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Learn to use the sciences of the mind to help you understand what makes you emotionally tick. Two Austin therapists and their world-recognized guest experts break down the research in modern attachment, relational neuroscience and trauma in a challenging but entertaining format to keep you off autopilot and moving towards closer connections. www.therapistuncensored.com
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Sue and Ann Explore Self Criticism and Internal Scripts (Ep.169) from 2022-02-16T00:05:30
Hearing criticism impacts your nervous system no matter if the voice is your own or someone else. Ann and Sue take a deep dive into self-criticism, self attack, and internal criticism of others. Th...
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Calling In the Call-Out Culture with Loretta J. Ross (168) from 2022-02-01T00:05:48
The venerable Loretta Ross shares her techniques of compassionate and practical wisdom from decades of fighting from multiple angles for human rights. From working with familes post-KKK to reproduc...
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Calling In the Call-Out Culture with Loretta J. Ross (Ep. #168) from 2022-02-01T00:05:48
The venerable Loretta Ross shares her techniques of compassionate and practical wisdom from decades of fighting from multiple angles for human rights. From working with familes post-KKK to reproduc...
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A Dose of Hope: Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy for PTSD And Other Conditions With Dr. Dan Engle (167) from 2022-01-18T01:00:08
The use of psychedelics is slowly gaining favor as part of a holistic approach and is radically changing the way we think about therapy and psychiatric medicine. In this episode, Sue Marriott LCSW,...
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Regulation Basics: Protection or Connection Neural Pathways – Which System are You Running Right Now? (166) from 2022-01-04T03:00:24
Everyone is familiar with reacting “in the heat of the moment,” but do we really understand what that means? Regulation basics include the protection or connection pathways to interpersonal relatin...
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Managing Intense Feelings for Kids and Grownups with Lindsey Kealey (165) from 2021-12-22T11:52:16
Brain breaks and the 3 C's for connection with social emotional learning, updated.
Co-host Dr. Ann Kelley and child specialist, Lindsey Kealy dive into strategies for teaching kids how to...
Whole Brain Living, Psychology + Neuroanatomy + Spirit with Dr. Jill Bolte-Taylor (164) from 2021-12-06T01:30:21
Using neuroanatomy and her experience having a massive stroke that took her self-conscious mind, Dr. Jill Bolte-Taylor and Sue Marriott discuss the 4 skill subsets in the brain that help us relate ...
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Attachment Assessment Unpacked, Ann & Sue Geek Out and Debrief Previous Episode with Carol George (163) from 2021-11-24T01:44:47
There were so many exciting moments in the previous interview with Carol George that we couldn't help but sit down and get into with you. We use excerpts from Episode 162, TU162: Adult Attachment ...
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TU162: Adult Attachment Projective (AAP) Assessment & Clinical Use with Dr. Carol George from 2021-11-09T07:17:07
This is an incredible opportunity to sit with a legend in the field of developmental attachment research! Dr. Carol George worked directly with Mary Main, and her dissertation lead to the Adult At...
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TU161: Managing Unconscious Defense & Fear with Ann Kelley PhD and Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP from 2021-11-02T02:00:56
Overcome defense and fear to move towards "green" or grounding. Catch up with hosts Ann Kelley and Sue Marriott while they discuss the difference between cognitive understanding of modern attachme...
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TU 160: Disorganized Attachment, It’s Not Crazy; It’s a Solution to an Unsolvable Problem –- REPLAY from 2021-10-26T08:15:40
This episode wraps up our 3-part series on the basics of attachment and what we call the attachment spectrum. Follow along as Ann and Sue take a deep dive into the fourth category: disorganized att...
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TU 160: Preoccupation in Relationships – Signs and Solutions to Anxious Attachment – REPLAY from 2021-10-15T15:29:45
When we have a repeated experience of inconsistency - sometimes our person is there for us and others they are not - our only solution is to hang on for dear life. Today's episode describes this r...
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TU159: Are You Cool, or Just Cut Off? Dismissing/Avoidant Styles of Relating in Adulthood – REPLAY from 2021-10-12T02:25:16
Don't be fooled by the illusion of security. This episode is especially for those “talk to the hand” kind of people or those that love them. You know, the uber-independent, rational, left-brain, ex...
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TU 159: Preoccupation in Relationships – Signs and Solutions to Anxious Attachment – REPLAY from 2021-10-11T15:29:45
When we have a repeated experience of inconsistency - sometimes our person is there for us and others they are not - our only solution is to hang on for dear life. Today's episode describes this r...
