As I’ve been trying to wrap up this season of the podcast, I’ve been reflecting, in particular on my conversations... more

Everyone who has a foot in the world of psychiatric diagnosis seems to agree that our diagnostic system could, at... more

In my last episode, Dr. Awais Aftab and I explored the controversial nature of Borderline Personality Disorder as a diagnosis.One... more

Suppose you polled therapists and asked them what the most controversial diagnosis is in the current version of the DSM.... more

Imagine yourself saying, “I am angry at my client.” If you immediately need to add a whole bunch of context and... more

Be honest. When you think about overt conflict with a client, is your first thought that it’s a site of... more

How can we stop treating our clients like our parents? As therapists, we often share the experience of having been a... more

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: as a group, therapists tend to have some pretty similar formative... more

As humans, we tend to like answers a lot more than we like questions. When we believe we have found... more

If you’re a therapist in 2024, odds are you have given a client a neuroscientific explanation for a symptom they’re... more

Since the last episode’s conversation with hannah baer about the Jewishness of therapy, I’ve been thinking a lot about lineage.When... more

Raise your hand if this sounds familiar: In a group of leftie social justice therapists, someone says that therapy is... more

Co-conspirator and friend of the podcast, Dr. K Hixson, returns to share some exciting news about a true labor of... more

To wrap up season two of A Therapist Can’t Say That, I’m continuing my reflections on my ten years as... more

Every therapist remembers their first client. Many look back and cringe at what a bad job they think they did. But... more

In the last episode with Dr. K Hixson, I said that our field is defined by the wish fulfillment fantasy... more

Immediacy may seem like a stale topic, but I truly believe that it has the capacity to be the primary... more

Inspired by my conversation in the last episode with Dr. Andrea Celenza, today I want to talk about tolerating paradoxes... more

 Sex with clients.It’s an interesting topic because it’s both very taboo and not at all polarizing. Many taboo topics are... more

Being in therapy as a therapist, and being a therapist for therapists, is a bit like magicians trying to entertain... more

Why is it so hard to be in therapy as a therapist?Why is it so hard sometimes to be a... more

Trauma therapists are often told that we have to prepare our clients for any and all disruptions to our schedules... more

If you’ve been in this field for even a couple of hours or so, you have almost certainly had someone... more

For the last few weeks, I’ve been reflecting on the conversation I shared with you in episode 2.1 with Silvana... more

In the final episode of my last season, Therapists As Makers of Culture, I asked you to think about what... more

I’m becoming more aware of how important I think it is that as therapists–all of us, clinical supervisors or not–we... more

In this dance of apprentice and mentor, we are building professional lineages that will shape the culture of our profession... more

On episode 15, creative director and brand strategist Rachael Kay Albers said something that I have been turning over and... more

How do we market ethically? What does it actually mean to be authentic in our marketing? Is there any way... more

I have tried and failed to pay tribute to David Schnarch before, but in this episode, I will attempt it... more

Today, I’m digging into the contributing and converging factors that may explain just what it is about therapists that makes... more

Today, I’m talking with Dr. Ofer Zur about what he calls subsequent therapist syndrome, a surprisingly common phenomenon where a... more

I want to dig a little deeper into the factors that are contributing to anti-exposure bias, and how opinion on... more

Today, I'm talking with Allison Aosved, a clinical psychologist who specializes in prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD and does a... more

Why do we become therapists? You wouldn’t necessarily think this is a spicy topic, but it is.

Today I’m joined by Ben Fineman and Carrie Wiita, co-hosts of the Very Bad Therapy podcast, and we’re discussing the... more

Therapists are tasked with being secret keepers. But what does it really mean for us as therapists to be the... more

Dr. K Hixson and I get into some of the big factors that contribute to moral injury among therapists like... more

There is a culture of silence from supervisors that contributes to the dysfunctional workplaces in mental health. Silence imbues the... more

Today I’m talking with psychotherapist and certified leadership coach, Rebecca Ching. Rebecca also has extensive experience with supervision, teaching, and... more

The specter of the good therapist has definitely been much more activated for almost all of us during the past... more

Nancy Jane Smith and I talk through some uncomfortable questions: When you think about that archetypal good therapist that you... more

There is a kinship among people who do this work. Even from the privacy of our offices, we are in... more

We're going to get real about what it’s like to do this job. We’re going to unpack the clichés you’ve assumed... more