Therapy Untapped

Mike shares a hook-up gone wrong story about a date turned crush turned something else, and Robins and Jon give sage therapy advice. The ménage conclude that in cases like this, labels don't really matter.

Robin's shares her pet theory and the ménage discuss the ways that people's relationship with their pet can influence their relationship with other humans. 

The ménage discuss a hypothetical scenario where a therapist finds their client's spouse on a dating app. Things get tricky when looking at individual therapy vs. couples therapy. 

Mikey creates a list all by himself, an original Mikey creation, and sees if he can find some scenarios that might get under a therapist's skin. The ménage discuss what my throw a therapist off. 

The ménage discuss the spicy topic of therapists going viral and therapy TikTok after a therapist creates an unfortunate TikTok video about "trauma dumping" and gets publicly shamed. 

Link to TikTok video: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/therapyuntapped/tiktok.mp4

Buzzfeed article: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolefallert/trauma-dumping-therapist-tiktok 

Loki meme referenced in the episode: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/therapyuntapped/247240473_10103599022627304_3082565576169796181_n.jpg

The ménage discuss if ghosting is a healthy relationship strategy. Mikey talks about getting ghosted after falling asleep during a precarious sexual encounter. 

References: 

Indirect Ghosting Disengagement Strategies 

Relationship Dissolution Process

Articles:

Psychological Correlates of Ghosting and Breadcrumbing Experiences

Ghosting Orbiting

Ghosting in Emerging Adults Romantic Relationships

Ghosting and Destiny

Mikey asks the therapists Robbins and Jon different questions and gets "Therapy Self" answers and "Real Self" answers. Mikey decides who is the better therapist and the ménage find some common ground about a certain client presenting problem. 

Happy Halloween! The ménage share some spooky therapy ghost stories and discuss the supernatural in the spirit of Halloween.

The ménage talk about the pre-pandemic decline in child births in America, and look at the baby bust that has resulted from Covid-19 and the decline in libido and people having sex due to increased stress and anxiety. Thankfully America has decided that Covid is cancelled, and Mikey has his vaccine (and is getting laid).