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TU158: Are You Cool, or Just Cut Off? Dismissing/Avoidant Styles of Relating in Adulthood – REPLAY from 2021-10-05T06:25:16
Don't be fooled by the illusion of security. This episode is especially for those “talk to the hand” kind of people or those that love them. You know, the uber-independent, rational, left-brain, ex...
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TU157: Treating Complex Trauma and Attachment with Guest Dr. Daniel Brown REPLAY from 2021-09-24T17:59:11
Replay - very popular episode literally packed with excellent clinical content.
Learn about complex trauma, debunk myths of false memories from an expert witness for the prosecutors of ...
TU156: What Actually Heals in Therapy with Psychoanalyst Nancy McWilliams – Replay from 2021-09-15T21:37:27
t’s hard to verbalize the problem with “evidence-based” models of care, but renowned psychoanalyst and psychologist Nancy McWilliams does just that. In today's replay, she further describes what ha...
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TU155: Speakably Sexy – Communicating to Make Sex Hotter and Relationships More Alive with Dr. Susan Ansorge REPLAY from 2021-08-31T16:22:42
What makes the ins and outs of sexuality so hard to talk about? We're diving into it in this replay episode, so get ready. We're talking about all things sex and overcoming the fears of communicati...
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TU154: Conquer Shame by Understanding the Science Behind the Feeling, with Guest Expert Dr. Steve Finn – REPLAY from 2021-08-25T17:56:50
Unpack the neuroscience of shame with Dr. Stephen Finn and co-hosts, Dr. Ann Kelley and Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP. It is probably one of your least favorite feelings, but it contains important interpe...
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TU153: How Good Boundaries Bring Us Closer – REPLAY – with Juliane Taylor Shore from 2021-08-18T21:34:07
Boundaries are important. Therapist Uncensored co-hosts Ann Kelley and Sue Marriott join the founder of IPNB Psychotherapy of Austin, Dr. Juliane Taylor Shore, in a discussion on interpersonal neur...
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TU152 – Helping the Intense Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach REPLAY from 2021-08-08T19:24:11
While this episode explicitly sends parents support during this stressful time, it is worth a listen (or re-listen) to learn more about adding love and warmth in your home with kids or without them...
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TU151: Secure Parenting While Under Stress with Dan Siegel & Tina Payne-Bryson REPLAY from 2021-08-04T00:55:20
Learn the cheat code to parenting in a pandemic with Dr. Dan Siegel and Dr. Tina Payne-Bryson. We’re all struggling with some uncertainty and fear right now, and as a parent it can often be especi...
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TU 150: Ann & Sue’s 150th Episode – Recaps & Recommendations for Growing Security from 2021-07-22T16:41:23
Ann and Sue's reflections on the past 5 seasons with the theme of Growing Security
In today's episode, Sue Marriott and Ann Kelley conclude their fifth season, and it's all bec...
TU 149: Modern Attachment Regulation Spectrum – An Integrated Model of Change from 2021-07-08T05:15:03
The Modern Attachment-Regulation Spectrum is a model developed to describe attachment and neuroscience in the belly of cultural context. Sue Marriott & Ann Kelley summarize the 5 seasons so far and...
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TU 148: Emotionally Focused Therapy & Attachment with Camille Scent from 2021-06-25T12:45:46
Today's episode dives into a specific form of healing relationships, Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT). Co-host Sue Marriott talks with therapist Camille Scent about Sue Johnson's widely-respected ...
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TU 147: Body-Focused Therapy with Dr. Robert Coffman from 2021-06-01T07:19:42
What's the difference between the brain the mind and the body?
Bioenergetic therapist Dr. Robert Coffman joins co-host Dr. Ann Kelley for a conversation on body-focused therapy. Learn th...
TU 146: Behind the Scenes in Therapy with Lori Gottlieb from 2021-05-17T19:10:14
"Insight is the boobie-prize of therapy." Lori Gottlieb & Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP discuss Gottlieb's NYT best-seller, Maybe You Should Talk to Somebody. There are many misconceptions and stereotype...
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TU145: Class, Race, Culture and Attachment, Re-examined from 2021-04-27T00:51:41
Attachment science is one of the most empirically validated theories of human development and is considered by many to be biologically driven and universal. But how can psychological science devel...
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TU144: The Case of Feli, an Awkward Goose from 2021-04-12T15:36:19
A poignant story about isolation to connection. There is hope for us all - no matter your attachment history, there is hope for change with relationships. In this episode, Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP s...
