Save the Therapist

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Part 1: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, usually referred to as TMS, is low-risk enough that sometimes counseling students try it out in their classroom to see what it’

Play Therapy

Part 1: Is it raining or sprinkling? It depends on whose mom you ask. (2 minutes) Part 2: Traditional talk therapy doesn’t work for everyone—especially those who aren’t

Motivational Interviewing

Part 1: Nikki Glaser is a world famous comedian, But one of her most watched online clips isn’t meant to be funny. It’s about her decision to stop drinking. (3 minutes)

Antidepressant Tapering & De-Prescription

Part 1: A single word leads Tobin to an unexpected topic. The word? Withdrawal. (3 minutes) Part 2: Nicole Lamberson, PA is a medical provider who came to specialize in

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Part 1: OCD can be very misunderstood. By clients. by clinicians. By Kardashians. (3 minutes) Part 2: Danielle Henderson, PsyD, LPC, and Meghin Lisi, LMFT have dedicated

Burnout Prevention

Part 1: Ann Dypiangco, LCSW found herself re-engergized by creating something that she hopes helps other therapists re-energize as well. (3 minutes) Part 2: Early in her

Intimate Partner Violence

Part 1: Behind every online post about intimate partner violence, there is a story to be told. (5 minutes) Part 2: Quin Rich, LICSW, has a ton of clinical training and e

Ethics of Insurance Reimbursement

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: Rach

Third Culture Kids

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

Veteran Culture

Part 1: Jimmy Sullivan, LMSW, is a veteran who, through his own experience, realized other veterans may often being getting misdiagnosed. (8 minutes) Part 2: What’s it l

Incel Culture

Part 1: Incels communicate with eachother almost entirely online. So Tobin decided to join a group, in order to observe the culture first-hand. To make sense of what he s

Chronic Pain Management

Part 1: Tobin posed a question to a group of therapists with lived-experience with chronic pain. What’s it like? (3 minutes) Part 2: Lindsay Cirincione, PsyD, is a psych

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Part 1: There are Reddit threads that focus very directly on mental health issues, including their ongoing stigma. Hear a thread that focused on Borderline Personality Di

Ethics of Venture Capital in Mental Health

Part 1: Tobin pitches this platform to a group of investors in the thankfully hypothetical “Shrink Tank”. It does not go well. (2 minutes) Part 2: Venture capital is a t

Grief Counseling

Part 1: Tobin wanted to understand how grief counseling techniques would apply to himself & his grief after his dad’s death. So he worked with Bailee Chillman, LMHC, an a

Trauma-Informed Parenting

Part 1: In news that is not shocking, debates about parenting take place on Facebook. Hear a recreated post, with plenty of comments, which conveys a way these “conversat

Psychedelic Healing

Part 1: In an attempt to find relief after the death of her son, Emily Beerbower, LCSW, embarked on psychedelic treatment. She discusses how her experience unfolded and w

Career Counseling

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: K

Somatic Experiencing

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: Bo

Ethics of Humor in Therapy

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