Finding You: with Dr. Brad Reedy

Building Intimacy - Ep 739

Why don't we do the things we know would bring us closer to the people we love? We're not short on instructions. Speak your truth. Tell your story. Be vulnerable. But a

Couple's Work: Letting Go of the Old Fights

Dr. Reedy talks about how in marriage we often project onto our partners things which are our responsibility. He explains that when we ask our partners to be responsible

The Odyssey: The journey back to yourself - Ep 738

Dr. Reedy, discusses mythology and the Odyssey. He explains that the story of Odysseus and his journey home is about the journey back to ourselves. He emphasizes the pati

Emotional Warmth (& Child Development) - Ep 737

Dr. Reedy discusses the impact on the development of the child when a warm, resonant part is present. He discusses the impact of affluence on a family's process around bo

Choosing to Go "No Contact" with Family - Ep 736

Dr. Reedy discusses the trend of people going no contact with their family members. He explains how to respond when someone shares that they want to go no contact. He exp

Sharing Feelings with Intention (AMA) - Ep 735

Dr. Reedy takes questions from the Inner Circle audience. He talks about the difference between sharing your feelings and asking others to be responsible for your feeling

The Heroic Task of Listening - Ep 734

Dr. Reedy talks about what is required for us to be able to listen to the people that we love. He explains that unless we do our healing and account for our energy and ca

Parental Anxiety and Children - Ep 733

Dr. Reedy discusses the impact of parental anxiety, especially anxiety that is un-owned by the parent, on the child. He explains that the child will interpret this distre

Guilt, Blame and Accountability - Ep 732

Dr. Reedy discuss the negative influence of guilt on our lives and our relationships. He minimizes the often cited distinction between guilt and shame and talks about how

The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller - Ep 731

Dr. Reedy reviews what he considers to be the most important book written on the subject of child development and mental health. Alice Miller writes in her book, “Experie

Narcissism and the Wound Beneath - Ep 730

Dr. Reedy explains the diagnosis of NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder) and the wound that creates it. He explains the connection between this wound, defenses, and ga

The Price We Pay for Self-Care (A.M.A.) - Ep 729

Dr. Reedy takes question from the audience on taking care of yourself and setting boundaries with your family to do so. He also talks about how our defense, our need to b

Psychodynamic Therapy: How Freud & Jung Got it Right Pt 1 - Ep 728

Dr. Reedy discusses psychodynamic informed therapy and how many of what we hear today is 100 years old. We just weren't ready to hear it when Freud and Jung were alive. H

Faith and Therapy - Ep 727

Dr. Reedy discusses faith in the context of depth psychology. He discusses spiritual bypassing, shame based religions, and how faith is not a search for certainty but a w

Why Boundaries Are Hard - Ep 726

Dr. Reedy addresses the barriers we encounter when we set boundaries. He talks about needing to be right vs. being a self. He explains how we try to change other people s

Describing the Look and Feel of the Work (A.M.A.) - Ep 725

Dr. Reedy takes live questions from the live audience. He addresses the practical look/steps/feel of the work we are engaged in on our therapeutic journey. He talks about

Logical Fallacies: Appeal to Authority vs. an Inner-Knowing - Ep 724

Dr. Reedy discusses the parallels between logical fallacies and addictive thinking, defined in "Addictive Thinking" as an inability to reason with oneself. He defines sev

Big T and Small t Trauma - Ep 723

Dr. Reedy explains the difference between Big and Small T Trauma. He explains that in therapy, even when we are talking about the Big T story, we are still treating the S

Learning to Fight Fair (A.M.A.) - Ep 722

Dr. Reedy responds to questions from the Inner Circle Audience on matters of what is meant by "No" is a complete sentence, the pitfalls in empathizing with others at the

Healthy Masculinity - Ep 721

Dr. Reedy discusses healthy masculinity and the lives of men. He explains that when people are describing masculinity they are often describing feminine characteristics.