May 18, 2020

Shared Traumatic Experiences

36 minutes

Curt and Katie chat about the potential that clients will take care of us because we’re all going through the global pandemic. We look at the humanization and boundary shifts that can happen. We also talk about how to handle the nuance of the changes in the therapeutic relationship to help sustain stronger clinical efficacy.

It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age.

In this episode we talk about:

How clients may become more aware of their therapist’s own challenges due to the pandemic

Clients testing to see if we have capacity to manage what is happening AND their issues as well

The reality of the additional disclosure that is happening with telehealth

How we’re managing the conversations about the human experience, the unique situations we’re facing, and our clients’ concerns

The disinhibition effect for both clients and therapists via telehealth

Discussions about availability and flexibility with clients

Research on Shared Traumatic Experiences

Boundary shifts that need to be discussed

How to handle the shifts in the relationship with nuance

The need for therapists to take care of themselves – more deliberately and differently than we might have done prior to the pandemic

The added stressors that are being put on therapists that our clients are likely aware of

The importance of not pathologizing our clients wanting to take care of us during this time

The positives for telehealth and some of the boundary shifts

The importance of community for therapists right now

Acknowledging that therapists who have stayed in the office require support as well

Risk factors for therapists who wear different hats and have different projects

Resources mentioned:

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Article by Lori Gottlieb in the Atlantic

Article about the Disinhibition Effect

Article: Therapeutic Intervention in a Continuous Shared Traumatic Reality: An Example from the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict

Article: Negative consequences of helping and the length of work experience

Article: Shared Traumatic Reality and Boundary Theory: How Mental Health Professionals Cope With the Home/Work Conflict During Continuous Security Threats

Therapy Reimagined 2020:

Therapy Reimagined 2020 Conference: Speakers!!

Therapy Reimagined 2020 Call for Sponsors

Relevant Episodes:

The Brand Called You

Recession-Proofing Your Practice

Systems of Self-Care

Impaired Therapists

Trauma Informed Work Place

The Mental Load of Therapists

Vulnerability, the News, and You

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Get Notified About Therapy Reimagined 2020 (and TR2019 Virtual Conference)

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Voice Over by DW McCann https://www.facebook.com/McCannDW/

Music by Crystal Grooms Mangano http://www.crystalmangano.com/

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By Curt Widhalm, LMFT and Katie Vernoy, LMFT

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May 18, 2020

Shared Traumatic Experiences

36 minutes

Shared Traumatic Experiences

In this episode we talk about:

How clients may become more aware of their therapist’s own challenges due to the pandemic

Clients testing to see if we have capacity to manage what is happening AND their issues as well

The reality of the additional disclosure that is happening with telehealth

How we’re managing the conversations about the human experience, the unique situations we’re facing, and our clients’ concerns

The disinhibition effect for both clients and therapists via telehealth

Discussions about availability and flexibility with clients

Research on Shared Traumatic Experiences

Boundary shifts that need to be discussed

How to handle the shifts in the relationship with nuance

The need for therapists to take care of themselves – more deliberately and differently than we might have done prior to the pandemic

The added stressors that are being put on therapists that our clients are likely aware of

The importance of not pathologizing our clients wanting to take care of us during this time

The positives for telehealth and some of the boundary shifts

The importance of community for therapists right now

Acknowledging that therapists who have stayed in the office require support as well

Risk factors for therapists who wear different hats and have different projects

Resources mentioned:

Article by Lori Gottlieb in the Atlantic

Article about the Disinhibition Effect

Article: Therapeutic Intervention in a Continuous Shared Traumatic Reality: An Example from the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict

Article: Negative consequences of helping and the length of work experience

Article: Shared Traumatic Reality and Boundary Theory: How Mental Health Professionals Cope With the Home/Work Conflict During Continuous Security Threats

Therapy Reimagined 2020:

Therapy Reimagined 2020 Conference: Speakers!!

Therapy Reimagined 2020 Call for Sponsors

Relevant Episodes:

The Brand Called You

Recession-Proofing Your Practice

Systems of Self-Care

Impaired Therapists

Trauma Informed Work Place

The Mental Load of Therapists

Vulnerability, the News, and You

Connect with us!