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TU143: Fear of Abandonment and Narcissism, with Dr. Ramani Durvasula from 2021-03-30T21:33:40
Is narcissism related more to preoccupation or a dismissing state of mind regarding attachment? You may be surprised.
Learn more about the science of narcissism, abandonment and its re...
TU142: Trauma-Informed Therapy with Children, with Robyn Gobbel, MSW, RPT-S from 2021-03-10T17:58:43
Attachment experts teach us how to boil down the essence of what heals humans. Learn more about trauma-informed parenting and therapy here. www.therapistuncensored.com/episodes.
TU141: How We Become the Person’s We Are with Dr. Alan Sroufe, Attachment Through the Lifespan from 2021-02-15T18:22:08
Can the past actually affect you today... that was years ago, no way how your mom treated you has anything to do with now, right? Decisively, wrong. Attachment science is the most researched psyc...
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TU 140 – Couples Therapy Through the Eyes of Experts: Ellyn Bader and Peter Pearson from 2021-02-01T22:36:19
Learn what the most common request in couples therapy is and why it hides more than it reveals. Ellyn Bader and Peter Pearson expert guests.
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TU140 – Couples Therapy Through the Eyes of Experts: Ellyn Bader and Peter Pearson from 2021-02-01T21:36:19
Learn what the most common request in couples therapy is and why it hides more than it reveals. Ellyn Bader and Peter Pearson expert guests.
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TU139: Boys and Sex, Modern Young Men and Sexuality with Peggy Orenstein from 2020-12-13T20:14:07
Dive into hook up culture, locker room talk, and the modern shifts in youth sexual behavior and health. Peggy Orenstein unpacks her new book “Boys and Sex” with co-host Ann Kelley. In this peak be...
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TU138: What if it’s You that’s the Difficult One? Holding Your Own Challenging Personality Traits (6 of 6) from 2020-12-10T06:56:09
Last in a series on the various types of narcissism, borderline dynamics and taking a hard look at your part of difficult relationships. Holding Your Own with Challenging Personalities is a 6 part...
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TU137: Holding Your Own S5, Malignant Narcissism (5th in a series) from 2020-11-30T05:58:25
Accusations are their confessions. In this episode learn why we elect, promote, excuse and love those with malignant narcissist tendencies. Sort out the other forms of self-involvement, psychopa...
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TU136: Holding Your Own S4 -“Borderline” Traits (4th in a series) from 2020-11-18T22:32:58
When does sensitivity cross the line into clinical reactivity? Borderline traits, or those with highly reactive personalities, are another common challenge in relationship that we might need suppo...
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TU135: Holding Your Own Session 3 – Covert Narcissism (3rd in a Series) from 2020-11-10T07:00:38
When does self-consciousness and self-reflection cross the line into self-preoccupation? Covert narcissism is also called thin-skinned, vulnerale, depressed or closet narcissism. It's a real thin...
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TU134: Holding Your Own Session 2, Grandiose Narcissism has Met it’s Match (2nd in a series) from 2020-11-02T06:00:34
Second in a series of staying secure in relationship to challenging personalities.
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TU133: Holding Your Own 1: Messy but Secure Relating from 2020-10-26T19:51:18
First in a series Holding Your Own with Challenging Personalities - this episode unpacks the 5 types of conflict in couples, conditions to develop security and cornerstones of what makes secure fun...
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TU132: Crisis Exhaustion – Hang in There, it’s Going to Be OK (Eventually) If We Stick Together from 2020-10-08T20:29:19
Dr. Ann Kelley & Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP reach out to you directly during this time of crisis exhaustion
and total burnout. Love & connection cannot be stopped by fire, storm, guns or pe...
TU131 – Strange Situation: Surprising Attachment Science Uncovered, with Bethany Saltman from 2020-09-22T04:44:52
People are profoundly bad at predicting their own attachment status, and if you are trying to do that you are headed in the right direction. :) That sort of mindful inquiry is part of attachment ...
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TU130 – The Deep Biology of Love – Oxytocin Unpacked, with Research Pioneer Dr. Sue Carter from 2020-09-08T07:00:48
Love is not a soft feeling, it is "deep biology." Oxytocin research pioneer Dr. Sue Carter joins co-host Sue Marriott to unravel the mystery of Sue's favorite neuropeptide. You may have heard of ...
