Your Mental Breakdown

This week, Doug and Meredith are back at it to kick off Season 2 with Andrew. Doug talks about his road trip into the mountains of Colorado while Meredith talks about the trials and tribulations of her vegetable garden. In the session, Drew recognizes some familiar patterns of behavior with his mom while his brother’s wedding is fast approaching. Drew and Doug talk about feeling even-keeled and they explore the meaning behind the phrase “It’s ok to be alone but not ok to be lonely.” In the breakdown, Meredith and Doug examine some of Drew’s patterns that are playing out with his mom and how it’s influenced some behaviors in his own interpersonal relationships.

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In this special bonus episode, Doug and Meredith share their personal stories with grief over the past two years. It's been almost two years to the date since the sudden death of Doug's wife and the death of Meredith's mom. They share their stories with vulnerability and resilience. They reveal how the podcast started, and how working on it has helped them with their ongoing healing process and with their grief.

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Terrible Thanks For Asking the Podcast

Wyatt is a previous client of Doug's that has experienced severe trauma. He had a sudden brain aneurysm and cancer. This is his story of endurance, awareness, and healing.

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In this bonus Roundtable episode, Meredith and Doug are joined by fellow therapists Mona Valeriano and Jessica Kramer. They look at different ways of approaching trauma and therapy from their training and experience. Mona comes from a psychoanalytic background and is trained in EMDR (and she explains what that means!). Jessica is a Somatic Experiencing practitioner and marriage and family therapist associate who specializes in new mothers and infants 0-3 years old. Join Doug and Meredith for a unique conversation among colleagues about different ways of doing their work, with a focus on healing and processing trauma.

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EMDR – great video explaining it:

https://www.emdria.org/about-emdr-therapy/

What is SE?

https://traumahealing.org/about-us/

In this Insight Out bonus episode, Meredith and Doug are joined by fellow therapist and listener, Mary Tobon. Doug and Meredith share their insights and give their answers to your questions! 

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In this Insight Out bonus minisode, Meredith and Doug break down different states of mind using DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) concepts. They talk about the reasonable mind and the emotional mind, the doing mind and the being mind, and the middle way of the wise mind. It's about building your awareness and finding balance so you can be mindfully present in your experience. 

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Meredith Levy

Doug Friedman

This week, Doug and Meredith reflect on the first six months of the podcast as we reach the end of season one with Drew. In the session, you'll hear clips from a few recent sessions with Doug and Drew hitting the six-month mark of their work. Drew shares his thoughts about the podcast coming out and his perspectives after hearing the first episode. In the breakdown, Doug and Mer wrap it up and look forward to the next season of Drew picking up right where we left off - and the wedding only a month away!

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Talking about the sensationalism of Bambi and how seeing traumatic events can be very impactful. In the session, Drew says he's been future tripping and past tripping - and not being present in the here and now. In the breakdown, Doug and Meredith explore concepts of motivation, confidence, and self-worth, as they came up for Drew in the session.

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The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman

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Fireworks, dad jokes, and great movies from our days as younguns. Drew acknowledges his growth in treatment, and with a little self-reflection, he admits he is not very motivated right now. In the breakdown, Meredith talks about a focus of her work with clients on narrowing down our broad goals to the one small step you can take right now. (Look for an upcoming Insight Out focused on how to do this concretely!).

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D.W. Winnicott - prominent psychoanalyst that Doug quoted.

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This week, Doug showered with his dog and Meredith shared her excitement about tennis lessons, her bird feeder, and getting ready to watch The Matrix. In the session, Drew feels excitement about the unknown in front of him as well as some unsettled feelings. He's been rediscovering himself and spending quality time with his friends. In the breakdown, Doug and Meredith talk about grading ourselves in terms of Pass-Fail, not a letter grade, how being selfish isn't necessarily a bad thing, and how there's confidence in being authentic in our awkwardness.

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