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Episode 50: A Handbook on Counseling African American Women

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In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler is speaking with Dr. Kimber Shelton about her book A Handbook on Counseling African American Women: Psychological Symptoms, Treatment and Case Studies by Kimber Shelton, Michelle King Lyn and Mahlet Endale (Editors).
Highlights from this episode include:
4:48 Kimber Shelton shares about the intention of the book.
5:57 Kimber Shelton shares about the 2 other editors of the book and how they came together to write this book.
7:54 Kimber Shelton shares how the book is organized including intersectionality, cultural competency and treatment interventions.
13:04 Kimber shares who this book is for.
14:03 Kimber shares how she wanted to write this book as more black women were coming to therapy then before and wanted therapist to be culturally competent.
About the author:
Dr. Kimber Shelton is a licensed psychologist, author, and speaker. She is the owner of KLS Counseling & Consulting Services in Texas; where she specializes in cultural diversity, LGBTQ issues, trauma, and relationship concerns. The 2023 Black Mental Health Symposium Distinguished Practitioner of the Year, Dr. Shelton is an award-winning psychologist committed to creating transformative healing spaces to empower minoritized groups. She has over 20 publications including the Amazon Best Seller, A Handbook on Counseling African American Women.

Episode 49: Speaking with the Heart

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In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler is speaking with Heather Browne, PsyD, LMFT about her book Speaking with the Heart: Transforming Your Relationship and Communication with Compassion and Connection. 
Highlights from this episode include:
5:37 Discussing love and younger parts of self.
7:37 What is missing in communication.
11:38 Heather explores the topics that she discusses in the books and the ones that she does not.
14:05 Heather shares how she wrote a book to help people learn to connect and communicate.
25:01 Heather shares about the importance of receiving information from our loved ones.
27:52 Heather shares about the importance of asking for what we need.
About the author:
Dr. Heather Browne PsyD, LMFT, TedX speaker, best seller author of: Speaking with the Heart Transforming Your Relationship and Communication with Compassion and Connection helps people recognize the power of communication.  It is one of our most important skills that we have, and yet we don’t consider our understanding, approach, belief, and therefore, miss our possibilities.  Living with a paranoid schizophrenic mother gave Dr. Heather a unique and powerful awareness that no one has the same reality, though we believe we do.  Utilizing this revolutionary awareness has allowed her to transform communication within self and within all other types of relationship.  This is the hidden key to acceptance. 

Episode 48: The Heart Word: How I lost It All and Found Myself

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In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler interviews Lauren Chava Rose about her memoir, The Heart Word: How I lost It All and Found Myself.  *Trigger warning as their is abuse discussed in the book.
Highlights from this episode include:
2:56 Lauren shares how reading books help her because she could see herself in the characters.
5:25 Lauren shares how the book begins with her estranging herself from her parents and how this lead to her uncovering and healing things that were not hers such as conditioning and generational trauma.
7:49 Lauren shares about ways that she engaged in healing including therapy, energy work and a Mivah (a ritual in Judaism). 
10:06 Lauren shares what it is like to write something so personal as a therapist.
14:23 We discuss how changes happens and being in the struggle of something.
17:33 Lauren shares about the takeaways she would like her readings to walk away with.
 

Episode 47: When Avoiding Your Sh*t is No Longer Serving You

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In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler interviews April Pulvermacher, LMFT about her book When Your Sh*t is No Longer Serving You: Your Emotional Bootcamp Journal for Inner Child and Shadow Work.
Highlights from this episode include:
4:45 April shares about the book including the chapters that provide psycho-education on trauma.
6:03 April shares about parts of ourselves and shares an example.
8:49 April shares how there is 366 questions and provides some sample questions.
14:06 We discuss changing.
20:33 April shares about how we can only change ourselves.
About the author:
April Pulvermacher is the author of When Avoiding Your Sh*t is No Longer Serving You: Your Emotional Bookcamp Journal for Your Inner Child and Shadow Work. April has her master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and owns her own private practice in South Central, Wisconsin. She has dedicated the majority of her life to helping the nonconformists of this society feel a little less lonely, while also bringing friendship, creativity, and art into their lives. She loves her fur babies more than most humans and finds peace in their unconditional love. She is also so entirely grateful for her misfit friends and loving family that have provided all their unwavering support during her most challenging phases in life.

