The Whole Therapist

By Abby & Kellee

Leaving the theorizing out and exploring this strange phenomenon of being a human and a therapist. Abby and Kellee explore the embodied experience of neuroscience and authenticity in the therapy room.... more

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The Whole Therapist episodes:

July 05, 2022 Summer Book Series: The Development of a Therapist. Chapter 1
Abby and Kellee begin to explore chapter one of their summer book series using, “The Development of a Therapist.” They use chapter one to explore how therapists’ and clients’ left and right brain show up in the therapy space. Kellee and Abby share what it means and feels like to use and blend poetry and science for healing purposes.
Topics Touched on:
On Being with Krista Tippett: https://onbeing.org/series/podcast/
The Development of a Therapist: Healing Others- Healing Self: https://www.amazon.com/Development-Therapist-Healing-Others-Self/dp/0393713954/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=louis+cozolino&qid=1655085804&s=books&sprefix=Louis+co%2Cstripbooks%2C192&sr=1-5\
Bonnie Badenoch: https://www.nurturingtheheart.com
David Whyte: https://davidwhyte.com

Upcoming Offerings:
Summer Book Series! Buy the book and join Kellee and Abby over the next several episodes as they explore Louis Cozolino's book, The Development of a Therapist: Healing Others- Healing Self
Training in Texas- Honoring Cellular Stories: An Expressive Deep-Dive into Epigenetics: https://wholetherapistinstitute.com/store/
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23min
June 14, 2022 Sharing Resources: Therapists aren't Gatekeepers
Share the love! Abby and Kellee explore the benefits for both therapists and clients sharing and receiving resources with each other. They talk through ways to share books with clients and highlight the need to walk alongside clients while they read a book the therapist has recommended. Abby and Kellee discuss the importance of pairing right brain processing when recommending a book to a client.
Topics Touched on:
Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory: https://www.amazon.com/Anchored-Befriend-Nervous-System-Polyvagal/dp/1683647068
It Didn’t Start with You: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=it+didn%27t+start+with+you&i=stripbooks&sprefix=this+didn%27t+%2Cstripbooks%2C149&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_12
Bonnie Badenoch: https://www.nurturingtheheart.com
Dr Dan Seigel: https://drdansiegel.com
Hafez: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/hafez
Upcoming Offerings:
Summer Book Series! Buy the book and join Kellee and Abby over the next several episodes as they explore Louis Cozolino's book (follow along on social media to see how you can get a free copy). Send your thoughts to include in future episodes around this book- The Development of a Therapist: Healing Others- Healing Self: https://www.amazon.com/Development-Therapist-Healing-Others-Self/dp/0393713954/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=louis+cozolino&qid=1655085804&s=books&sprefix=Louis+co%2Cstripbooks%2C192&sr=1-5
Training in Texas- Honoring Cellular Stories: An Expressive Deep-Dive into Epigenetics: https://wholetherapistinstitute.com/store/
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18min
May 24, 2022 Therapists Make Mistakes: Exploring Shame and Compassion
Abby and Kellee explore making mistakes in the therapy room, and the shame that becomes very alive and present for therapists. They share their own stories of mistakes with clients, the shame they felt, and ways they have learned to regulated through these moments. They also include an audio clip from a professor at a local university who shares his own mistake as an intern therapist and the shame that followed. Abby and Kellee use an IPNB lens to offer compassion to themselves and all therapists regarding the responses to clients that turn into mistakes.
Topics Touched on:
Bonnie Badenoch: https://www.nurturingtheheart.com
Timothy Wienecke: https://empoweredchangece.com/contact-me/
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: https://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Obscure-Sorrows-John-Koenig/dp/1501153641
Practicing Mindfulness: https://www.amazon.com/Practicing-Mindfulness-Essential-Meditations-Everyday/dp/1641521716
Richard Powers: http://www.richardpowers.net
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39min
April 26, 2022 The Healer's Dilemma: Holding Boundaries with Family and Friends
Topics Touched on:
Abby and Kellee explore healing others and having to hold boundaries with our own families and friends. They express the grief that can be present when healers see their own family or friends suffering but needing to maintain the boundary of not becoming their healer. They also hold the relief that may come for some knowing they cannot be the healer for their friends our family. Abby and Kellee share the difficulty of separating our therapist part from our friend and/or family member part.
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15min
April 12, 2022 Monitoring Self-Disclosure in the Therapy Space
Self-disclosure. What is it? When do we use it? When is it helpful? When can it be harmful? Abby and Kellee discuss the importance of awareness around the intention of the therapist’s disclosure. They ask when does self-disclosure create expansion and joining for the therapist and client? Kellee and Abby give examples of when disclosure has been helpful or not helpful for them as clients, and their own clients.
Topics Touched on:
The Development of a Therapist. Healing Others. Healing Self: Louis Cozolino- https://www.amazon.com/Development-Therapist-Healing-Others-Self/dp/0393713954
A Handful of Quiet: Happiness in Four Pebbles:
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/a-handful-of-quiet-happiness-in-four-pebbles_thch-nht-hnh/877515/item/10429135/?gclid=CjwKCAjwo8-SBhAlEiwAopc9W705o0X71FlTBvaTkQJSrS-Iwo6_kkvnqCvL_6j-wuBATDHNGNkvExoCeeoQAvD_BwE#idiq=10429135&edition=7306409
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29min
March 22, 2022 Talking Heads: Using Talking Intentionally in the Therapy Space
Have you ever had that client that “talks at you,” or noticed you yourself “talking at the client?” Do you ever wonder if words in the therapy room may not be the most optimal for healing? Abby and Kellee spend this episode exploring how “talking”, a left brain skill, must be used intentionally to heal our clients.
Topics Touched on:
World Association of Sandtray Therapy Professionals (WASP): https://worldsandtherapy.com
Lorraine Freedle: http://lorrainefreedle.com/sandplay-therapy/
Dan Siegel: https://drdansiegel.com
Bonnie Badenoch: https://www.nurturingtheheart.com
The Development of a Therapist. Healing Others. Healing Self: Louis Cozolino-https://www.amazon.com/Development-Therapist-Healing-Others-Self/dp/0393713954
Marshall Lyles: https://www.marshalllyles.com
Paris Goodyear-Brown: https://www.parisgoodyearbrown.com
Iain McGilchrist: https://www.amazon.com/Matter-Things-Brains-Delusions-Unmaking-ebook/dp/B09KY5B3QL
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20min
March 08, 2022 The Financial Dilemma: A Therapist Journey
Get ready to talk about money! How do we decide our rates? Abby and Kellee explore their personal relationship with money, and how this impacts their relationship with money as private practice owners. While Kellee and Abby focus this episode on those who have private practices the episode encourages all therapists to become aware of their own relationship with money, and how this lives inside their bodies, their epigenetic story.
Topics Touched on:
Robyn Mourning: https://www.ominiralabs.com
Dr. Bukky: https://myrelationshiphq.com
Talking about Race with Dr. Bukky Kolawole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc8b0I36WeQ&t=2003s

