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From âWhat Iâm Hearing You Sayâ to âWhere Do You Feel That?â with Travis Heath
In this Therapist Confidential short, Travis Heath takes a playful (and affectionate) look at therapist languageâthe phrases that show up in sessions, supervision, and training rooms so often theyâve become a dialect....
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What Therapists Think but Rarely Say Out Loud with Travis Heath
In this solo episode of Therapist Confidential, Travis Heath explores the internal conversations therapists have every dayâbut rarely say out loud. Beneath the public image of therapy as a space of clarity, certainty,...
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âIf youâre not at the table, youâre on the menuâ: Advocacy, systems, and who shapes healthcare with Tammie Lee Demler
Travis Heath sits down with Dr. Tammie Lee Demlerâboard-certified psychiatric and geriatric pharmacistâfor a wide-ranging conversation on psychopharmacology, stigma, loneliness, and what clinicians often miss when...
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When a Bot Feels âRealâ: A Therapistâs First-Hand Encounter With AI with Travis Heath
In this solo episode, Travis Heath explores the fast-moving question on every therapistâs mind: what does AI mean for psychotherapyâright now? After a surprising personal encounter with a highly realistic âclient...
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Speaking the Unspeakable in Therapy with Travis Heath
In this solo episode of Therapist Confidential, Travis Heath reflects on what it means to speak the unspeakable in therapy. Drawing from years of clinical work and recent conversations in the aftermath of a polarizing...
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Why Experience Alone Doesnât Make Better Therapists with Daryl Chow
In this episode of Therapist Confidential, Travis Heath speaks with psychologist and researcher Dr. Daryl Chow about what actually makes therapists effective. Drawing from decades of research on deliberate practice...
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From Shame to Pride: Navigating Cultural Displacement with Anastasia Piatakhina Gire
In this episode of Therapist Confidential, Travis Heath speaks with international and multilingual psychotherapist Anastasia Piatakhina Gire about therapy across borders. Based in Paris and working with clients around...
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Adulthood Kills Adults: Reclaiming Play, Myth, and Self with Larry Rubin
In this episode of Therapist Confidential, Travis Heath sits down with psychologist, writer, and longtime Psychotherapy.net interviewer Dr. Lawrence âLarryâ Rubin for a wide-ranging conversation on superheroes,...
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From Chaos to Context: Treating Family Violence and Incest with Mary Jo Barrett
In this episode of Therapist Confidential, Travis Heath speaks with Mary Jo Barrett, a pioneering family therapist whose career spans nearly five decades of work with family violence, incest, and complex trauma....
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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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