Podcasts by A Therapist Walks Into a Bar
A Therapist Walk Into a Bar is a podcast that brings therapy to you. I am a San Francisco based psychotherapist who likes to get out of my office, grab my microphone, and find people in bars to chat with about the best and the worst of life. Help support the show at www.atherapistwalksintoabar.com/donate
Further podcasts by Lily Sloane
Podcast on the topic Gesellschaft und Kultur
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Lily Isn't Gonna Ghost (Finále) from 2018-10-31T07:27:11
Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today to talk about the end. It’s the end of the third season of this podcast. A season full of stories about what it’s like to be living in these minds and bod...
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An Untakebackable Choice from 2018-08-06T07:00:34
When it comes to making babies, it can often feel like there are only 2 choices and you have to feel 100% happy with your choice once you’ve made it. Oh, and also, no matter what choice you make, p...
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Radical Short: Dave Reads A Poem & Lily Sings A Song from 2018-07-18T07:00:14
In this Radical Short I talk to Dave Nadelberg, co-founder of the stage show, television series, books, movie and more that make up Mortified. In the last episode of A Therapist Walks Into a Bar, "...
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The Presence of Past from 2018-07-04T07:00:44
There’s this cliche, that all therapists want to do is make you talk about the past. Even though I often reassure new clients that I won’t make them talk about anything they don’t want to, it’s not...
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Radical Shorts: Coping With This Crazy Bullshit from 2018-05-16T07:00:12
Radical Shorts are a glimpse into some of the incredible conversations I’m having with all kinds of interesting people on my sister show, Radical Advice, a weekly live show on BFF.FM.
In t...
Be Someone Else from 2018-05-02T07:00:16
When performing is a normal part of all our lives, on stage or off, what does it mean to be authentic? What is a “true self”? I’m hoping an opera singing drag performing therapist, some strangers i...
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Radical Shorts: Feelings Sometimes Hurt from 2018-04-18T07:00:03
For this Radical Short, we time travel all the way back to February, when my colleague Lauren Selfridge, host and creator of the podcast This Is Not What I Ordered, joined me in the studio and we a...
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The Unknown from 2018-04-04T07:00:10
In the last episode, we explored defense mechanisms - all the things we do to cope psychologically with various threats in our day to day lives. One of the biggest threats we find ourselves defendi...
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Radical Shorts: Imaginary Friend from 2018-03-21T05:38:16
In a new bonus segment of A Therapist Walks Into a Bar, which will release on the third Wednesday of each month, I pull the best moments from my sister show, Radical Advice, which airs live on Tues...
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The Best Defense Is the One You Know from 2018-03-07T08:04:14
For decades, the field of psychology has been interested in understanding the myriad creative strategies we employ to cope with life's inevitable discomforts. But right now, I wonder if I can convi...
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Check Your Emotional Baggage Here from 2017-12-19T07:07
We've all got baggage. And as a psychotherapist in private practice, I help people unpack a lot of it in my office. But what if I went out looking for it? From complete strangers? In this episode, ...
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Ghosts! (again) from 2017-10-11T18:12:08
Here's the return of an old favorite just in time for Halloween season!
Ghosts. You’ve seen the movies, nervously giggled and gasped over the stories at slumber parties, or like me, cowere...
Seeing White II from 2017-09-04T18:34:02
In light of the recent emboldening of white supremacist groups in the US, Seeing White II revisits the topic of whiteness as explored in Episode 1: Seeing White. What do white people need to do rig...
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Two Therapists Walk Into a Gay Bar from 2017-08-06T19:59:45
Communities of gay men and the larger LGBTQ communities continue to face challenges from trauma to addiction, to ongoing discrimination. But that's not the full picture. In this episode we explore ...
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A Brief Psycho-Education: The Unconscious from 2017-07-02T20:31:44
Most of us know what it means when we say a person went “unconscious” or “lost consciousness”. But deeply imbedded in the roots of psychology’s history is the idea of The Unconscious - a psycholog...
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Seriously, F#ck Dating. from 2017-06-05T04:44:01
Dating can be this overly-complicated, painful, confusing, ungrounded, whirlwind. Honestly, it can feel really hopeless at times. In this episode we talk with our experts about how to make this pro...
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ATWIAB Presents: Man-ish (AKA There's no crying in politics!) from 2017-05-02T05:04:45
When was the last time you cried? How about the last time you cried in front of someone else? Most of us have mixed experiences with crying - whether it’s our own tears or seeing them in someone el...
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Why The Resistance Needs Therapy from 2017-04-03T17:39:25
If you’ve been feeling anxious, overwhelmed, shut down, angry, hurt, or scared since the new administration took over, you’re not alone. We’re dedicating this episode to sifting through some of wha...
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Ending The War (AKA The Food & Body Image Episode) from 2017-01-31T17:44:15
Almost no one is free from beliefs, rules and attitudes about food. But some of us have experienced an undue amount of emotional pain as a result, riding this rollercoaster of harshly conditional s...
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Very Dark Very Appropriate from 2016-12-19T05:13:54
Wrapping up a very troubling year, "Very Dark, Very Appropriate" explores why we love listening to really sad music and how this can actually be good for us. This episode's featured guest is Stacey...
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Beneath The Dome (Men, Balding & Loss) from 2016-09-21T18:10:39
If I say body image, what do you think of? Stomach fat? Thigh gap? Laser hair removal? You probably think of women. And for good reason. Because women get a lot of pressure to look a certain way. ...
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How Does That Make You Feel? from 2016-07-06T23:19:48
A Therapist Walks Into a Bar Presents: A Brief Psycho-Education
There are lots of cliches about therapy, but one of the most popular...well, it’s true. We DO ask “how does that make you fe...
We All Use Something (Substance Use & Harm Reduction) from 2016-03-28T21:15:21
We All Use Something is an episode about the what, when, where, and why of our substance use and a revolutionary approach to substance abuse treatment called Harm Reduction Therapy. Most of us use ...
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The Burning Spear in My Eye (AKA Relationships) from 2016-02-15T16:47:26
Come explore romantic relationships and how they can go so so wrong or feel so hard at times. But don’t worry - you’ll also get to hear about what works. From some brave souls at the bar, you’ll he...
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Seeing White from 2016-01-18T08:06:14
Episode 1: Seeing White
Seeing White explores the process of white people waking up to white privilege, how this process impacts people of color, and what white people can do to be better ...