A Therapist Walks Into a Bar

By Lily Sloane

What's A Therapist Walks Into a Bar about?

A Therapist Walk Into a Bar is a podcast that brings therapy to you. I am a San Francisco based psychotherapist who likes to get out of my office, grab my microphone, and find people in bars to chat with about the best and the worst of life. Help support the show at www.atherapistwalksintoabar.com/donate

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A Therapist Walks Into a Bar episodes:

10.31.2018
Lily Isn't Gonna Ghost (Finále)
Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today to talk about the end. It’s the end of the third season of this podcast. A season full of stories about what it’s like to be living in these minds and bodies. But...
08.06.2018
An Untakebackable Choice
When it comes to making babies, it can often feel like there are only 2 choices and you have to feel 100% happy with your choice once you’ve made it. Oh, and also, no matter what choice you make, people...
07.18.2018
Radical Short: Dave Reads A Poem & Lily Sings A Song
In this Radical Short I talk to Dave Nadelberg, co-founder of the stage show, television series, books, movie and more that make up Mortified. In the last episode of A Therapist Walks Into a Bar, "The Presence of Past," I...
07.04.2018
The Presence of Past
There’s this cliche, that all therapists want to do is make you talk about the past. Even though I often reassure new clients that I won’t make them talk about anything they don’t want to, it’s not untrue - a...
05.16.2018
Radical Shorts: Coping With This Crazy Bullshit
Radical Shorts are a glimpse into some of the incredible conversations I’m having with all kinds of interesting people on my sister show, Radical Advice, a weekly live show on BFF.FM. In this Radical Short, San Francisco and Berkeley based psychotherapist,...
05.02.2018
Be Someone Else
When performing is a normal part of all our lives, on stage or off, what does it mean to be authentic? What is a “true self”? I’m hoping an opera singing drag performing therapist, some strangers in a bar, and...
04.18.2018
Radical Shorts: Feelings Sometimes Hurt
For this Radical Short, we time travel all the way back to February, when my colleague Lauren Selfridge, host and creator of the podcast This Is Not What I Ordered, joined me in the studio and we answered a listener...
04.04.2018
The Unknown
In the last episode, we explored defense mechanisms - all the things we do to cope psychologically with various threats in our day to day lives. One of the biggest threats we find ourselves defending against as conscious beings is...
03.21.2018
Radical Shorts: Imaginary Friend
In a new bonus segment of A Therapist Walks Into a Bar, which will release on the third Wednesday of each month, I pull the best moments from my sister show, Radical Advice, which airs live on Tuesdays from 10am-noon...
03.07.2018
The Best Defense Is the One You Know
For decades, the field of psychology has been interested in understanding the myriad creative strategies we employ to cope with life's inevitable discomforts. But right now, I wonder if I can convince you that your defense mechanisms might be the...
12.19.2017
Check Your Emotional Baggage Here
We've all got baggage. And as a psychotherapist in private practice, I help people unpack a lot of it in my office. But what if I went out looking for it? From complete strangers? In this episode, you'll learn all...
10.11.2017
Ghosts! (again)
Here's the return of an old favorite just in time for Halloween season! Ghosts. You’ve seen the movies, nervously giggled and gasped over the stories at slumber parties, or like me, cowered in your sleeping bag in the other room to...
09.04.2017
Seeing White II
In light of the recent emboldening of white supremacist groups in the US, Seeing White II revisits the topic of whiteness as explored in Episode 1: Seeing White. What do white people need to do right now to show up...
08.06.2017
Two Therapists Walk Into a Gay Bar
Communities of gay men and the larger LGBTQ communities continue to face challenges from trauma to addiction, to ongoing discrimination. But that's not the full picture. In this episode we explore the challenges while also talking about the incredible strengths...
07.02.2017
A Brief Psycho-Education: The Unconscious