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TU129 – Transformative Psychedelic Experiences With and Without Drugs, with Special Guest, Trey Ratcliff from 2020-08-25T06:00:41
What if you could get the benefits of therapeutic psychedelics without ingesting any drugs?! Trey Ratcliff's new art creations, Machine Elves, may be just the direction for non-drug, mind-expandin...
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TU128 – Helping the Intense Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach from 2020-08-12T05:25:47
Challenging children - is it us or them? The Nurtured Heart approach helps us connect with kids we call difficult that builds trust & understanding.
Dr. Elizabeth Sylvester and Dr. Ann Ke...
TU127 Grandma Heals: Community-Based Mental Health Care from Zimbabwe with Dr. Ruth Verhey from 2020-08-04T06:00:19
Discover the 3-step community-based program that is has proven to be a powerful non-traditional model of mental health care delivery.
In this episode, researcher and program director Dr....
TU126 – What Do We Mean by Modern Attachment? Sue Marriott & Ann Kelley Discuss from 2020-07-23T21:36:30
Modern Attachment-Regulation Spectrum (MARS)... what is that, anyway?
Ann Kelley & Sue Marriott are back to discuss changes in the field of the attachment and the relational sciences. Th...
TU125 – Dan Siegel & Tina Payne-Bryson: Parenting Under Stress from 2020-07-10T21:44:26
Learn the cheat code to parenting in a pandemic with Dr. Dan Siegel and Dr. Tina Payne-Bryson. We’re all struggling with some uncertainty and fear right now, and as a parent it can often be especi...
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TU124 – Hip Hop as Therapy: Beat Making, Lyrics & Community Empowerment from 2020-06-30T06:00:18
Hip hop can be used as creative tool to resolve the deep need for self-expression and trauma in black and brown communities. Song writers in hip hop culture are some of the greatest writers of our ...
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TU123 – Narratives of Fear: George Floyd, Protest, and Community Empowerment with Dr. Raphael Travis from 2020-06-22T23:11:43
The violence enacted by the criminal justice system isn’t new, so what makes this moment feel so different? Dr. Raphael Travis joins co-host Ann Kelley to break down the now global protests against...
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TU122: Loving & Living with Adult Attention Deficit Disorder (or ADHD) with Ari Tuckman from 2020-05-19T14:00
When we think of ADHD, we often imagine a restless & figity child who loses focus rather than the grown up parent or partner these kids eventually become. It is a legit neurological condition - ye...
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TU121: Redefining the Purpose of Relationships During Quarantine with Stan Tatkin from 2020-05-08T18:00
Learn to more effectively communicate in your quarantine bubble- (if you still have one). Stan Tatkin and Sue Marriott role-play effective and non-effective communication strategies and discuss de...
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TU120: Finding Security and Healing Attachment with Dr. David Elliott from 2020-04-27T14:00
Is this pandemic making your nervous system crunchy? Find out how to use one of the Elliot and Brown's 3 pillars of healing attachment to cope during this society-wide emotional hotbox. Us...
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TU119: For the Love of Men, Rethinking Masculinity with Liz Plank from 2020-04-08T14:00
It isn't a war between the genders, it's a war between those interested in freedom of individual expression and equality, and those wedded to and defending the patriarchal script.“I measu...
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TU118: Mental Health Support During this Damn Coronavirus Pandemic from 2020-03-30T14:00
Throw out getting through this one on you own - autoregulation is for the birds right now. We need each others nervous system for mutual support through this sucker, here is how....
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TU117: Resilience Trauma and the Brain W/ Guest Bruce Perry MD, PhD from 2020-03-13T20:15
Get the latest from one of the worlds most renowned neuropsychiatrists working with interventions to heal trauma. Dr. Bruce Perry joins co-host Sue Marriott to discuss staging understanding and tr...
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TU116: Fight Flight Freeze … and “Fawn”?? Can People-Pleasing Be a Sign of Trauma? from 2020-02-27T14:00
Are you a huge people-pleaser, conflict avoider, peace-keeper? Maybe you are just being nice, but if you are compelled to do it, driven, don't have much of a choice about it, there may be some...
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TU115: Improving Your Emotional Health – the Challenge & the Update with Ann Kelley PhD and Sue Marriott LCSW CGP from 2020-02-19T14:00
30-Day Emotional Health Challenge Update
In this episode of Therapist Uncensored, co-hosts Ann Kelley and Sue Marriott discuss their progress in their 30-Day Emotional Health Challenge.
