Edge of the Couch

By Jordan Pickell and Alison McCleary

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Episodes: 99


 Jun 9, 2021

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Two good friends and experienced therapists explore the topics that were either shied away from or dismissed because they were too big, too nuanced, too risky, or too uncomfortable to address in school or even in supervision. We want to inspire and encourage new therapists to think more deeply, show up more fully, and find humour and self-compassion in navigating the messier parts of being a therapist.

Episode Date
Celebrating 100 Episodes: A Love Letter to Ourselves and to You, Our Listeners
Mar 20, 2024
Managing Our Own Shit When It's Activated in Session
Mar 13, 2024
When You Feel Like You Need to Prove Yourself
Mar 06, 2024
When a Client Rejects Us
Feb 28, 2024
Starting and Ending Sessions
Feb 21, 2024
Responding to "I Don't Know"
Feb 14, 2024
Cancellations, Late Cancellations, and No-Shows
Feb 07, 2024
Helping Clients Take Relational Risks
Jan 31, 2024
Disillusionment, Exhaustion, and the Economy: Why so many therapists are leaving the field
Jan 24, 2024
The Differences and Similarities Between In-Person and Virtual Sessions
Jan 17, 2024
When Clients Talk about "Small Things"
Jan 03, 2024
Therapist Boundaries
Dec 27, 2023
Naming the Elephant in the Room
Dec 20, 2023
Working with Shame
Dec 13, 2023
The Therapist as Fellow Traveller
Dec 06, 2023
What We Look for in Practicum Students
Nov 29, 2023
Hardest Moments, Most Joyful Moments
Aug 30, 2023
The Dreaded Summer Slump
Aug 23, 2023
The Basic Skills of Therapy, According to Us
Jun 14, 2023
Q&A: Big Questions Answered
Jun 07, 2023
Sitting with Grieving Clients
May 31, 2023
The Unsettling Truth of Bad Therapists
May 24, 2023
Clients Who Exclusively Talk About Other People
May 17, 2023
Do Clients Owe Us The Truth?
May 10, 2023
Being Selective about Clients: Are we allowed work solely with ideal clients?
May 03, 2023
The Difference Between Theoretical Orientation and Personal Approach
Apr 26, 2023
Finding Levity in Therapy
Apr 19, 2023
Metaphor and Analogy as Therapeutic Tools
Apr 12, 2023
Parents, Parenting, and Parental Estrangement
Apr 05, 2023
How Much Relational Processing is Too Much?
Mar 29, 2023
When Clients Say They Aren't Getting Anything Out of Therapy
Mar 22, 2023
Showing Up When You Don’t Feel Your Best
Mar 15, 2023
Responding to Feedback about the Podcast
Dec 21, 2022
When You Have a Mediocre Session
Dec 14, 2022
Can Clients Become Too Dependent on Therapy?
Dec 07, 2022
When Your Clients Take Your Words and Run with Them
Nov 30, 2022
The Art of Asking Questions
Nov 23, 2022
Are Boys and Men a Special Population? - Interview with Jake Ernst
Nov 16, 2022
Honouring All of Your Identities as a Therapist
Nov 09, 2022
Understanding Your Scope of Practice
Nov 02, 2022
What You Deserve From Supervision: An Interview with Jennifer Hollinshead
Oct 26, 2022
There are Consequences to Therapy
Oct 19, 2022
What Does Authenticity Mean as a Therapist?
Oct 12, 2022
Burnout, Vicarious Trauma, and the Myth of Self-Care
Oct 05, 2022
Using Your Face in Therapy: Sometimes a slow nod or an eye roll says it all
Sep 28, 2022
Worry about Clients (How Much is Too Much?)
Sep 21, 2022
Setting Intentions for Second Sessions
Sep 14, 2022
How to Know What to Say
Sep 07, 2022
Season 3 Thoughts and the Current Landscape for Therapists
Jun 08, 2022
How to Build Trust
Jun 01, 2022
Q+A Best Trainings, Saying the Wrong Thing, and Managing Guilt for Leaving Agency Work
May 25, 2022
When You Judge Your Clients
May 18, 2022
You Have to be a Therapist to be a Therapist
May 11, 2022
Saying Goodbye to Clients
May 04, 2022
The Messiness of Therapy - Interview with Tyndal Schreiner
Apr 27, 2022
Take Up Space in Session
Apr 20, 2022
Why Therapists Must Go to Therapy
Apr 13, 2022
Your Dread is Telling You Something
Apr 06, 2022
Own Who You Are and What You Need - Interview with Theresa Thomas
Mar 30, 2022
How to Do Free Consultations
Mar 23, 2022
Chitchat Isn't Therapy
Mar 16, 2022
Anti-fat Bias in Therapy -- Interview with Alexandra Shewan
Mar 09, 2022
The Insidious Nature of Competitiveness
Mar 02, 2022
Finding Your Theoretical Orientation
Feb 23, 2022
When Things Go Sideways
Feb 16, 2022
Holding onto Hope
Jan 12, 2022
Religion, Spirituality, and Ghosts
Dec 08, 2021
How to Leave Work at Work
Dec 01, 2021
Rupture and Repair
Nov 24, 2021
Reframing Our Fear of Failure and Embracing Mistake Making - Interview with Kat DeFatta
Nov 17, 2021
The Beautiful, Powerful Art of Self-Disclosure
Nov 10, 2021
Progress Notes: Often Stressful, Sometimes Dangerous
Nov 03, 2021
Practicing Joy and Play for Collective Liberation - Interview with Ji-Youn Kim
Oct 27, 2021
I passed a client on the street! Should I say 'Hi'?
Oct 20, 2021
Multiple clients owe me money. Now what??
Oct 06, 2021
Talking to Clients about Sex
Sep 29, 2021
Celebrating Humanness in the Therapy Room and on Social Media - Interview with Taylor Broughton
Sep 22, 2021
What the heck happens in first sessions anyway?
Sep 15, 2021
Moving Through Client Stuckness
Sep 08, 2021
Re-imagining therapy - Interview with Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy
Sep 01, 2021
The Myth of Dressing Unprofessionally
Aug 25, 2021
As therapists, do we become desensitized to trauma stories?
Jun 23, 2021
Can therapists say "I'm proud of you" to clients?
Jun 09, 2021
Q+A Part 2 Dealing with a racist client, processing our own "stuff", and thoughts on homework
Jun 02, 2021
Q+A Part 1 Breaking up with a supervisor, using jargon, and a client says "You're pretty"
May 26, 2021
The therapeutic relationship is a place of experimentation and affirmation - Interview with Co-host Jordan Pickell
May 19, 2021
We're all going to die someday - Interview with Co-host Alison McCleary
May 12, 2021
When you are attracted to the client
May 05, 2021
When you disagree with your school
Apr 28, 2021
When the client wants to die
Apr 21, 2021
When you want to be friends with the client
Apr 14, 2021
When you have lived experience - Interview with Mimi Cole
Apr 07, 2021
When you can't help laughing
Mar 31, 2021
When you are chronically ill
Mar 17, 2021
When you fall in love with therapy - Interview with Chloe Powell
Mar 10, 2021
When you are a therapist in a pandemic
Mar 03, 2021
When the client won't cry
Feb 24, 2021
When you feel like an imposter
Feb 17, 2021
Trailer
Feb 03, 2021