Therapy Magic

By Lucy Sherman

Welcome! I’m Lucy Sherman, an LPC and EMDR Therapist who helps clients process trauma through creative expression. This work can feel so healing and powerful with clients and can also feel heavy at ti... more

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How many episodes does Therapy Magic have?

The podcast currently has 26 episodes available.

Therapy Magic episodes:

July 13, 2025 Rebecca Campbell, Bestselling Author: How to Move Stuck Energy
Bestselling author + Oracle Deck creator Rebecca Campbell joins host Lucy Sherman, LPC, EMDR Therapist to talk sacred self-care and soul-led creativity.
In this episode:
🌿 4 tools to release energy that doesn't serve
🎨 10 ways to not just listen to your intuition but act too
🌀 3 ways to move energy for when you’re feeling stuck
✨ Behind the scenes of her oracle deck creation and collaboration process
🎶 Bonus: 3 music artists Rebecca listens to when shifting energy
🎴 A live Card Pull and Read from Rebecca
If you’re a sensitive soul, healer, or creative—this one’s for you.
Rebecca’s new book Your Soul Had a Dream, Your Life Is It is out now!
🎧 Listen now and reconnect to your inner wisdom and self care rituals.
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Guest: Rebecca Campbell
🌐 Website: www.rebeccacampbell.me
📸 Instagram: @rebeccacampbellauthor
📘 Facebook: facebook.com/rebeccacampbellauthor
📺 YouTube: youtube.com/rebeccacampbell

🔖 Hashtags: #RiseSisterRise #LightIsTheNewBlack #YourSoulHadADream
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Host: Lucy Sherman, LPC, EMDR Certified Therapist
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This podcast is not a substitute for therapy. Please reach out to a licensed professional if you need support.
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51min
June 01, 2025Ebb and Flow Anxiety Pep Talk and 8 Creative Tools to Help
Hey! I’m so grateful and honored that you are here joining me, Lucy Sherman, EMDR Certified Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and owner of Perceptive Counseling LLC in Portland, Oregon for this episode all about the Ebb and flow and how it can suck less.
To Book a Creative Consulting session or therapy session that infuses oracle cards, you are welcome to reach out! ⁠https://www.perceptivecounselingpdx.com/about⁠
This episode includes:
What I say to myself when I'm feeling the Ebb and it's tapping into old stories
3 Tarot Spreads that can get to the root of what is stuck
3 Art Prompts that help me stay out of Scarcity
The #1 question that changed everything for me

This podcast is not in place of professional Therapy, please seek professional or medical support if needed. I am not a registered EMDR consultant, I only offer creative consulting for Therapists and coaches, this is not a replacement for EMDR Consulting. Please seek EMDR consulting if needed.
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April 17, 2025 April Snow, LMFT: How to Navigate Uncertainty as a Highly Sensitive Person
Join me, your host Lucy Sherman, LPC, EMDR Certified Therapist, creative consultant in Portland, OR in a special guest episode with the inspiring April Snow! April is a Highly Sensitive Person, LMFT, Author, Workshop Facilitator and Consultant and we have a candid conversation going behind the scenes of April's own self care and creative process.

April Snow shares so many tangible tips that you can try today!
In This Episode:
A step by step of what April does when she experiences self-doubt and uncertainty

3 Visualization tools that April Uses to connect with herself and ground as a Highly Sensitive Person
The 3 pillars that we can turn to when feeling overwhelmed
Bonus: A on the spot Tarot card pull with April and I to explore themes coming up
Note: This podcast does not take the place of professional Therapy, please reach out to a mental health professional if you need support.

To get in touch with April Snow for Workshops and Consulting:
All information for April’s offerings, books and resources can be found on her website!
https://www.sensitivestrengths.com/
April has many incredible free resources on her instagram as well!
Instagram: @Sensitivestrengths

To get in touch with Lucy for EMDR Intensives and sessions in Portland along with consulting for Therapists, visit her website!
https://www.perceptivecounselingpdx.com/about

Instagram also has guide throughs for how to use oracle decks in therapy @ Perceptive_Counseling
It is an honor always when you rate the episode if you enjoy it!
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March 17, 2025How to Create Your Own Oracle Cards as a Helper or Healer
Hey! I’m so grateful and honored that you are here joining me, Lucy Sherman, EMDR Certified Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and owner of Perceptive Counseling LLC in Oregon for a step by step demonstration of how to create your own oracle deck at home. If you have been wanting to create a deck but didn't know where to start, this episode is for you!
To Book a Creative Consulting session or therapy session that infuses oracle cards, you are welcome to reach out! https://www.perceptivecounselingpdx.com/about
This episode includes:

