Very Bad Therapy
By Ben Fineman and Caroline Wiita
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Episodes: 150
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Jul 26, 2022
Content warning: the hosts have multiple instances of weight gain as small talk. Just letting folks who are in recovery and fellow fats know.
General review of the cast: helpful! I'm glad this exists both for therapists and clients.
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Very Bad Therapy is a closer look at what goes wrong in the counseling room - and how it could go better - as told by the clients who survived.
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147. Termination Session
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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146. Patreon Selects: Carrie-Ben Therapy (aka CBT 2.0)
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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145. Patreon Selects: Book Review - All Therapy Books
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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143. Patreon Selects: Fun With the Psychology Today Profile Generator
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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142. VBT Study Hall: Client Testimonials and Reviews
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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141. “Not All Christians…” (with Josh Foster, LCPC)
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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140. VBT Study Hall: What Does “Trauma-Informed” Mean?
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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139. Politics in the Therapy Room (with Dr. Ben Caldwell)
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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138. Patreon Selects: Is EMDR a Cultish Pyramid Scheme?
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May 22, 2023 |
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137. VBT Study Hall: Evaluating Research
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May 15, 2023 |
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136. Very Bad Group Therapy
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May 01, 2023 |
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135. VBT Study Hall: Treatment Planning
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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134. Neurodiversity and Diagnosis (with Halina Brooke, LAMFT)
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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133. VBT Study Hall: Termination
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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132. Some Bad Parts (with Dr. Sheila Addison)
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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131. VBT Study Hall: First Sessions
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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130. Gambling Therapy
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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129. Patreon Selects: Will Carrie Ever Get Licensed?
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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128. VBT Study Hall: The Therapeutic Alliance
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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127. Enlightenment is Not a Treatment Goal (with Dr. Jim Jobin)
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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126. VBT Study Hall: Interventions
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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125. So You’ve Stereotyped Your Client (with Deanna Fierman, LPC)
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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124. VBT Study Hall: Theoretical Orientations
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Bonus: Clinical Licensing Exams Don't Work (with Dr. Ben Caldwell)
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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123. Catching Feelings (with Dr. Ben Caldwell)
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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122. Patreon Selects: Degrees of Confusion (Part II)
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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121. Patreon Selects: Degrees of Confusion (Part I)
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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120. Hard Conversations
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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119. Patreon Selects: The Intersections of Philosophy and Psychotherapy
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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118. Testing Patients (with Rachel Simon, LCSW)
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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117. Patreon Selects: The History of Expertise in Therapy (Part II)
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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116. Patreon Selects: The History of Expertise in Therapy (Part I)
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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115. What is Bad Therapy, and Who Gets to Provide It? (with Dr. Ben Caldwell)
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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114. Patreon Selects: An Actor, a Sommelier, and a Poker Player Walk Into a Bar
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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113. Psychedelics and Therapy (with Ben Hearn, LPCC-S)
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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112. Patreon Selects: Desperate Remedies for Mental Illness
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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111. Talking About Antisemitism (with Halina Brooke, LAMFT)
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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110. Patreon Selects: The VBT Guide to Grad School (Part II)
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May 23, 2022 |
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109. Patreon Selects: The VBT Guide to Grad School (Part I)
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May 16, 2022 |
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108. The Inevitable CBT Episode (with Alyssa Davis, LMFT)
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May 02, 2022 |
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Bonus: Introducing the Learn Psychotherapy Podcast
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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107. Patreon Selects: Ask Us Anything!
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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106. Psycho, Education
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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105. Patreon Selects: The Elephant in the Therapy Room
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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104. Crises in the Time of Intake (with Dr. Ben Caldwell)
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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103. Patreon Selects: The Therapists’ Side of the Story
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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102. The Good and Bad of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (with Fred Kutnick, LCSW)
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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101. Bonus: Hollywood and Mental Health (with Thomas Lennon)
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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100. Patreon Selects: Is Good Therapy Just the Absence of Bad Therapy?
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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99. Conversations With a Therapy Failure Expert
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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98. Incurable Diseases Are Not Problems to Solve (with Jill Johnson-Young, LCSW)
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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97. You Have to Hug Me Before You Leave
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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96. New Therapist, Who Dis? (with Dr. Ben Caldwell)
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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95. Post-Traumatic Stress Demonology
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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94. Trauma-Uninformed Therapy (with Dr. Chelsea Kilimnik)
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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93. The Sociopath in the Therapy Room
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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92. Crossing the Line (with Johannah Song, LPC)
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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91. Guilt, Ghosting, and General Unpleasantness
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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90. VBT in Focus: New Ideas to Fix Old Problems
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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89. The Widow and the Miracle Question (with Jill Johnson-Young, LCSW)
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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88. Couples Therapy Bullshit (with Sade Kammen)
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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87. When Your Therapist Seems Unwell (with Halina Brooke, LAMFT)
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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86. The Board Complaint Process (with Halina Brooke, LAMFT)
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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85. Talking About Race (with Farah Zerehi, AMFT)
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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84. Are Therapists Substitute Parental Figures?
