The Therapy Sisters

By Therapy Sisters

Welcome! We are Rachel and Charis, sisters and licensed clinical therapists with over thirty years of combined experience. In our personal and professional experiences we have learned how much we all ... more

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The podcast currently has 80 episodes available.

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June 25, 2024 Growing Up Mormon and How It Formed Parts of Self: an Interview With Jessica Downs, LCSW
The Therapy Sisters welcome back Jessica Downs, certified EMDR therapist, trainer, and ego states extraordinaire. Jessica talks candidly about growing up in the Mormon church, what parts of herself those experiences shaped and how parts are impacted in cases of spiritual wounds and trauma. Jessica is a warm and brilliant voice and The Therapy Sisters are so excited to have her back on the show!
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48min
May 28, 2024 It’s All Your Fault
In today’s episode The Therapy Sisters explore the idea that often is internalized among those who grew up in religious communities that, whenever something goes wrong, it must be your fault. Struggle with depression? Pray more! Life hands you something challenging? Must be because you’re not doing enough. Or the right thing. It’s exhausting and it isn’t true. Listen as they share their experiences around this, how they see this play out in the lives of their clients, and what you can do to help address this narrative in your own life.
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33min
May 14, 2024 Narrative Four: There Is Something Inherently Wrong…With You.
In this episode The Therapy Sisters discuss the message that something is wrong with you just by merit of your birth and the way in which people, women in particular, grow up to internalize this message.
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29min
April 30, 2024 Whose Body Is It Anyway: An Interview with body and trauma specialist, Cassie Krajewski, LCSW
Welcome! We're so glad you're here. Grab a cup of coffee (or your drink of choice) and join the Therapy Sisters as they sit down with Cassie Krajewski, LCSW.
Cassie is an LCSW based in Denver, CO where she runs her private practice, Inner Atlas Therapy. She uses EMDR Therapy and Internal Family Systems Therapy to treat complex trauma, disordered eating and body image, and sex and relationships. Cassie is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and a senior faculty member at Kase and CO, an EMDR training business where she offers an EMDR and Disordered Eating course for therapists.
In this episode, Cassie shares her own story of growing up in purity culture, how that shaped her, particularly in relationship to her own body, and what she sees in clinical practice around purity culture, sex, and body image.
This is an amazing conversation and Cassie brings so much wisdom, experience, and insight to this discussion.
Books referenced today:
On Our Best Behavior by Elise Loehnen
Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski, PhD
To get more information about Cassie's work you can find her here. And stay tuned for her podcast, Taking Up Space, which releases in May, where she will explore these topics in further depth.
To find a therapist in you area, please visit: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists
To find an EMDR therapist, please visit:
https://www.emdria.org/find-an-emdr-therapist/
We’d love to connect! You can find us on facebook at facebook.com/therapysisterspodcast or on instagram at @the_therapy_sisters. You can also feel free to reach out by email at [email protected]
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44min
April 16, 2024 Purity Culture and Women's Relationships With Their Bodies
Hello, and welcome back to The Therapy Sisters Podcast!

In today's episode, The Therapy Sisters discuss purity culture and some of the inherent messages young women internalized about their bodies as a result, including:
-Where shame about the body starts
-How the messaging within purity culture impacts the mind/body/emotion connection
-The "light switch effect" when women get married.
-How consent factors in
-How women's sexuality is largely left out of the conversation
-How young girls who grew up within purity culture are made responsible for the thoughts/actions/desires of men and how that plays out into their future sexual lives and relationships with their own bodies.
....and more!

Want to connect? Us too! You can do so in the following places:
⁠Instagram⁠
⁠Facebook⁠
or shoot us an email at [email protected]

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27min
April 02, 2024 Purity Culture and Its Impact on Women's Sexual Selves with Sex Therapist Dr. Adrienne Rowland
Welcome to the Beyond Sacred Scars podcast with The Therapy Sisters. We are so glad you're here.
Today The Therapy Sisters have the honor of sitting down with Dr. Adrienne Rowland.
Dr. Rowland is a certified sex therapist through the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and has her Doctorate Degree in Clinical Sexology from Modern Sex Therapy Institutes. Dr. Rowland is a fully licensed clinical therapist who has been practicing therapy since 2004 with 9 of those years serving as Clinical Director for a nonprofit, outpatient-counseling program. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Michigan State University in 2001 and her Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Michigan in 2004. She completed the Sexual Health Certificate Program through the University of Michigan, School of Social Work in 2018. She is a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers and has provided services through the Secular Therapy Project.
Books Recommended by Dr. Rowland:
Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free by Linda Kay Klein
You Are Your Own: A Reckoning With the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity
Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life On Your Own Terms by Dr. Mathias RobertsSex and God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality by Dr. Darrel Ray
We’d love to connect! You can find us on facebook at facebook.com/therapysisterspodcast or on instagram at the_therapy_sisters. You can also feel free to reach out by email at [email protected]
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51min
March 26, 2024 Brief Intro To Narrative Three
Today is a brief mini-sode, introducing the next Narrative the Therapy Sisters will attempt to unravel in their Beyond Sacred Scars Podcast.

Listen to discover what this narrative is (it's a biggie!) and when to tune back in for the next full episode.

To find a therapist in you area, please visit: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists

We’d love to connect! You can find us on Facebook at facebook.com/therapysisterspodcast or on Instagram @the_therapy_sisters.
You can also feel free to reach out by email at [email protected]

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4min
March 12, 2024 Reclaiming Her Narrative: An Interview With Kelly Heath
Welcome back to the Beyond Sacred Scars Podcast with The Therapy Sisters! We're so glad you're here and joining us for these conversations.

We have a guest today, our friend Kelly, who discusses her journey. Hers could have led to walking away from her faith but instead it solidified her beliefs while continuing to work on unpacking the narratives that were doing some harm to her. Kelly continues to be in worship ministry to this day and is really focused on how she shows up in the world in a loving and authentic way.

Want to connect? Us too! You can do so in the following places:
⁠Instagram⁠
⁠Facebook⁠
or shoot us an email at [email protected]

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42min
March 05, 2024 Narrative Two: There Is No Gray
Welcome! Grab a cup of coffee and join the conversation today.
The Therapy Sisters discuss Narrative Two: There is No Gray.
The Therapy Sisters unpack what black and white thinking is, how it is shaped in religious communities, and the narratives the come out of this line of thinking that pertain specifically to women.
Want to connect? Us too! You can do so in the following places:
⁠Instagram⁠
⁠Facebook⁠
or shoot us an email at [email protected]
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36min
February 27, 2024 Reclaiming Her Narrative: An Interview with Beth Green
Today The Therapy Sisters welcome Beth Green to their podcast! Beth is a licensed school counselor with a big heart and a wonderful story and most importantly, she is Rachel's childhood best friend!

Beth shares her powerful story and how doing all "the right things" left her empty and questioning. She shares her journey towards healing and her wise counsel about how we can engage with our own questions and experiences with curiosity and free of shame, and how we can shed our performative veneers and step into our authenticity. Join us for this inspiring and empowering conversation!

Tune back in next week as The Therapy Sisters continue their discussion by introducing the next narrative they aim to reclaim.

Want to connect? Us too! You can do so in the following places:
⁠Instagram⁠
⁠Facebook⁠
or shoot us an email at [email protected]

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46min

FAQs about The Therapy Sisters:

How many episodes does The Therapy Sisters have?

The podcast currently has 80 episodes available.