You Need Therapy

This week, Ally Fallon is back for round two of YNT, right ahead of the release of her new book, Write Your Story. Her core message for readers is that they already have the magic to be the hero in their own lives – and the number one way to harness your main character energy is to write down your stories. Using her proven 8-step framework, Ally expertly guides readers to tell a more interesting story and begin to make meaning and live with more purpose.

In this conversation, Ally and Kat talk about the importance (and discomfort) of doing things they aren't good at, how we are making meaning regardless of if we want to or not, and what it's like to have a therapist as a parent (possible foreshadowing for Kat's future). 

Learn more about Ally HERE. 

Follow Ally on Instagram HERE.

Listen to the Write Your Story podcast HERE. 

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Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: [email protected]

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Produced by: @HoustonTilley

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Couch Talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy where Kat answers questions that listeners send to [email protected]. This week, Kat shares her favorite and least favorite parts of being a therapist and what advice she would have given herself before she decided to go into this field!

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Follow Kat on Instagram: @Kat.Defatta

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Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: [email protected]

Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? Click here!

Produced by: @HoustonTilley

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This week Kat has her friend and licensed aesthetician, Hannah Ellis, back again to dive into the confusing world of skin care, anti aging, and the beauty industry. Have you heard of Frownies? Well, Kat had not and was surprised to find out it wasn’t a nickname for the wrinkles you get when you frown. They are in fact, one more of the products being marketed to us to “slow down the aging process” and Hannah gives us the 411 on if they really work AND if we really need them. And in the biggest plot twist of the podcast this year, Kat and Hannah go from laughing about Frownies to processing the fact that we are all going to die someday… 

Follow Kat on Instagram: @Kat.Defatta

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Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: [email protected]

Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? Click here!

Produced by: @HoustonTilley

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Couch Talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy where Kat answers questions that listeners send to [email protected]. 

This week Kat shares a FUN announcement and then tells a personal story (plus a lesson she learned from said story) from her honeymoon. 

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Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: [email protected]

Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? Click here!

Produced by: @HoustonTilley

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This week Kat has one of the Three Cords Therapy therapists, Julia Langer, to teach us about something that applies to all of us! During this episode Julia talks about the universal needs of a child (that apply to all humans!) and what happens when these needs do not get met. 

Follow Kat on Instagram: @Kat.Defatta

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Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: [email protected]

Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? Click here!

Produced by: @HoustonTilley

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Couch Talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy where Kat answered questions that listeners send to [email protected]. This week, Kat talks about ways to respond to friends and family when they want to talk about things you no longer want to talk about in recovery. 

Follow Kat on Instagram: @Kat.Defatta

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Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: [email protected]

Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? Click here!

Produced by: @HoustonTilley

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This week we are back talking about one of our favorite topics with the help of fellow licensed mental health counselor, Jessica Baum. Jessica is the founder of The Relationship Institute of Palm Beach and her work is focused on developing a meaningful connection with oneself and in understanding our own core patterns so that we can better understand how we relate in our relationships. She recently came out with a new book Anxiously Attached to offer a roadmap to help you go from anxiously attached to building strong, secure relationships.

In this episode we hear Jessica's take on Attachment Theory, talk about the "anxious avoidant dance",  and discuss how one's insecure attachment can be affected by using dating apps. 

Learn more about Jessica HERE.

Follow Jessica on Instagram HERE. 

Follow Kat on Instagram: @Kat.Defatta

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Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: [email protected]

Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? Click here!

Produced by: @HoustonTilley

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Couch Talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy that comes out every Wednesday where Kat answers questions that listeners send to [email protected].

This week, however, Kat is taking time to celebrate National Eating Disorder Awareness (NEDA) Week by talking about a form of disordered eating that gets overlooked very easily. Orthorexia is a type of disordered eating where someone becomes obsessed with the health of foods. It is not yet recognized in the DSM (diagnostic statistical manual for mental health disorders) but regardless this type of obsession with food/health can lead to an official diagnosis of an eating disorder a couple of different ways.

Resources for eating disorders - Books:

Life Without Ed

Feed Yourself

Body Image Workbook

Social Media Accounts:

@meanttoeat

@Yrfatfriend

@Victoriabrowne

Full Orthorexia Episode: Orthorexia + Whole30

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Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: [email protected]

Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? Click here!

Produced by: @HoustonTilley

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This week Kat is joined by not one but two guests, Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer. Jolenta and Kristen both consider themselves advice critics. They spent years living by and critiquing advice from self-help books for their podcast By The Book and now they’re ready to discuss wellness-related questions and help debunk all the self-help myths and promises in their new podcast, How To Be Fine which premiered on February 23rd. In this episode, Kat, Jolenta, & Kristen talk about their experiences- what they thought was all BS, what they learned, what worked, and what was just weird. 

Follow Jolenta: @jolenta_g

Follow Kristen: @k10meinzer

Check out How To Be Fine: @howtobefinepod

Follow Kat on Instagram: @Kat.Defatta

Follow the podcast Instagram: @YouNeedTherapyPodcast

Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: [email protected]

Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? Click here!

Produced by: @HoustonTilley

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Couch Talks is the special bonus episode of You Need Therapy that comes out every Wednesday where Kat answers questions that listeners send to [email protected]. This week Kat gives some quick things to consider to help differentiate between what things that are being sold to us on social media are legit and what ones are not as necessary as they look.

Follow Kat on Instagram: @Kat.Defatta

Follow the podcast Instagram: @YouNeedTherapyPodcast

Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: [email protected]

Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? Click here!

Produced by: @HoustonTilley

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.