy?

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76-[PANEL] Maintaining Intimacy & Connection In Relationships

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75 - What A Therapist Is NOT (Part 2 of 2)

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Ep. 74 - What A Therapist Is (Part 1 of 2)

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Ep 73 - Resource Kit For Your Therapy Goals

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Ep 72 - Bridging The Gap Between Clients & Therapists

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Ep. 71 - When Your Child Has A Mental Health Disorder

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70 - [PANEL] Things Therapists Wish Clients Would Stop Doing

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Ep. 69 - [PANEL] How To Identify Obstacles To Your Growth

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Ep. 68 - Evaluating Your Therapy Process

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Ep. 67 - Preparing For The Holidays

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Ep. 66 - So Your Kid Is In Therapy

189

Ep. 65 - Mental Illness & Diagnosis

190

Ep. 64 - Can Therapists Accept Gifts From Clients?

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Ep. 63 - What's The Point of Homework in Therapy?

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Ep. 62 - Self Help Can Help Therapy

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Ep. 61 - When You Get Stuck in Therapy

194

Ep. 60 - Joe Sanok: Thursday Is The New Friday

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Ep. 55 - Be Informed, Not In Fear

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Ep 59 - How To Pick A Therapist (Part 3)

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Ep. 58 - How To Pick A Therapist (Part 2)

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Ep. 57 - How To Pick A Therapist (Part 1)

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Ep. 56 - Confrontation In Therapy

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Ep. 54 - Oversensitivity

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Ep. 53 - Destigmatizing Mental Health

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Ep. 52 - Types Of Therapy: EMDR, SE, Neurofeedback, Brainspotting (Part 2)

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Ep. 51 - Types Of Therapy: EMDR (Part 1 of 2)

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Ep. 50 - Types of Therapy: Internal Family Systems

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Ep. 49 - Types of Therapy: Psychodynamic

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Ep. 48 - Types of Therapy: CBT

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Ep. 47 - Mental Clarity & Peace Of Mind

208

Ep 46 - Dawn Gabriel On Therapists With Their Own Grief In Session

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Ep. 45 - Self-Knowledge: How To Know Yourself

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Ep. 44 - Courage

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Ep. 43 - Facing Your Fears

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Ep 42 - Unmasking Anxiety

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Ep. 41 - All About Empathy

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Ep. 40 - Imposter Syndrome

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Ep. 39 - Confidence To Defeat Anxiety

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Ep. 38 - You Are NOT Your Stress

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Ep. 37 - Making Space For Others

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Ep. 36 - Relationships That Respect From Love

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Ep. 35 - Relationships That Respect From Fear

220

Ep. 34 - "I Know"

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Ep. 33 - Saying I'm Sorry

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Ep. 32-Reasons vs. Excuses and Intent vs. Impact

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Ep. 31 - When Trauma Is All In The Family (Part 2)

224

Ep. 30 - When Trauma Is All In The Family (Part 1)

225

Ep. 29 - Pandemic Anxiety and Creative Solutions

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Ep 28 - Pandemic Depression And Creative Solutions

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Ep. 27 - Depression and Anxiety in a Pandemic

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Ep 26 - Interview with Kasey Compton

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Ep 25 - Interview With Les Parrott

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Ep 24 - Interview With Stephanie Konter-O'Hara

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Ep 23 - Interview With Scott Waters

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Ep 22 - What You Wish You Could Ask Your Therapist

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Ep 21 - Our Vision for STP in 2021

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Ep 20 - Goodbye 2020

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Ep 19 - Christmas Fun

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Ep 18 - Forgiveness & Self-Compassion

237

Ep 17 - Shame

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Ep 16 - Preparing For The Holidays

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Ep 15 - Interview With Julie Herres

240

Ep 14 - Interview With Billy & Brandy Eldridge

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Ep 13 - Interview With Amanda Patterson

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Ep 12 - Interview With Randy Kinnison

243

Ep 11 - Interview With Whitney Owens

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Ep 10 - Getting Off The Triangle

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Ep 09 - Victim

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Ep 08 - Rescuer

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Ep 07 - Persecutor

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Ep 06 - Intro to the Fear Triangle

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Ep 05 - The Human Side

250

Ep 04 - Being A Therapist

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Ep 03 - Interview With Nathan Hawkins

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Ep 02 - Interview With Aaron Potratz

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Ep 01 - Intro To The Podcast