Dear Therapists with Lori Gottlieb and Guy Winch

Dear Therapists with Lori Gottlieb and Guy Winch

I’m Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk To Someone. And I’m Guy Winch, author of Emotional First Aid. We’re both advice columnists, TED speakers, and of course therapists in clinical practice who want to bring the lessons of the therapy room outside the therapy room… to all of you. Each week on DEAR THERAPISTS, we invite you to be a fly-on-the-wall in these personal, raw, transformative sessions with everyday people and then hear what happens when we give concrete, actionable advice and have them report back to let us know how things went after the session ended. We’re sharing these real sessions because we believe that everyone can benefit from hearing how people just like them get through their struggles and grow and change. So sit back and come into the therapy room with us… and prepare to learn a lot about yourself in the process.

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March 26, 2024 77 mins

This week, we’re in session with Vanessa, whose father insisted she take out a huge loan she could not repay and give him all the money, then disowned her when she refused. We help her to process the loss of her entire family, and start to create a trusted, compassionate family of choice who treats her the way family should.

 

If you have a dilemma you’d like to discuss with us—big or small—email us at LoriAndGuy@iHeartMedia.com.

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This week, we’re in session with Andrew, who met his current partner because they shared the same ex, and worries that his new relationship is therefore built on a shaky foundation. We help him remove the ghost of the ex and trust the important lessons he learned from that relationship in this new one.

 

If you have a dilemma you’d like to discuss with us—big or small—email us at LoriAndGuy@iHeartMedia.com.

 

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This week, we’re in session with Emily, whose relationship with her long-distance fiance blew up the moment they got married. We help her to see how her impatience to not “waste time” prevents her from making sound choices, and why slowing down is the key to making healthy decisions.

 

If you have a dilemma you’d like to discuss with us—big or small—email us at LoriAndGuy@iHeartMedia.com.

 

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This week, we’re in session with Elise, who wants to have a better relationship with her angry older sister. We help Elise to see her sister’s perspective so she can approach her with empathy–and how to know when repair might not be possible.

 

If you have a dilemma you’d like to discuss with us—big or small—email us at LoriAndGuy@iHeartMedia.com.

 

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This week, we’re in session with Richard, who has been trying to avoid feeling the pain of losing his wife of 40 years. We teach him how to sit with his sadness, even as he moves forward into a new relationship.

 

If you have a dilemma you’d like to discuss with us—big or small—email us at LoriAndGuy@iHeartMedia.com.

 

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This week, we’re in session with Nora, whose whirlwind romance with her now-husband led to an unexpected pregnancy that was terminated when they were first dating, the fallout of which she is still dealing with. We help Nora to process her feelings of past resentment so that she can see her husband and their relationship more clearly in the present

 

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This week, we’re in session with Amanda, who’s wondering if she should leave her husband after finding out he repeatedly cheated on her with other women. We help her to get past her fear and prioritize her own wellbeing.

 

If you have a dilemma you’d like to discuss with us—big or small—email us at LoriAndGuy@iHeartMedia.com.

 

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This week, In the last of two bonus episodes, we’re doing another case consultation with our intern Ben, a psychology graduate student who pre-interviews the guests and helps select who gets on the show. Today we’re having an honest conversation about the session “Becca and Jake’s Marital Impasse”– and what we wish we had done differently.

 

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January 30, 2024 19 mins

We hope you enjoyed Season 3 of Dear Therapists. As we get ready for Season 4, we have two special bonus episodes to share with you. Sometimes after a session, we like to think about what worked well, and also what we would do differently if we could do it again. In these two bonus episodes, we do a case consultation with our intern, Ben, a psychology graduate student who pre-interviews the guests and helps select who gets on the s...

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This week we’re in session with Kate, who wants to break free from her people-pleasing tendencies. We help her to see how this pattern developed in her family growing up, and how to start prioritizing her own feelings and needs with her parents and brother now that she’s an adult.

 

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This week we’re in session with Jordan, who wants to understand how seeing his parents’ dysfunctional relationship as a child might have contributed to his own marriage ending after only two years.  

 

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This week we’re in session with Anna and Chris, a young married couple who came to us after Anna, who is pregnant with their first child, discovered that Chris had been lying to her. We show them how to rebuild trust and avoid this kind of deception going forward. 

 

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This week we’re in session with Melanie, who wonders if it’s possible to interact with her mother in adulthood in a way that won’t cause so much pain.

 

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This week we’re in session with Kayla, who’s engaged to a wonderful man but still carries scars from a disturbing relationship she had years ago that is affecting her ability to get close with her fiance.

 

If you have a dilemma you’d like to discuss with us—big or small—email us at LoriAndGuy@iHeartMedia.com.

 

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This week we’re in session with sisters Sandra and Kim, who discover a family secret that their parents held for sixty years. We help them to process the news and communicate with their mother, who still feels shame and resistance around sharing the truth.

 

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This week we’re in session with Becca and Jake. Becca loves her husband Jake but worries about his angry outbursts toward their young children, and considers whether she should leave him to protect them. We help the couple talk about this impasse in ways they never have before.

 

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This week we’re in session with Catherine, a seemingly polite woman who creates elaborate revenge fantasies about the people in her life. She wants to understand why she does this–and how she can stop.

 

If you have a dilemma you’d like to discuss with us—big or small—email us at LoriAndGuy@iHeartMedia.com.

 

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This week we’re in session with Lily and Nathan, who fell madly in love after their midlife divorces. We help them navigate a toxic ex-spouse who’s not happy about their upcoming marriage and is making their lives miserable.

 

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This week we’re in session with Adam, who struggles to trust himself and set boundaries in his relationships. We help him to see how his avoidance is related to unprocessed grief from his childhood and then take steps toward a new path forward.

 

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November 14, 2023 67 mins

Hey, Fellow Travelers. We wrap up Season 2 with a beautiful session with Doug, who is finally in a healthy, loving relationship after the breakup of a long-term relationship that left some emotional scars. We help him to understand why intimacy is so scary for him, the impact his earlier romantic relationship had on him, and how he can be vulnerable in his current relationship in order to feel safe and cared for. 


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