Save the Therapist – Details, episodes & analysis

Part 1: What would you do if your hourly rate was potentially getting cut in half? For Joshua Terhune, LMHC, that question was not hypothetical. (8 minutes)

Part 2: Rachel Kimbrel, LCSW, thinks a lot about how hard it is to navigate the specifics of insurance benefits. And, like a lot of therapists doing their own billing, has been forced into some tough conversations with her clients. (8 minutes)

Part 3: Katie Playfair, LPC transitioned from a career in business consulting and human resources into a career as a therapist. In both worlds, she saw the intersection of insurance and health outcomes, and thought about how painful it would be to address its underlying problems. (9 minutes)

Part 4: Summary of treatment and conclusion. (5 minutes)

Part 1: Mauricio Silva is a therapist who moved from Brazil to the United States when he was 12 years old. The transition changed him in ways that were unique, even from his family. (5 minutes)

Part 2: Growing up between cultures can be enriching at times, and heavy at others. Miranda Nadeau, PhD, is a psychologist who specializes in working with third culture kids—and gets the dynamic first hand. (23 minutes)

Part 3: Summary of treatment and conclusion. (2 minutes)

Part 1: Everyone has that one friend who loves their job, almost too much. Tobin talks to his to try to figure out where the enthusiasm comes from. (5 minutes)

Part 2: Kali Wolken, LMHC, is a therapist and certified career counselor whose passion is to—among other things—help her clients find theirs. While she works with all types of professions, her career counseling caseload includes many therapists who are trying to move forward from their own burnout. (21 minutes)

Part 3: Summary of topic and conclusion. (4 minutes)

Part 1: We know stress and trauma can be felt within the body. But can they be felt on the body? Tobin talks with a massage therapist to find out. (5 minutes)

Part 2: Bonnie Leggo, LCSW, sees the mind-body connection as critical to mental health care. Her practice specializes in somatic experiencing, and focuses on the ways experiences are stored within the body. She uses techniques like breath work, movement, and increased awareness of bodily sensations to help her clients process trauma stored within the body and achieve real and lasting healing. (23 minutes)

Part 3: Summary of topic and conclusion. (2 minutes)

Part 1: Tobin talks with a therapist who—early in his career—navigated a request that was somehow simultaneously ethically taxing, embarrassing, and—looking back now—very funny. He tells the story. (10 minutes)

Part 2: Raffi Bilek, LCSW-C, is a funny guy who also happens to be a therapist. His practice specializes in couples work, and he has written about how he has found laughter to be an effective tool clinically. Here, he discusses ethical considerations for incorporating humor into a therapeutic context. (18 minutes)

Part 3: Summary of topic and conclusion (2 minutes)

Part 1: Robbi Zeper, PhD, LCSW, joined an EMDR Facebook page where she encountered a troll. Except it wasn’t really a troll. And her career changed forever. (7 minutes)

Part 2: Laney Rosenzweig, LMFT, developed Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) in 2008 after a realization that she’d found a method using eye movements and image replacement that worked more quickly and effectively than anything she’d used before. And beyond that—it was simple. Since then, there has been a large body of research which has supported it’s effectiveness and ART has been adopted by clinicians worldwide. (21 minutes)

Part 3: Summary of topic and conclusion. (2 minutes)

Part 1: Mark Mayhew, LCSW, works in community mental health and maintains a small clinical practice on the side. He shares a personal story about how his interest in the treatment of religious trauma was born. (5 minutes)

Part 2: Anna Clark Miller, LPC-S, specializes in working with survivors of religious trauma, spiritual abuse, cults, and other high-control groups. Her work requires practicing religious neutrality—which can be harder than it sounds. Hear about some of the common symptoms and impacts of religious trauma as well as suggestions for clinical approaches to this type of work. (23 minutes)

Part 3: Summary of topic and conclusion. (2 minutes)

Part 1: Ethan Getchell, MSW, shares about his brothers suicide on social media, and also wrote a book which addresses it. He’s well aware future clients may know his story. But, what will this mean for his future clinical practice? That is a question mark. (4 minutes)

Part 2: “Dr. Vivid” is a Tik-Toker with a following of over 80k. Her real name is Ashley Elliott, PsyD, and she’s a private practice therapist in Washington DC. No surprise—she’s thought a lot about ethics related to her social media presence. Hear her thoughts on how and why online sharing can both be tricky and simple. (24 minutes)

Part 3: Summary of topic and conclusion (2 minutes)

Part 1: Heather Sexton, LPCC-S is a Certified Sex Therapist through the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors & Therapists (AASECT). As part of her training, she participated in a sexual attitude re-assessment in which she viewed pornography and then processed her judgements. (6 minutes)

Part 2: Ruby Bouie Johnson, LCSW is a sexual educator and therapist who works with clients who are into kink, BDSM, and are in consensual non-monogamous relationships. She has some practical insight about clinical skills related to working with kinky clients. (22 minutes)

Part 3: Summary of strategies for treatment and conclusion. (2 minutes)

Part 1: People are now using AI for mental health support. What’s that experience like? Hear one persons account. (3 minutes)

Part 2: Rachel Wood, PhD, LPC, in addition to being a licensed therapist, equips and trains other clinicians on the impact of AI in their practice and in their clients lives. Hear about the issues most relevant to her human mind as she considers the current ethical considerations of AI in counseling. (24 minutes)

Part 3: Summary of topic and conclusion (3 minutes)