Therapist Uncensored Podcast

Sue & Ann are blown away! They are hosting world-wide simultaneous LIVE Meet Ups with other neuronerds (those interested in applied attachment and using the sciences of the mind to grow security) in 7 countries and many cities across the US this Friday, 4/22/22. JOIN US - see the updated list, timing and location of events here: www.therapistuncensored.com/meetups. Get shownotes here www.therapistuncensored.com/episodes.

Ann and Sue blend their own personal experiences and knowledge of neuroscience to help improve your relationships and integrate healing and change within the body. Follow along as they apply the latest about the fear system and nonconscious defense, and they correct the common misconception that the amygdala is the "fear center" of the body. They also bring in research published the same month this episode was recorded around understanding fearful memories being stored in the sensory cortex. If science talk makes your eye's cross don't worry - they make it easy to understand and apply in real life. Find more at www.therapistuncensored.com/episodes.

It's easy to ignore or not notice the impact of stress and trauma on your body, but this can have a devastating impact on you physically emotionally and also on your relationships. Guest Dr. Elizabeth Stanley knows stress reduction - she had developed a program used by the US military called Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training. Co-host Dr. Ann Kelley and Dr. Stanley discuss practical strategies that will help you build resilience, recover from trauma, heal and thrive. Find show notes and more episodes at www.therapistuncensored.com/episodes.

Writing courageous words can heal deep wounds. In today's episode with Courage to Heal author Laura Davis, we discuss reading and writing as part of our therapeutic journey aka bibliotherapy, family reconciliation, mother-daughter bonding and we explore the questionable power of memory. Her new memoir, the Burning Light of 2 Stars, Laura Davis and Sue Marriott have a moving conversation that is surely to bring you the feels.

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A theory around trauma is that when it occurs it "gets locked in the nervous system" and the way in which the body stores the trauma - in the form of thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations - can be left fragmented, therefore delaying true healing. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessings, also known as EMDR, is an evolving science that utilizes bilateral stimulation to help connect the left side of the brain to the right in order to form more cohesive, healing thoughts to better support the healing process. Tune in for this episode as co-host Dr. Ann Kelley and Dr. Parnell take a deep dive into the evolution and successes of EMDR.

Hearing criticism impacts your nervous system no matter if the voice is your own or someone else. Ann and Sue take a deep dive into self-criticism, self attack, and internal criticism of others. They look at how it relates to attachment styles and use it as a window in to unconscious scripts we carry about ourselves and the world. More at www.therapistuncensored.com/169.

The venerable Loretta Ross shares her techniques of compassionate and practical wisdom from decades of fighting from multiple angles for human rights. From working with familes post-KKK to reproductive justice, she makes no bones about putting people in their place but does so with love and firmness. This episode will help you more effectively have ANY hard conversation, which with the polarization in families and nationally right now, we all have so much to learn. She describes the appropriate and inappropriate use of shame, and the surprising and important role of self-forgiveness for people with white bodies. She talks directly to young activists with love and compassion and fire. This conversation with Sue Marriott, co-host of Therapist Uncensored, will have you feeling, guaranteed! More at www.therapistuncensored.com/episodes.

The use of psychedelics is slowly gaining favor as part of a holistic approach and is radically changing the way we think about therapy and psychiatric medicine. In this episode, Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP discusses the therapeutic use of psychedelics with Dr. Dan Engle, the Founder and Medical Director of Kuya Institute for Transformational Medicine in Austin, Texas.

Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (PAP) refers to professionally supervised use of ketamine, MDMA, psilocybin, LSD and ibogaine as part of a carefully elaborated psychotherapeutic process. Clinical results so far have shown safety and efficacy, even for “treatment resistant” conditions, and far superior effects than traditional therapies alone, or traditional medicines such as antidepressants.  In addition, the treatment is short-term and typically has little side effects or risk with careful and adequate screening.

This treatment isn't new, actually, the use of plants to achieve non-ordinary states of mind for wellbeing is ancient.  But there has been a renaissance in exploring non-ordinary states as route to healing and the PAP model opens up interesting questions regarding diagnostics and explanation of psychological distress.  It may serve to advance novel explanations for mental disorders and their treatment, in a way that considers social and cultural factors, historical adversities, and acute trauma. Find more www.therapistuncensored.com/episodes

Everyone is familiar with reacting “in the heat of the moment,” but do we really understand what that means? In this episode, Sue Marriott and Ann Kelley unravel the mystery behind our nervous systems auto-pilot settings. They simplify otherwise complex ideas by breaking in to 2 main points.   Becoming aware whether you are in the Protection versus Connection pathways in our nervous system helps us manage them. How does our story affect how we react and deal with conflict, and how can we mitigate it? Tune in for this insightful and eye-opening discussion on our internal working models when interacting with others. More at www.therapistuncensored.com/episodes

Brain breaks and the 3 C's for connection with social emotional learning, updated.

Co-host Dr. Ann Kelley and child specialist, Lindsey Kealy dive into strategies for teaching kids how to regulate their emotions and promote postiive conecitons with others. Lindsey Kealey has developed a trauma and neuroscience-informed program that uses social emotional learning and problem-solving strategies to help us make positive decisions and thrive in our relationships. Find more at www.therapistuncensored.com/episodes and join our online community at www.therapistuncensored.com/join.