What Your Therapist Is Reading ®
Do you ever wonder what kind of books therapists read and recommend to their clients? If so, welcome! This is your go to podcast for books related to mental health and self-help. At What Your Therapist is Reading, we talk about a wide range of topics that people may be struggling with in life.
Join Jessica Fowler, psychotherapist and book enthusiast who knows that the right book can completely change how we see ourselves. Jessica talks with authors about the messy, honest parts of being human and how their words can help us heal and show up better for ourselves and each other. Jessica Fowler brings her almost 20 years’ experience to the show to talk about all aspects of mental health.
Please note information shared is for informational and educational purposes only.
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Sunday Jan 29, 2023
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
Jessica Fowler interviews Kim McLaughlin, M.A about her book Feed Your Soul; Nourish Your Life: A Six Step System to Peace with Food. Jessica and Kim discuss the importance of moving away from diet culture and learning to embrace self love to move passed the cycle of shame around eating. Kim shares about her 6 steps and how this book could be useful to those struggling with their relationship with food. *Please note the information shared on this podcast is for informational and educational information only.
Sunday Jan 22, 2023
Sunday Jan 22, 2023
Jessica Fowler interviews Jessica Helmka LADC/MH about her two workbooks Building a Perimeter of Support: A Mindful Plan for Life and Recovery. One is a Addiction Recovery Workbook and the other is the Addiction Recovery Workbook for Family Member. Both are illustrated by Laura Aneshansley. Jessica Helmka shares about how her experience as a solider has let to her to the idea of building a perimeter of support and how that is important not just for those in recovery. Jessica Helmka shares about the topics shared in these workbooks such a focusing on the mind, body and soul. *Please note that the information shared in this podcast is for informational and educational purposes only.
Sunday Jan 15, 2023
Sunday Jan 15, 2023
On today's podcast, I speak with Nicole Schwartz, LMFT about her parenting book It Starts with You: How Imperfect Parents Can Find Calm and Connection with Their Kids (affiliate link). Listen to how Nicole Schwartz shares the importance of moving away from judging ourselves to more self-compassion and how that can help us in our own parenting journey. *Please note that the information shared in this podcast is for informational and educational purposes only.
Sunday Jan 08, 2023
Sunday Jan 08, 2023
In this weeks episode, Carrie Leaf shares about her book Therapize Yourself, Choose to Heal and Find Your Truth: A Step by Step Program to Bringing Out the Best Version of You by Integrating the Mind, Body, and Spirit (affiliate link). Carrie shares how she hopes that her book demystifies therapy. It is for someone who has never been or someone who has been to therapy. It helps people explore all areas of their life including physical, mental, and spiritual. We also chat about EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) as Carrie is trained in EMDR. It should be noted that her book is not for EMDR therapy and that needs to be completed with a therapist trained in EMDR. For more information visit www.emdria.org *Please note that the information shared in this podcast is for informational and educational purposes only.
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
In this episode Jessica Fowler talks with Kate Spark, PhD about her children's book Enjoy the Ride! A Book to Help Understand and Cope with Feelings (affiliate link). Illustrated by Shawn Melchor. Kate shares about the chameleon who shares with kids various ways to cope with their feelings with real life events. *Please note that the information shared in this podcast is for informational and educational purposes only.
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
In this episode Jessica Fowler speaks with Sharon Martin, MSW, LCSW about her book The Better Boundaries Workbook: A CBT-Based Program to Help You Set Limits, Express Your Needs and Create Healthy Relationships (affiliate link). In this episode Sharon talks about what boundaries are and why they are important. Her books helps one learn assertiveness skills, to stop feeling guilty and cultivate self-compassion. *Please note that the information shared in this podcast is for informational and educational purposes only.
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Jamie Roberts, LMFT shares about her book Mindfulness for Teen Anxiety: A Practical Guide to Manage Stress, Ease Worry and Find Calm (affiliate link). We chat about all her practical tools to help teens deal with and overcome their anxiety. *Please note that the information shared on this podcast is for informational and educational information only.
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Welcome to What Your Therapist is Reading. In this podcast, Jessica Fowler interviews authors who have written books related to mental health. Each episode is about 10-20 minutes so that you can learn about the books mental health professionals are reading. You can learn more at https://www.whatyourtherapistisreading.com and if you have written a book related to mental health I would love to hear from you at https://www.whatyourtherapistisreading.com/contact.