Hystericology

The average process goes: feel off, see a mental health professional, get diagnosed, and then prescribed treatment whether that is a medication, therapeutic intervention, or both and so on and so on. The beginning of that process typically involves something called informed consent. Informed consent is meant to give clients all of the information they need about the process so that they can choose whether or not they want to engage...

Why are rates of mental illness and suicide so high in Utah? Are the current popular therapy interventions in Utah enough? What can therapists do to help? The therapy culture in Utah is very talk therapy heavy. There is an emphasis on intellectualizing distress and making changes to thoughts in order to feel better. Therapists that engage in well-researched deeper brain and body modalities such as somatic processing, experiential w...

Earlier this week the news of a murder-suicide committed by Parth Gandhi, a neuropsychologist in Utah shocked the local community. A year prior, Utah therapist David Hamblin was charged with ritualistic child abuse.In 2019 news broke of two therapists, Jarrid Wilson and Gregory Eells taking their own lives within the same week.What happens when therapists aren't ok? What does the mental health field and culture get wrong when it co...

In this episode of Hystericology, Elizabeth Beckmann LMFT, Andrea Hanson LCMHC interview special guest Valerie Martin LCSW talk about what it means to be a bad bitch therapist. Can therapists be people too? Can therapists be authentic, unapologetic people? There are a lot of expectations, fears, and shame that come along with the job title of "therapist".Listen along as these three therapists discuss what their journey to self-disc...

Does choosing to be a therapist also have to mean living a suppressed life in isolation and scarcity? Are therapists who want to be able to take vacations every now and then and spend time taking care of their own families bad therapists or even bad people? What do therapists miss out on when they limit themselves out of fear and shame?

Elizabeth Beckmann LMFT, Andrea Hanson LCMHC, and special guest Katie Read LMFT discuss their jou...

Many survivors of the teen treatment industry have spoken out against it over the years, including Paris Hilton who has cast a large spotlight on abusive practices over the last several years. Organizations like Breaking Code Silence have helped survivors of institutional abuse suffered at adolescent treatment centers through support, advocacy, education, and research. But many mental health therapists have remained silent about th...

Many survivors of the teen treatment industry have spoken out against it over the years, including Paris Hilton who has cast a large spotlight on abusive practices over the last several years.

Organizations like Breaking Code Silence have helped survivors of institutional abuse suffered at adolescent treatment centers through support, advocacy, education, and research. But many mental health therapists have remained silent about the...

Elizabeth Beckmann DMFT LMFT and Andrea D Hanson Med LCMHC shine a light on the minds of clinical therapists. While it’s true that being a therapist is an incredibly fulfilling career, there are parts of the work that are detrimental to the well-being of the therapist. Navigating conversations, relationships, clinic cultures, insurance companies, therapist-to-therapist dynamics, and work-life balance can become major obstacles to h...