A Simple Therapy Podcast: Honest Conversations on Therapy, Mental Health, Healing and Self-Growth

Silvana Espinoza Lay is a psychotherapist, consultant, and embodied liberation educator in her own journey of decolonizing her practice and herself. She supports therapists to help them decolonize their practices and to question and unlearn the ways they provide therapy to embody anti-oppressive and liberation practices. For the last 13 years, she has compassionately supported therapy seekers of different underserved and unseen identities to find a home, feel rooted, affirm their identities, and reclaim the spaces they deserve. She supervises and consults with other clinicians so that they can offer this decolonized and liberatory approach to their own clients.

In this episode, we learn what it means to decolonize one's therapy practice and how to recognize oppressive systems in mental health that impact clients and therapists. We explore practical examples of how to decolonize our personal and professional selves. Most of all, Silvana connects this work to be a heart-centered therapist, and she shares how it can really help us prevent burnout, foster self-care and experience a greater connection with others. This thought-provoking episode is sure to broaden and challenge your perspective about your work and identity as a therapist!

Connect with Silvana:

www.seventhselfconsulting.com

Join her Program, Decolonize Your Practice: https://www.seventhselfconsulting.com/decolonize-your-practice

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Chris McDonald is a Holistic Licensed Therapist and owns a group online practice, "Path to Hope Counseling". She is a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher, is Certified in Brainspotting and offers gentle yoga to clients in session, workshops and private yoga sessions. She specializes in the treatment of anxiety, depression, trauma and grief in young adults. Chris also offers Therapy for Therapists and is host of "The Holistic Counseling Podcast." Her favorite holistic daily routines include yoga and meditation.

In this episode, we explore holistic therapy and self-compassion, experience being led through an embodied self-compassion practice, learn how to create a consistent self-care plan, and we talk about therapy for therapists. Chris shares tools you can use right away to enhance your self-care and self-compassion for you and your clients!

Connect with Chris:

Podcast: https://www.holisticcounselingpodcast.com

The Holistic Counseling and Self-Care FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/227234677747980

Chris's book on Amazon: Self-Care for the Counselor amzn.to/3G8agQV

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Julie Herres is an expert in Profit First who has helped hundreds of private practice owners gain financial freedom. Founder of GreenOak Accounting, the country's largest firm serving the mental health industry, Julie is an accountant, consultant, speaker, author of Profit First for Therapists and host of the Therapy for Your Money podcast.

In this episode, we look at the ways therapists and practice owners often focus so much on caring for clients, meeting payroll and covering expenses that they're left with little if any profit for themselves. Julie shares her Profit First for Therapists approach, which she has used to help hundreds of practice owners take their profit first and gain financial freedom! You'll learn how to implement Profit First in your therapy practice, how to create a customized cash flow system, and how to change your money mindset. Tune in to see how having a profitable practice reduces burnout, improves your self-care, and ultimately enables you to better serve your clients, your community, your team and yourself!

Connect with Julie:

www.profitfirstfortherapists.com

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Instagram https://www.instagram.com/julie.herres/

Facebook Group, Profit First for Psychotherapy Practices: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1274972945933485

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On today's show, we have the incredible Monique Hoving-Smeets, a Marriage and Family Therapist and Canadian Certified Counsellor, who has developed an integrative trauma model that is going to take the therapy world by storm - T.R.I.P. (Trauma Regulation and Integration Process). Originally from the Netherlands and now living in Canada, Monique's curiosity in the connection between body, brain, mind, and soul led her to create T.R.I.P., which uniquely blends various therapies, including eye brain techniques, somatic strategies, parts work, emotional focused therapy, and attachment theory, to effectively treat trauma.

In this episode, we're going deep into the world of trauma. We'll be busting the myth that we should never work harder than our clients and digging into why a one-size-fits-all approach just doesn't cut it when it comes to the complexity of trauma. Plus, you'll get an exclusive peek into the incredible healing power of T.R.I.P. and how it can transform past trauma experiences and re-establish a healthy connection between the brain, mind, and body. Monique's passion for her work and for helping her clients live full lives free from the pain of trauma is nothing short of inspiring! So, if you're curious about combining approaches and intrigued by T.R.I.P., this is the episode for you!

Connect with Monique:

www.relationshipworx-therapy.com

FB Group, TRIP Trauma Regulation and Integration Process: https://www.facebook.com/groups/371782301565966

Instagram: @triptraumatherapy

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Dr. Morgan Levy is a licensed psychologist who specializes in helping high-achievers and professionals learn the skills they need to optimize their work performance and personal development. She provides online workshops and education on mindfulness, perfectionism, and burnout, and is the creator of The Mindful Professional Bundle.

