ShrinkChicks

*Content Warning: sexual trauma, abuse*

On today's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are joined by the wonderful Dr. Holly Richmond who is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Somatic Psychotherapist, Certified Sex Therapist, and author of the book Reclaiming Pleasure: A Sex-Positive Guide for Moving Past Sexual Trauma and Living a Passionate Life. Holly sits down with Em and Jen to answer your questions about processing and healing from sexual trauma. They discuss when the body keeping the score becomes hard to ignore, sharing a past sexual trauma in a new relationship, working toward separating the past from the present, the shame that can arise, our very, very broken system, libido in long-term relationships, getting out of our heads and into our bodies, reclaiming pleasure, and so much more (including one of the best 'Calling BS' responses Em and Jen have ever heard)! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action!

Dr. Holly Richmond's website: drhollyrichmond.com

@drhollyrichmond on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drhollyrichmond/

Dr. Holly Richmond’s book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1684038421/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_23S5K0K1N40KRX45VKS1

National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): www.rainn.org

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This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are talking about the challenges that can come when people in our lives - a friend, partner, family member - are struggling with their mental health. They dive right into your feedback and answer your questions about ways to suggest therapy to someone who is unwilling to try and the nuances that can exist, having hard conversations, setting firm boundaries, the importance of self-regulation, what to do when someone we care for starts isolating themselves, how to provide support while also protecting your own mental health, and a Dear Em & Jen about having a reaction to a stoic partner's vulnerability. Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action!

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Today on ShrinkChicks, one of The Therapy Group's amazing clinicians, Vlada Rultenberg, LSW, is hosting and interviewing Emmalee and Jen! She is taking your questions, combined with a few of her own, and sitting down with Em & Jen to ask them anything and everything. We learn the one thing that people would be surprised to know about each of them, their mottos for life, when they realized they wanted to become therapists, if they ever wanted to quit, what careers they would want to be in if they weren't therapists, the long term objective of The Therapy Group and ShrinkChicks, their attachment styles, their favorite TV shows, the most impactful parts of their healing journeys so far, their inspirations, and so much more! 

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Today on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are answering your questions about silencing the outside noise and expectations to figure out what it is you really want when it comes to relationships, career path, having kids (or not), and other life decisions. They discuss how this relates to people pleasing, the difference between being a people pleaser and compromising, how to know when it's time to quit, getting in touch with your true wants and needs, societal and familial expectations, a Dear Em & Jen about wanting external approval of a new significant other, and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action!

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This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are talking all about intergenerational patterns AKA the things that get passed down from generation to generation in our families of origin. They start the episode off by giving examples of intergenerational patterns and trauma and share some of the patterns that exist in both of their families. Emmalee and Jen answer your questions like, are divorce and cheating intergenerational patterns? Is anxiety being passed down inevitable? How do we process anger toward a parent for repeating unhealthy patterns? They also discuss breaking diet culture patterns, relational cut off, seeing our parents as our grandparents' children, and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action. 

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On this week's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen sit down to talk about the cycle of overthinking, why we do it, and what we could be avoiding in doing so. Em and Jen both share personal scenarios in which they've engaged in overthinking and the tactics they've implemented to help with it. They answer your questions about overthinking social interactions, what it means to acknowledge and "feel" your feelings, predicting how others will react, worrying about situations that haven't happened yet, and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action. 

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Today Emmalee and Jen are joined by Todd Baratz, LMHC, the face behind one of their favorite Instagram accounts @yourdiagnonsense! Todd shares his humor and insight with Em and Jen as they answer your questions and discuss many topics like why attachment style isn't the be-all-end-all, the fundamental uncertainty of relationships, why being clingy gets such a bad rep, how we’re all striving for perfectionism that doesn’t exist, intergenerational trauma and not wanting to repeat certain family patterns, hiding parts of ourselves at the beginning of a relationship, farting, if boring equals healthy, and so much more.

Follow Todd on Instagram @yourdiagnonsense and check out everything he has to offer that was mentioned in today's episode on his website!

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This week on ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen sit down to talk about the pain and challenges of romantic break-ups. They discuss their most challenging break-up stories, sitting in the deep pain of a break-up, breaking up with someone as a people pleaser, grieving the future we had envisioned, how long to wait before moving on, healing, and so much more. Tune in to gain insight, awareness and action!

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On today's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen talk all about change and why it can be so hard. They share how they each process change, individually, and why it works for them. They then discuss how to move through the fear of change, the loss of control that comes with change, why we need time to adjust to change, the fear of changing a good thing or disrupting the status quo, their most challenging personal life changes, why it is natural for us to miss the old versions of ourselves, the "grass is always greener" mentality, why there isn't always a "right" decision, and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action!

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