A Guide to 5 Unique ways you can create a deck today

The way I started with creating my own decks

How creating a deck can be a powerful process

The Magic of pulling from your own deck

The Simplest tools to use to create your own deck

Bringing cards into your self care as a therapist
This podcast is not in place of professional Therapy, please seek professional or medical support if needed. I am not a registered EMDR consultant, I only offer creative consulting for Therapists and coaches, this is not a replacement for EMDR Consulting. Please seek EMDR consulting if needed.
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November 22, 2024The Magic of Therapy Intensives and How to Offer Them
Hey! I’m so grateful and honored that you are here joining me, Lucy Sherman, EMDR Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and owner of Perceptive Counseling LLC in Oregon for a step by step demonstration of what makes therapy intensives so amazing and how to offer them in your practice. Whether you are a therapist or interested in your own intensive, this episode is for you! To Book a Therapy Intensive or Creative Consulting session, you are welcome to reach out! https://www.perceptivecounselingpdx.com/about

This episode includes:
What are Therapy Intensives?

How to Schedule Therapy Intensives?

How Therapy Intensives can breathe life and joy into your work

The flow of Therapy Intensives

The way to create a Therapy Intensive that works for your nervous system

Things I wish I knew sooner about Therapy Intensives

Bringing cards into Therapy Intensives
This podcast is not in place of professional Therapy, please seek professional or medical support if needed. I am not a registered EMDR consultant, I only offer creative consulting for Therapists and coaches, this is not a replacement for EMDR Consulting. Please seek EMDR consulting if needed.
Bonus Inspiring people and resources:
Kambria Evans: https://kambriaevans.com/
Steffeny Feld https://www.kaleidoscopecounselingstl.com/resources
Amanda Buduris: https://www.pnwpsychologicalwellness.com/
April Snow: https://www.aprilsnowconsulting.com/about-2
Dreya Blume: https://dreyablume.com/
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September 30, 2024Creative Tips for the Therapy Consultation I wish I knew Sooner
I am so glad you are here! Join me your host, Lucy Sherman, LPC, EMDR Certified Therapist and owner of Perceptive Counseling LLC for a step by step guide to the therapy consultation! You get a behind the scenes look at the out-of the box things that have altered the therapy consultation in my practice and has brought ease, comfort and confidence in booking many ideal clients on the call where we both are excited and hopeful to work together.
This episode includes:
•How to make sure it's a practically a good fit before even getting on a call
The #1 GAME-CHANGER thing I ask for that has eased anxiety around the consultation for client and myself, can't wait for you to start using it!!!

The questions that can give so much more depth and understanding to a client's experience than what is usually asked