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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83. Drive-Thru DBT (with Dr. Ben Caldwell)
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May 24, 2021 |
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82. Predatory Therapists (with Dr. Diane Gehart)
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May 10, 2021 |
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81. Codependency In Therapy (with Marissa Esquibel, LMFT)
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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80. The Troubled Teen Industry (with Kenneth R. Rosen)
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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79. The Stigma of Severe Mental Illness
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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78. Very Bad Couples Therapy (with Dr. Bonnie Kennan)
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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77. Surviving Rehab
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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76. VBT in Focus: Potentially Harmful Therapies (with Dr. Alex Williams and Dr. John Sakaluk)
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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75. How Not To Handle Fee Increases
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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74. Very Bad Sex Therapy (with Danielle Kramer, LIMHP)
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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73. Silence in Therapy: What's the Story? (with Dr. Gene Combs)
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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72. All About Psychiatry (with Dr. Patrick Wiita)
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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71. Very Bad Family Therapy (with Dr. Eli Karam)
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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70. Missed Attunement (with Dave Segal, RCC)
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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69. Culture, Stigma, and Very Bad Psychiatry
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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68. Misdiagnosing Clients (with Dr. Christine King and Dr. Ben Caldwell)
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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67. VBT in Focus: Dr. Don Meichenbaum on CBT and Hype
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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66. Questioning Trans Identities (with Beck Gee-Cohen, CADC-II)
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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65. When Treatment Fails (with Henk Spierings)
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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64. Is Bad Therapy Unethical Therapy? (with Dr. Christopher Taylor)
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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63. Therapy in Prison (with Kenneth E. Hartman)
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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62. Overcoming Systemic Transphobia in Mental Health (with Rachel Bennett and Dr. David Nylund)
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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61. What Heals Trauma? (with Chrissy Gillmore, MCoun)
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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A Short Progress Note
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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60. VBT in History (2010s): The Replication Crisis Comes for Us All
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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59. Don't Be Weird (with Bronwen Clark)
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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58. VBT in Focus: Paul Gilmartin on Mental Health and Therapy
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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57. Addressing Cultural Complexities (with Dr. Pamela Hays)
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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56. Very Bad Therapy and Anti-Racism
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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55. VBT in History (2000s): Rebirthing Therapy
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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54. How Much Therapy is Necessary?
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May 25, 2020 |
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53. VBT in Focus: How to Do Deliberate Practice (with Dr. Tony Rousmaniere and Dr. Alexandre Vaz)
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May 18, 2020 |
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52. On Grief and Loss (with Dr. Michael Morad-McCoy)
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May 11, 2020 |
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51. VBT in History (1990s): The Empirically Supported Treatment Debate Rages On
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May 04, 2020 |
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50. A Story of Strength
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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49. Radical Acceptance of Clients (with Dr. Nathan Castle)
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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48. In Defense of Bad Therapy (with Angela Caldwell, LMFT)
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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47. VBT in History (1980s): Satanic Panic and Recovered Memory Therapy
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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46. Curious Interventions
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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45. VBT in Focus: Dr. Scott Miller and Dr. Daryl Chow on Deliberate Practice
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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44. Supporting Clients with Disabilities (with Joy Wolf, LCSW)
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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How Should Therapists Respond to Coronavirus?
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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43. Specialization and Ethical Responsibility (with Curt Widhalm, LMFT)
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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42. VBT in History (1970s): Was the Stanford Prison Experiment a Sham?
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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41. Less Advice, More Transparency
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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40. Exploring Bad LGBTQ+ Therapy (with Dr. Joe Kort)
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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39. Making Sense of Mean Therapy
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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38. VBT in History (1960s): The Gloria Tapes
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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37. You Can Be a Therapist for $16 (with Jordan Dunbar)
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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36. Please Renew Your License
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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35. What is Pastoral Counseling? (with The Reverend Meredith Harber)
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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34. VBT in History (1950s): The DSM-I and Thou
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Jan 06, 2020 |
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33. Boundary Entanglements
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Dec 30, 2019 |
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32. When No Therapy is Bad Therapy
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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31. How Important is Therapist Attachment Style? (with Jon Hook)
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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30. The Money Episode
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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29. VBT in History (1940s): Old-Timey Psychoanalysis Propaganda
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Dec 02, 2019 |
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28. VBT in Focus: Dr. Chris Hoff on Curiosity, Knowing, and Failure
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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27. The Negative Effects of Therapy (with Jørgen A. Flor)
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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26. "If You Say Yes to This..."
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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25. VBT in History (1930s): Were Lobotomies Ever a Good Idea?
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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24. Misadventure Therapy (with Will Dobud, MSW)
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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23. Very Bad Graduate School
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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22. A Clinic On Unprofessionalism (with Katie Vernoy, LMFT)
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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21. VBT in History (1920s): Very Bad Supervision
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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20. When Therapists Need Therapy
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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19. How Military Mental Health Care Works (with Julie Payne, LMFT)
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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18. VBT in Focus: Dr. Scott Miller on Better Results
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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17. The Thorny Terminator
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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16. VBT in History (1910s): Too Many Eugenicists
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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15. Child's Play (with Megan Costello, LMFT)
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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14. Women Don't Want to Work
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Aug 19, 2019 |
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13. Cuddle Therapy
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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12. VBT in History (1900s): Some A+ Oppression Right There
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Aug 05, 2019 |
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11. The Intake Process is a Mess (with Dr. Daryl Chow)
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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10. On Harm Reduction Therapy (with Lauren Cohn-Frankel, AMFT)
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Jul 22, 2019 |
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9. Empathy First, Paperwork Later
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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8. Projections of Body Image Bias (with Rachel Coleman, LMFT, CEDS)
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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7. Boundaries and Institutional Power
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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6. Zimbabwean Granny Wisdom
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Jun 24, 2019 |
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5. Please Don't Tackle Your Clients (with Dr. Ben Caldwell)
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Jun 17, 2019 |
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4. Race, Rupture, and Repair (with Dr. Dana Stone)
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Jun 10, 2019 |
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2. Doubting a Client's Gayness
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May 27, 2019 |
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1. EMDR for Dummies (with Curt Widhalm, LMFT)
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May 27, 2019 |
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Ep. 0: An Ultra-Brief Intro
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May 20, 2019 |