TU114: Take the 30 Day Emotional Health Challenge! from 2020-02-04T05:28
Nobody is perfect. Let us support you in doing something you KNOW you need to do but may not know how. For 30 days, choose ONE old habit you want to let go of, focus on understanding where it come...
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TU113: Integrating Self-Defense, Neuroscience and Affirmative Consent to Build Empowerment and Heal Trauma from 2020-01-23T14:36
"Yes means yes is the new no means no!" Often we doubt our gut instinct, question our right to take up space in the world, and live governed by fear -especially when we've experienced trauma....
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TU112: The Life-Changing Science of Memory Reconsolidation with Guests Bruce Ecker & Tori Olds from 2020-01-07T10:42
Memory reconsolidation brings awareness to old maps and traumatic emotional learning and gives us a clean slate to build new learning pathways. Powerhouse clinicians Bruce Ecker & Tori Olds join c...
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TU111: Navigating Narcissistic Relationships – Gaslighting Manipulation and Grandiosity Called Out from 2019-12-24T02:12
It can be surprisingly hard to identify the reality that your spouse or best friend has serious narcissism - find out why!
Are you lost in a narcissistic relationship?
The term ...
TU110: Story Follows State – Investigating Polyvagal Theory with Guest Deb Dana from 2019-12-05T02:49
In this episode of Therapist Uncensored, co-host Sue Marriott explores the intersection of Polyvagal Theory, neuroscience, and attachment with Deb Dana. We will investigate how the mind creates sto...
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TU109: THIS is Resilience in Action With Guest Alphanso Appleton from 2019-11-22T12:00
One man's incredible story from unthinkable trauma to healing and recovery using non-Western approaches. Alphanso Appleton's story of civil war, Ebola and tragic loss will bring trauma a...
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TU108: Judgment and Self-Criticism Unchecked – a Great Interpersonal Defense from 2019-11-15T05:20
Judgement says more about the judg-er than the judg-ee. It's not Judgement = Bad. It's Judgement = Interesting!!
Everybody judges and in truth, we unconsciously evaluate good/...
TU107: What is Somatic Experiencing With Guest Abi Blakeslee from 2019-10-30T09:01
TU107: What is Somatic Experiencing With Guest Abi Blakeslee
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TU106: What Actually Heals in Therapy with Psychoanalyst Nancy McWilliams from 2019-10-18T00:08
Evidence-based treatment sounds good but it has nothing to do with deep life-changing work of psychoanalytically-oriented attachment therapies. Dr. Nancy McWilliams takes on the issue of insurance...
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TU105: Narcissism – What is Going on Under the Defense with Sue Marriott and Ann Kelley from 2019-10-03T13:55
This season we will be unpacking both narcissism and borderline personality disorder over time. Today we delve into the range of the issue, the types and compassionately look at what is going on i...
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TU104: Attachment Science & the Single World With Becki Mendivil (Replay) from 2019-09-25T16:03
Candid and hilarious conversation about translating the relational sciences to work and parenting by a single listener ready to challenge the premise!
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TU103: Curiosity – One of the Most Powerful Tools For Connection (Replay) from 2019-08-15T22:38
Curiosity - It's much more than a quest for knowledge, not as simple as it seems, & is one of the most powerful relationship tools we have!
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TU102: Finding Neurological Safety through Relationships, with Guest Bonnie Badenoch (Replay) from 2019-08-01T11:00
Bonnie Badenoch discusses how exercising “happy humility” and compassion can allow for an ideal presence in our lives using our autonomic nervous system.
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TU101: Treating Attachment Disruptions in Adults With David Elliott (Replay) from 2019-07-14T08:57
We talk to Dr David Elliott about treatment for adults with attachment disruptions and much more! Check out the show notes for excellent resources!
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TU100: Reflections and Favorites From 100 Episodes from 2019-07-08T11:06
We made it to our 100th episode! Here's a look at some of the favorite episodes of our listeners as well as our own over the last 3 seasons!
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TU99: Food, The Body, Trauma, & Attachment With Guests Paula Scatoloni & Rachel Lewis-Marlow from 2019-06-27T15:41
What if we flipped the script and learned to see our body as a messenger that needs to be heard rather than an obstacle to be conquered when it comes to our relationship with food? Using a somato-...
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TU98: Dive Deeper into a Model of Attachment Science (the DMM) by Ann Kelley & Sue Marriott from 2019-06-13T17:25
Dive deeper into this new (to us) model of interpreting attachment science and discover how to apply it in your daily life. Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP and Ann Kelley PhD have fun breaking down the las...