Most of us know what it means when we say a person went “unconscious” or “lost consciousness”. But deeply imbedded in the roots of psychology’s history is the idea of The Unconscious - a psychological phenomena that is inherent...
06.05.2017
Seriously, F#ck Dating.
Dating can be this overly-complicated, painful, confusing, ungrounded, whirlwind. Honestly, it can feel really hopeless at times. In this episode we talk with our experts about how to make this process less of a clusterf#ck and navigate the dating world...
05.02.2017
ATWIAB Presents: Man-ish (AKA There's no crying in politics!)
When was the last time you cried? How about the last time you cried in front of someone else? Most of us have mixed experiences with crying - whether it’s our own tears or seeing them in someone else. And...
04.03.2017
Why The Resistance Needs Therapy
If you’ve been feeling anxious, overwhelmed, shut down, angry, hurt, or scared since the new administration took over, you’re not alone. We’re dedicating this episode to sifting through some of what this political chaos and noise stirs in us and...
01.31.2017
Ending The War (AKA The Food & Body Image Episode)
Almost no one is free from beliefs, rules and attitudes about food. But some of us have experienced an undue amount of emotional pain as a result, riding this rollercoaster of harshly conditional self-love. And some people develop full blown...
12.19.2016
Very Dark Very Appropriate
Wrapping up a very troubling year, "Very Dark, Very Appropriate" explores why we love listening to really sad music and how this can actually be good for us. This episode's featured guest is Stacey McGuirl, musician and San Francisco based...
10.26.2016
Ghosts!
Ghosts. You’ve seen the movies, nervously giggled and gasped over the stories at slumber parties, or like me, cowered in your sleeping bag in the other room to avoid hearing about it. Maybe you’ve even had an encounter with something...
09.21.2016
Beneath The Dome (Men, Balding & Loss)
If I say body image, what do you think of? Stomach fat? Thigh gap? Laser hair removal? You probably think of women. And for good reason. Because women get a lot of pressure to look a certain way. But...
07.06.2016
How Does That Make You Feel?
A Therapist Walks Into a Bar Presents: A Brief Psycho-Education There are lots of cliches about therapy, but one of the most popular...well, it’s true. We DO ask “how does that make you feel?” A lot. In this brief episode, I'll...
03.28.2016
We All Use Something (Substance Use & Harm Reduction)
We All Use Something is an episode about the what, when, where, and why of our substance use and a revolutionary approach to substance abuse treatment called Harm Reduction Therapy. Most of us use something - be it drugs/alcohol, food,...
02.15.2016
The Burning Spear in My Eye (AKA Relationships)
Come explore romantic relationships and how they can go so so wrong or feel so hard at times. But don’t worry - you’ll also get to hear about what works. From some brave souls at the bar, you’ll hear stories...
01.18.2016
Seeing White
Episode 1: Seeing White Seeing White explores the process of white people waking up to white privilege, how this process impacts people of color, and what white people can do to be better allies against racism and oppression. This episode features...

What's A Therapist Walks Into a Bar about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

A Therapist Walks Into a Bar episodes:

Lily Isn't Gonna Ghost (Finále)

An Untakebackable Choice

Radical Short: Dave Reads A Poem & Lily Sings A Song

The Presence of Past

Radical Shorts: Coping With This Crazy Bullshit

Be Someone Else

Radical Shorts: Feelings Sometimes Hurt

The Unknown

Radical Shorts: Imaginary Friend

The Best Defense Is the One You Know

Check Your Emotional Baggage Here

Ghosts! (again)

Seeing White II

Two Therapists Walk Into a Gay Bar

A Brief Psycho-Education: The Unconscious

Seriously, F#ck Dating.

ATWIAB Presents: Man-ish (AKA There's no crying in politics!)

Why The Resistance Needs Therapy

Ending The War (AKA The Food & Body Image Episode)

Very Dark Very Appropriate

Ghosts!

Beneath The Dome (Men, Balding & Loss)

How Does That Make You Feel?

We All Use Something (Substance Use & Harm Reduction)

The Burning Spear in My Eye (AKA Relationships)

Seeing White