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East Meets West: A Different Lens on Trauma, Pain, and Growth with Shahrzad Jalali
In this episode of Therapist Confidential, Travis sits down with clinical psychologist and life coach Dr. Shahrzad Jalali to explore the ideas behind her book The Fire That Makes Us: Healing Through Curiosity,...
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When âTreatmentâ Becomes Trauma: A Look at the Troubled Teen Industry
In this episode, Travis sits down with social worker, researcher, and author Dr. Will Dobud to explore the âtroubled teen industryâ and what it reveals about how we think about kids, treatment, and risk. Drawing from...
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Forgotten but Not Finished: Psychotherapy with Older Adults with Tom Medlar
In this episode, Travis talks with psychologist Tom Medlar, who has spent 43 years providing psychotherapy in nursing homes. They explore how these settings have changed, why theyâre âvery lively, even though theyâre...
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When the Past Lives in the Body: Understanding Intergenerational Trauma with Marlene Williams
In this episode of Therapist Confidential, Travis speaks with Dr. Marlene Williams of Texas Womanâs University about intergenerational trauma, ancestral wisdom, and what it really means to âbreak the cycle.â Together...
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When Rebellion Feels Light: The Therapist Confidential Takeover with Lisa Forbes interviewing Travis Heath
In this special Therapist Confidential Takeover, the tables turn. Guest host Lisa Forbes interviews Travis Heath about his evolving relationship with AI in therapy, why he believes contradiction is essential to being...
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Adapting the Model, Not the Client: Supervision, Style, and Voice with Liliana Baylon â Part 2
In Part 2 of his conversation with therapist and educator Liliana Baylon, Travis Heath goes deeper into what cultural humility looks like in real clinical moments. They talk about unlearning as a playful,...
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âYou Are Loyal to the Client, Not to the Modelâ with Liliana Baylon â Part 1
Host Travis Heath sits down with therapist, mediator, and âcultural brokerâ Liliana Baylon for a candid conversation about migration, trauma, and care. Liliana shares her story of coming to the U.S. at 16, âpushing...
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The Climate Elephant: What Therapists Need to See with Thomas Doherty
Thomas Doherty, who has been at the forefront of climate psychology, joins Travis Heath to trace an unconventional pathâfrom wilderness therapy and Greenpeace to the APAâs first Climate Change Task Forceâand to map...
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âSo You Want to Start a Private Practice?â with Travis Heath
Host Travis Heath goes solo to unpack the realities of private practiceâwhat it takes to start, sustain, and stay grounded while doing it. He shares his own story of building a practice without a website or marketing...
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Building Self-Worth and Better Mental Health Outcomes with AutPlay Therapy Founder, Robert Jason Grant
What does it mean to center neurodivergence as identity, not pathology? In this episode, Robert Jason Grantâfounder of AutPlay Therapyâshares how therapists can use neurodiversity-affirming practices to make therapy a...
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The Gift of Stuckness: Travis Heath on Not Knowing Where to Go
What happens when therapy feels like itâs going nowhere? In this solo episode, Travis Heath reflects on moments of stuckness in therapy â the vulnerability of not knowing, the solidarity that comes when we name it,...
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Systems at Play: Attachment Centered Play Therapy with Clair Mellenthin
âHumans need humans. We need relationships in order for us to survive in this world.â In this episode, play therapist Clair Mellenthin shares her attachment-centered approach to play therapy that fosters child-led,...
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