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Episode 47: When Avoiding Your Sh*t is No Longer Serving You with April Pulvermacher, LMFT

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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. (affiliate link)
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 with Dylan Zambrano

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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. (affiliate link)
 
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 with Phil Lane, LCSW

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In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler interviews Phil Lane, LCSW about his book, Understanding and Coping with Illness Anxiety.  (affiliate link)
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 with Jennifer Kos, PsyD

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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 with Chrisitna Kantzavelos, LCSW

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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 with Cara Fairfax

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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 with Kimberley Quinlan

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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 (affiliate link).
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.
Transcript on website
 

Episode 40: Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma & Politicizing Your Practice with Jennifer Mullan, PsyD

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In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler, interviews Jennifer Mullan, PsyD about her book Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma & Politicizing Your Practice (affiliate link).
It is hard to pick just a few highlights as we discussed so much in this episode, but here are a few:
6:03: Learning and unlearning concept.
9:06 Defining what decolonizing therapy is.
14:12: Challenging the language that we use.
19:50: DSM and (lack of) multicultural classes in our education.
25:00 Beginning to talk about how the history of mental health is important.
25:56: How things are beginning to shift.
27:29: Why Dr. Mullan decided to write the book
29:00 This book is for practitioners.
31:32: Discussion around a shift in mental health treatment and exploring the history and how it applies to today. In addition, how as therapists we need to metabolize the energy we take on.
38:32: Practitioners are leaving mental health and the toll the work takes on people.
50:00: Gatekeeping
 
 
 
 
 

Episode 39: Holding Space: My Story of Grief, Remember, and Thriving After Traumatic Loss with Arielle Jordan

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In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler interviews Arielle Jordan, LCPC about her book Holding Space: My Story of Grief, Remembering, and Thriving After Traumatic Loss (affiliate link).
*There is a trigger warning for the book because it does talk about parental loss, child loss and divorce.
Highlights from this episode include: 
3:23 Although Arielle shares about pain in her book, she shares about resilience.  
5:03 Arielle shares about types of therapies she discusses in the book including DBT, EMDR and IFS.
7:02 Arielle shares what holding space means and how we can hold space for ourselves.
10:19 We discuss part of the book that shares Arielle's experience in the military.
13:22 Types of loss discussed in the book include parental loss, child loss, divorce and more.
About the author:
Arielle Jordan, LCPC runs Mindset Quality, a unique counseling service that's proud to be black-owned, veteran-owned, and woman-owned. She's a former Army soldier who's studying hard to earn her Ph.D. in counselor education and supervision. With a solid background in psychology and clinical mental health, Arielle specializes in helping people deal with tough stuff like PTSD, trauma, and loss, using therapies like EMDR, IFS, and DBT. She's all about making sure everyone from different backgrounds feels welcome and understood. Besides her counseling work, Arielle speaks out about mental health issues, teaches others, and writes books to spread hope and help people heal. She's committed to empowering people to overcome mental health challenges.

Episode 38: Somatic Maternal Healing: Psychodynamic and Somatic Trauma Treatment for Perinatal Mental Health with Helena Vissing, PsyD

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In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler interviews Helena Vissing, PsyD., SEP, PMH-C about her book Somatic Maternal Healing: Psychodynamic and Somatic Trauma Treatment for Perinatal Mental Health (affiliate link).
 
During this episode, we take a deep dive into Dr. Vissing's work that she presents throughout this work. We explore somatic experiencing, maternal mental health and trauma. 
About the author:
Helena Vissing is a Licensed Psychologist certified in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C) in private practice in California. She practices trauma-informed somatic psychotherapy as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Dr. Vissing is experienced as Adjunct faculty at several graduate institutions, has taught Child and Adolescent Development, Treatment of Children and Adolescents, Psychodynamic Theories, and Maternal Mental Health. As Training Faculty for Maternal Mental Health NOW, Dr. Vissing also provides trainings and consultations for providers.