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Kellee’s contact for EMDR consultation: https://anchorcounselingco.com
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25min
February 22, 2022 The Uninspired Therapist
What’s a therapist to do when they feel uninspired? Abby and Kellee use the parallel process of the podcast and being a therapist as they explore the experience of being uninspired. How do we show up for clients when we feel uninspired? Can we trust in our clients’ own process that they will come to therapy inspired and our role is to simply follow them, be with them?
Topics Touched on:
Jaak Panksepp: https://www.asdn.org/wp-content/uploads/1-Motivated-Brain-Excerpt-pgs.pdf
John O'Donohue: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/39025796-walking-in-wonder
Marshall Lyles: https://www.marshalllyles.com
Robyn Gobbel: https://robyngobbel.com
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26min
February 08, 2022 Grief. Not Just a One Time Topic
Abby and Kellee touch on grief, and the ways it shows up for therapists in the field. They share the need to welcome grief again and again; it cannot be box that is just “checked off.” Abby and Kellee explore ways to set boundaries as therapists navigate the hard work they do in this field.
Topics Touched on:
Michael Pollan- https://michaelpollan.com
Kate Bowler- https://katebowler.com

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24min
January 25, 2022 Season THREE: Welcoming Clients Back
Abby and Kellee welcome veteran and new listeners to season 3! They share hopes for season 3, and then move into using the parallel process of welcoming clients into our space for the first time, third time, or 100th time. They challenge listeners to be reflective on how listeners show up for their clients when welcoming them for an intake, after a brief pause, after a rupture, after a planned break, and many more examples
Topics Touched on:
Circle of Security: https://www.circleofsecurityinternational.com
Upcoming Coffee and Chat (2.10.22 6pmMST)
Pandemic Parenting: The Alliteration We Didn’t Ask For
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