Phyllis Leavitt has treated children, families, couples, and individual adults for 34 years, and has worked extensively with abuse and dysfunctional family dynamics, their aftermath, and some of the most important elements for healing

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Phyllis Leavitt has a Masters’ Degree in Psychology and Counseling from Antioch University. She co-directed the Parents United sexual abuse treatment program in Santa Fe, New Mexico for two years and then went into private practice full time. Phyllis has treated children, families, couples, and individual adults for 34 years, and has worked extensively with abuse and dysfunctional family dynamics, their aftermath, and some of the most important elements for healing. She has two previous books, A Light in the Darkness and Into the Fire. Her latest book, America in Therapy: A New Approach to Hope and Healing for a Nation in Crisis, published by Morgan James Publishing, explores the roots of divisiveness and violence in America from a psychological point of view, with the goal of bringing the best of what heals relationships and restores us to safety, into national conversation. Phyllis lives with her husband in Taos, NM and is now focusing on writing and speaking.


What we Discussed:   

- How to find the right Therapist ( 4 mins)

- How to navigate when someone needs help ( 7 mins)

- When a person is in a religious cult (13 mins)

- Hurt People will Hurt People (19:30 mins)

- How People are bring the fear of Politics from 2016 up in therapy (23 mins)

- Having the abaility to accept you were wrong in your belief system (26 mins)

- What are the consequences of over protecting our children ((30:45 mins)

- How to overcome the powlessness and what to do (36 mins)

- The abusive system punished those that stand up (42 mins)

- Why are people not doing something about the abuses from authorities (45 mins)

- Heal my own wounds to break the cycle (49 mins)

- What should people do if they can't afford therapy ( 51 mins)

Where to find Phyllis Leavitt: 

https://www.phyllisleavitt.com

https://www.facebook.com/phyllis.leavitt

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOdxqvDK9N421AZ5TTxqUgQ

https://www.linkedin.com/in/phyllis-leavitt-630179255/

https://www.instagram.com/phyllis_e_leavitt/

https://twitter.com/PhyllisLeavitt2

https://substack.com/@phyllisleavitt1

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