Tag: Therapy

  • 133: The Last Notebook

    Giving an update from our strange AirBnB while on deployment, we also grieve losing our therapist. You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, a lego group, movie groups, and social events.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!   To…

  • 132: Sleeping Jesus

    We wrestle with a metaphor from therapy. You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, a lego group, movie groups, and social events.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!   To submit an email to the podcast:    podcast@systemspeak.com Content…

  • 129: Unshame

    We talk about the book “Unshame”. You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, a lego group, movie groups, and social events.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!   To submit an email to the podcast:    podcast@systemspeak.com Content Note:…

  • 122: Now Time Is Mine (Rose)

    We talk about how hard therapy is, and try to define what “safe” means.  We explore “now time is mine”. You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, a lego group, movie groups, and social events.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups.…

  • 118: The Duck Pond

    Emma reflects after therapy was so hard that we ran out of our session (which was about getting to know others inside).    You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, a lego group, movie groups, and social events.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by…

  • 114: The Beginning of Grief

    Sasha processes what happened with JohnMark’s “Nachos” episode, including recognizing grief both in now time (with therapist and friends), and in memory time (dead parents), and tries to remind us that now time is still safe – but it is not feeling like it. You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  We have peer support check-in…

  • 113: Nachos

    JohnMark grieves, talking about leaving therapy and missing friends. You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, a lego group, movie groups, and social events.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!   To submit an email to the podcast:   …

  • 111: Guest: Christine Forner (ISSTD)

    Dr. E speaks with Christine Forner, the current president of the ISSTD. Christine shares her own trauma journey to healing, and opens up about what that was like professionally. She explains her clinical perspective of trauma and dissociation and what h

  • 107: Emma Lets the Walls Down

    Emma reflects on therapy, learning to sense triggers for memory time and for switching, and learns about the concept of integration. You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, a lego group, movie groups, and social events.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the…

  • 98: Emma Shows Up

    Emma uses one of Nathan’s musicals to find words for inner strength after recognizing she got herself out of danger in Africa, and that she isn’t helpless anymore.  Content note:  toward the end of the episode, she reads “blessings” Nathan gave to each of her alters.  You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  We have peer…

  • 97: Chosen Family

    Emma talks about chosen family and self-care, including staying present to set boundaries in parenting. You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, a lego group, movie groups, and social events.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!   To submit…

  • 95: Door of Return

    We talk with Mary and Nathan about what happened in Africa. You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, a lego group, movie groups, and social events.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!   To submit an email to the…

  • 94: Guest: Susan Pease Banitt (Attachment and Ritual Abuse)

    Dr. E interviews special guest Susan Pease Banitt, LCSW, author of “The Trauma Toolkit” (for survivors) and “Wisdom, Attachment, and Love in Trauma Therapy” (for clinicians).  They talk about attachment.  They also talk about ritual abuse. Due to the nature and content of the interview, some triggering topics are referenced, such as types of abuse…

  • 93: Guest: Adaption System

    We talk with the Adaption System. You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, a lego group, movie groups, and social events.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!   To submit an email to the podcast:    podcast@systemspeak.com Content Note:…

  • 92: Emma Accepts Her Diagnosis

    Emma talks about therapy progress: internal communication, getting grounded, memory time, triggers, and accepting diagnosis. You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE.  We have peer support check-in groups, an art group, a lego group, movie groups, and social events.  Additional zoom groups are optional, but only available by joining the groups. Join us!   To submit…