A script to talk about fees on the call in a transparent and non-ick way
A creative exercise you can do after the call to make the intake session most comfortable
🎴 Don't forget to grab your gift: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/64176251497091641f10d8c5
Book a private no pressure complimentary call to see if creative consulting is aligned for you and your magical practice. To get in touch, email Lucy at [email protected], there you can also reach out for a full written list of decks, creator etc... shared in this episode. perceptivecounselingpdx.com
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July 25, 2024 Halle Thomas, LPC: How to Weave Tarot into Your Life as a Therapist
Join me, your host Lucy Sherman, LPC, EMDR Certified Therapist in Portland, OR in a special guest interview with Halle Thomas, LPC and Brain-spotting Therapist in OR and CO as we have a candid conversation about Tarot for our own self care and using cards with clients. Halle is a gem of a person and therapist and she shares so many tangible tips, tools, insights that are inspiring and can stick with you throughout your day. This Episode is brimming with so many golden nuggets: • A step by step of Halle's Tarot practices and tools for her own daily self care as a Therapist. 1 live Tarot demonstration of a powerful exercise you can do when faced with creative blocks or difficult decisions. • 3 ways to let go of perfectionism and "not be precious" with the creative process or therapy. • 3 pieces of advice that Halle would share with her younger Therapist Self. • 1 guide through of her own process when experiencing anxiety and the things she shares with her self and models for her clients. • 1 pep talk she offers to herself when there is uncertainty or unpredictable things that come up in her business. Bonus: An incredible inclusive Tarot Deck recommendation To get in touch with Halle!Guest: Halle Thomas, LPC helps folks process Anxiety through Brain-spotting telehealth sessions in Oregon and Colorado. https://www.chicorycounseling.com/Instagram: @chicorycounseling To get in touch with Lucy!Host: Lucy Sherman, LPC and EMDR Certified Therapist helps folks process trauma through EMDR intensives and extended sessions in person in Portland, OR. https://www.perceptivecounselingpdx.com/aboutNote: This podcast does not take the place of professional therapy, please reach out to a mental health professional if you need support. Don't forget to grab your gift: My 5 Favorite Decks to Use With Therapy Clients at https://view.flodesk.com/pages/64176251497091641f10d8c5Are you feeling like parts of your practice are feeling uninspired and blocked and you want to learn more tools to tap into your creative spark you know is there? Book a no pressure complimentary call with Lucy Sherman to see if creative consulting for therapists is aligned for you right now. Email her at [email protected]
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1h 25min
June 12, 2024 Top 8 Oracle Decks to Use with Clients and a Step by Step Guide for Each One
I am so glad you are here! Join me, Lucy Sherman, LPC, EMDR Therapist and owner of Perceptive Counseling LLC. for my Top 8 (haven't heard that in a while, throwback to Myspace ;)) list of Oracle Decks that I use with clients on the daily.
This episode includes:
•A personal description of each deck and why I love them! This curated list comes from years of looking at youtube walk throughs, experimenting in session and finding what resonates and deepens therapeutic work.
• The simple way to start using oracle decks in session and the easiest deck to start with
• A play by play for how to use Oracle decks in each phase of EMDR
🎴 Don't forget to grab your gift: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/64176251497091641f10d8c5
Book a private no pressure complimentary call to see if creative consulting is aligned for you and your magical practice. To get in touch, email Lucy at [email protected], there you can also reach out for a full written list of decks, creator etc... shared in this episode. perceptivecounselingpdx.com
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March 04, 2024 The #1 Oracle Card Prompt you NEED in a First Session as a Therapist
Join Lucy Sherman, EMDR Therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and owner of Perceptive Counseling LLC for a step by step demonstration of how to have an imaginative, reflective and deep first session while gathering important client history.
This episode includes:
4 reasons for using oracle cards in therapy session
8 oracle card prompts that can accelerate trust-building in a first session and deepen reflection and work fastest
A hot tip for remembering sessions without writing anything down
Example script to start using oracle cards with your therapy clients
Bonus! My 4 favorite card decks for history-taking
This podcast is not in place of professional Therapy, please seek professional or medical support if needed. I am not a registered EMDR consultant, I only offer creative consulting for Therapists and coaches, this is not a replacement for EMDR Consulting. Please seek EMDR consulting if needed.
Don't forget to grab your gift: My 5 Favorite Decks to Use With Therapy Clients at https://view.flodesk.com/pages/64176251497091641f10d8c5
Are you feeling imposter syndrome, stuck, uninspired in a practice you want to feel is sustainable and joyful? Are you an EMDR therapist and craving to bring more creativity into your work to help your clients? Are you starting your own practice and want a creative system for the business side and in session side of your practice?
Book a no pressure complimentary call with Lucy Sherman to see if creative consulting is aligned for you right now. Email her at [email protected] or visit her website at perceptivecounselingpdx.com and ask for a connect call for creative consulting.
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20min
January 02, 2024 12 Self Care Favorites I Use as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)
(This Episode is not Sponsored) Join me, Lucy Sherman, LPC, EMDR therapist and owner of Perceptive Counseling LLC. for an episode where I share my favorites of the year that I used every day personally.
This episode includes:
The thing I take with me everywhere that instantly makes me feel more regulated.
My two favorite card decks I use for my own personal practice
2 cozy items that I put on every day
3 hot tips to make journaling simple and easy and why this object helps
Two favorite tools for bringing art into my day
The gentlest way to start your morning using this item
A creative invitation that helped me try things I never thought I would
Bonus: 3 amazing resources that you can spark creativity
Book a private no pressure complimentary call to see if creative consulting is aligned for you and your magical practice.
To get in touch email Lucy at [email protected]
Don't forget to grab your gift: My 5 Favorite Decks to Use With Therapy Clients at ⁠⁠https://view.flodesk.com/pages/64176251497091641f10d8c5
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43min

FAQs about Therapy Magic:

How many episodes does Therapy Magic have?

The podcast currently has 26 episodes available.