In this episode, we dive deep into perfectionism and burnout. Morgan gives us strategies to help us be less perfect, embrace the parts of our identity that make us human, and prevent burnout. Listen in to find out how you can optimize your success and self-care in the workplace and beyond!

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Lee Chaix McDonough is an ICF certified business coach and the founder of Coach With Clarity®, her unique framework for helping you tap into your wisdom, serve your clients in truly life-changing ways, and create a thriving business. She is also the host of the Coach with Clarity podcast, and author of the #1 Amazon bestseller, ACT On Your Business.

If you've ever wondered how you can add coaching to your work as a therapist, this episode is for you! We explore what coaching is, how it differs from therapy, how coaching techniques can help therapists personally and clinically, and we talk about how therapists can transition to coaching. Lee shares her wisdom and personal experience about how you can create a secondary coaching practice as an additional revenue stream. Listen in to find out about the skill set you already have and the mindset you need to become a successful coach and entrepreneur!

Connect with Lee

https://www.coachwithclarity.com/

Join the waitlist for Coach with Clarity Certification Program Spring 2023: https://www.coachwithclarity.com/certification

Coach with Clarity Podcast: https://www.coachwithclarity.com/podcast

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Ira Israel is the author of "Wired & Tired," as well as "How To Survive Your Childhood Now That You're an Adult," which is endorsed by Sting, Reverend Michael Beckwith, Marianne Williamson, Jack Kornfield, and many more. He teaches sold-out workshops at Esalen and Kripalu and has written over 400 articles on psychology, philosophy, Buddhism, yoga, film, art, music and literature.

In this episode, Ira shares his story of the traumatic car accident that led to his journey into philosophy, spirituality and psychology, with stops in France and Thailand. We explore forgiveness, how to release resentment and how to let go of those "woulda-shoulda-coulda" thoughts. And mostly, we talk about how to be authentic, compassionate and form meaningful connections. We even talk about the art of dinner parties! This episode is sure to inspire you, make you laugh and make you think.

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Dr. Kim Daniels is an Emotional Eating coach with a degree in Clinical Psychology who's been working with women who struggle with eating disorders and disordered eating for over 20 years. She's also a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and is the host of the Emotional Eating and Everything Else Podcast. Dr. Daniels combines Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Intuitive Eating approaches to help her clients exit diet culture, make peace with food, and respect their bodies.

In this episode, we discuss Kim's unique approach to helping women find freedom with food and their body, how she uses parts work from IFS as a tool to bring awareness to why we binge, diet, criticize our bodies and stress out about food. Including the part of me that turns to potato chips! We debunk myths about dieting, cultural messages and dive deep into emotional eating. And most of all, Kim gives us tools and hope that it can be possible to foster a calmer, more peaceful relationship with food.

Connect with Kim:

https://www.yourweightisnotyourworth.com/

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Kim's Podcast "The Emotional Eating and Everything Else Podcast"

https://www.yourweightisnotyourworth.com/podcast-1

Get Kim's free Your Eating Parts Cheat Sheet

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Get Kim's free course: Diets: Why They Don't Work and How to Quit Them For Good

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Kali Wolken is a Licensed Counselor and Certified Career Counselor. She provides online mental health and career counseling to working women. Her number one goal is to help you believe in yourself so you can take control of your life and soar!

In this episode, we discuss Kali's unique specialty of integrating career counseling into mental health counseling. If you ever discuss work stress and career goals with your clients, or experience these issues yourself, this episode is for you! Learn about Kali's 4-step approach to career counseling, and how to feel energized by your work, have work-life balance and love what you do! And she also applies this to our work as therapists, helping us better understand our different therapist roles, and how we can experience less burnout and have more fulfilling careers.

Connect with Kali:

https://www.thelookoutpoint.com/

Instagram: @thelookoutpointgr

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLookoutPoint

YouTube: @thelookoutpointllc2279 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPuXQqFYMbdjGngJfmGJWZw

Get Kali's Energy Planning Worksheet:

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Password: JOYINTHEJOURNEY

Resources mentioned on Podcast:

https://sparketype.com/

www.mynextmove.org

https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/work-values-matcher.aspx

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Karen Carnabucci, LCSW, TEP, is an expert in psychodrama for over 30 years and founder of the Lancaster School of Psychodrama and Experiential Psychotherapies. She trained with the late Zerka Moreno, co-creator of psychodrama. Karen truly is a master of psychodrama and is passionate about spreading the word about experiential therapy. Listen in for a riveting conversation about how these embodied methods can support human connections and community, heal intergenerational trauma, deepen inner wisdom and enhance relationships.

Connect with Karen:

Website: www.realtruekaren.com

https://www.facebook.com/lancasterpsychodrama

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https://www.youtube.com/@realtruekaren

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