Episode 46: DBT Skills Daily Journal

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In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler interviews Dylan Zambrano, MSW about his book the DBT Skills Daily Journal: 10 Minutes a Day to Soothe Your Emotions with Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
 
Highlights from this episode include:
 
3:50 Dylan begins to share about the DBT Skills Journal
4:20 Dylan shares about DBT and what type of therapy it is and who it is helpful for.
9:55 Dylan shares the value of the skills.
12:09 Research on journaling.
13:26 What is in the book.
19:38 Some examples from the book.
About the author:
Dylan Zambrano, MSW is the founder and clinical director of DBT Virtual, an online dialectical behavior therapy practice servicing multiple Canadian provinces. He has several years of experience working on a DBT team within an outpatient mental health hospital setting, and provides DBT training, consultation and supervision to mental health therapists organizations. He is the author of The DBT Skills Daily Journal, a book that combines guided journaling with DBT skills-building. Dylan also teaches courses in mindfulness and compassion meditation at the University of Toronto.

Episode 45: Understanding and Coping with Illness Anxiety

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In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler interviews Phil Lane, LCSW about his book, Understanding and Coping with Illness Anxiety.  
Highlights from the episode include: 
3:24: Defining anxiety illness
3:46 What is in the book
5:05 Example of illness anxiety
7:10 The impact of illness anxiety
11:28: Why Phil wrote the book
More about the author:
 Phil Lane is a licensed clinical social worker in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and psychotherapist in private practice. He specializes in the treatment of anxiety, panic, adjustment disorders, and men's issues. He is the author of Understanding and Coping with Illness Anxiety. He also has two forthcoming books, the Narrative Therapy Workbook for Self Esteem and Overcoming Panic and Panic Attacks, both due to publish next year.
 

Episode 44: The Normalcy Fallacy: Stories, Resources and Books

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In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler interviews Jennifer Kos, PsyD. about her book The Normalcy Fallacy: Stories, Resources and Workbook.
Highlights from the episode:
2:14 Jennifer shares how reading as impacted her.
5:38 Jennifer shares how many people ask the question "is this normal" and begins to share about her definition of what is normal.
8:49 Jennifer shares an exercise from her book.
10:22 Jennifer shares about Chakras.
14:14 Jennifer shares about her learning disability and Jessica shares how learning about that impacted her.
18:33 Jennifer shares how this book is for anyone who ever had the thought, is this normal?
More about the author:
After more than 30 years in the mental health field as a student, counselor, psychologist, educator and consultant I have come to the point in the journey that I realize we are all searching; searching for answers, comfort and a sense of belonging. My written work, The Normalcy Fallacy, is the culmination of observed (fictionalized to preserve confidentiality) stories, collected resources from other professionals and challenge questions that I designed to lead us away from pathologizing our human experience and embracing the ideal world where "normal" is simply that which is healthy, safe and loving. As I ultimately move away from the clinical work of diagnosis and treatment, I look to embrace the paradigm shift of seeing us all as in need of acceptance, love and healing however and wherever that finds us. My educational and clinical background includes undergraduate work in psychology and education, graduate work in counseling and a doctorate in clinical psychology. I have multiple clinical licenses in two states, however, continue to see the value in moving beyond the confines of pathology and diagnosis to the deeper work of self-awareness, self-healing and deep respect for intuition and self-actualization.

Episode 43: Begin Within-A Daily Healing Journal

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In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler interviews Christina Kantzavelos, LCSW about her journal Begin Within-A Daily Healing Journal.
Highlights from this episode:
3:43: Christina shares how she created this journal out of necessity.
4:40 Christina shares how this is a mind-body journal.
5:19 Christina shared what is in the journal and why she wrote it.
6:28 Research on journaling.
8:45 The science behind gratitude.
11:13 Who the journal is for.

Episode 42: Island Hopper

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Transcript
In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler interviews Cara Fairfax about her children's book Island Hopper (Illustrated by Len Smith).  Island Hopper is about a young penguin, Hoppy, who lives with two special grownups.  Cara shares how this story is about what it can be like for a young person to go from two different homes when one adult struggles with a personality disorder. 
Highlights from this episode:
3:10 Cara shares how this book is written to be gender neutral so anyone can use it.
3:47 Cara shares about the different attachments that Hoppy has to his caregivers.
5:19 Cara shares how she wrote this book through a trauma lens.
6:26 We discuss the resource guide that the book comes with.
6:57 Cara shares some of the scenarios that Hoppy needs to navigate such as unwritten rules.
12:36 Attachment trauma
 

Episode 41: The Self-Compassion Workbook for OCD: Lean into Your Fear, Manage Difficult Emotions and Focus on Recovery.

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In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler, interviews Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT about her book The Self-Compassion Workbook for OCD: Lean into Your Fear, Manage Difficult Emotions and Focus on Recovery.
Highlights from this weeks episode:
2:20 Kimberley shares how Thich Nhat Hanh have impacted her.
6:29 We discuss self-compassion
7:35 We discuss what obsessive compulsive disorder is and what it is not.
10:30 We discuss suffering.
11:33 We discuss what is exposure response therapy 
17:00 Kimberley shares how she has written a letter to the readers in each section.
18:42 Who should be reading the book.
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