In this episode I break down the continuum of mental health support from chatting with friends to residential treatment and the factors that might lead a person to need a higher or less intense level of care.  

In this episode I reflect on a conversation with a brilliant client of mine who challenged my way of thinking of eating disorders as an addiction.  This led to a number of other reflections on how we view and treat all of these Toxic Partnerships, some of which are addictions.  Also I change my term for eating disorders to Food Fixation Disorders because I think that creates a more appropriate focus on what the treatment will be.  

A former client asked me some questions about her a-sexuality.  Some musings on my responses and some Seinfeld references.  

Some reflections on how a lack of sex positivity leads to sexual assault and women being afraid to assert themselves.  The main theme is how we need to stop teaching young men to look for consent and instead to look for enthusiasm.

In this episode I explore some concepts related to Emotional Support Animals and talk about Paws for Patrick and how we connect people to ESAs.   

In this episode I dive into some of the challenges my trans students were venting about this week.  

In this episode I go through many of the things I say over and over and over to my clients.  We explore the function of negativity and how to avoid it.  

Some thoughts on how we need to apply what we know about grief to relationships and a run through of the 6 stages of grieving and how they relate.  

In this episode I explore a dilemma a client was having with whether or not to continue in a relationship.  I compare and contrast a healthy vs unhealthy way a partner should react when confronted with a request for change.  

Every therapist has a number of theoretical perspectives that they draw from in their work.  One that speaks to me most strongly is Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy.  In this podcast I give a very brief explanation of some of the concepts of the approach and how I use it in my work.