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TU97: The Dynamic Maturational Model (DMM) of Attachment With Guest Patricia Crittenden (Part 2) from 2019-05-29T22:31
Discover a new voice and unique perspective in the treatment and assessment of attachment injuries. Dr. Patricia Crittenden shares her model, the Dynamic Maturational Model of Attachment and Adapt...
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TU96: Treating Attachment & Self-Protective Strategies With Guest Patricia Crittenden(Part 1) from 2019-05-15T20:04
Discover a new voice and unique perspective in the treatment and assessment of attachment injuries. Dr. Patricia Crittenden shares her model, the Dynamic Maturational Model of Attachment and Adapt...
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TU95: Oxytocin & Dogs (& Pets in General) as Attachment Figures from 2019-05-01T06:39
Want a totally free, no-hangover naturally produced cuddle-drug?
Oxytocin provides a boost of the best bonding drug possible and is the natural love drug our bodies make at key relationa...
TU94: The Science of Self-Regulation – Breaking Down Polyvagal Theory from 2019-04-17T21:34
The science of relaxing into love, this episode continues the exploration of Polyvagal Theory by bringing it to life through discussion and real-life examples. Sue Marriott and Ann Kelley continue...
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TU93: Polyvagal Theory in Action – The Practice of Body Regulation With Dr Stephen Porges from 2019-04-10T01:55
Dr. Stephen Porges, the neuroscientist behind Polyvagal Theory & Sue Marriott discuss mechanisms in the brain that create an array of psychological symptoms. Learn how to regulate your nervous sys...
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TU92: Understanding Addiction and Attachment-Informed Treatment With Guests Brad Kennedy & Vanessa Kennedy from 2019-03-15T00:37
Learn 3 distinct features that make one vulnerable to addiction and understand the varied dynamics through the lens of attachment with guests Brad Kennedy and Dr. Vanessa Kennedy. By getting curiou...
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TU91: Curiosity – One of the Most Powerful Tools For Connection from 2019-03-01T00:41
Have you ever just sat back and observed a small child as they learn something new? There is this profound sense of awe and wonder with each new discovery they make. Kids are naturally curious. ...
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TU90: Attachment Avoidance and the Difficulty Opening Up, with Robert T. Muller from 2019-02-14T01:10
It's hard enough to unfold yourself in therapy, but when your life experience has challenged you, avoidance is sure to follow. It is difficult to open up if you found safety in being cloaked ...
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TU89: Neurofluency – with Dr. Lou Cozolino, Applied Neuroscience Made Understandable from 2019-01-31T03:48
This episode breaks down and enhances your neurofluency - the basics of neuroscience as it relates to human beings in relationship. This skill will help you with your boss, your teacher, your stud...
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TU88: 6 Steps to Building Security & Self-Confidence You Can Do On Your Own from 2019-01-24T11:30
Building security by yourself can seem near-impossible, so for today we are ditching the heady neuroscience to break down 6 quick tips to improve self-confidence entirely on your own. It's wh...
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TU 87: Treating Complex Trauma and Attachment with Guest Dr. Daniel Brown from 2019-01-10T12:40
This episode is packed! Learn about complex trauma, debunk myths of false memories from an expert witness of child sexual abuse, and revisit the 3 Pillars Model of effective treatment for attachmen...
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TU86: Mentalization and Regression, Responding to Listener’s Questions with Sue Marriott from 2018-12-21T02:46
We end the year by co-host Sue Marriott addressing in depth 2 questions from our audience. These focus on mentalization, the attachment spectrum and regression. We look at how we can lose the cap...
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TU85: Attachment in the Classroom with Guest Linno Rhodes from 2018-12-14T05:29
Using the science of attachment, mentalizing and emotional regulation in the classroom. A look at the take-aways from a tour of relational science experts, guest Linno Rhodes joins co-host Dr. Ann...
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TU 84: Why Do We Over (or Under) React? The Neurobiological Underpinnings of Attachment Categories from 2018-11-30T04:30
Neurobiological differences can be detected between secure and insecure relating, and even between the two organized insecure patterns of attachment (Dismissing and Preoccupied)! Cool, huh!?
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TU83: Establishing Neurological Safety through Relationships with Guest Bonnie Badenoch from 2018-11-06T23:22
Learn about the natural neurobiology of co-regulation and it’s capacity to engage safety and heal trauma. In addition, this episode addresses the myth of self-regulation and how to re-engage interp...
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TU82: The Paradox of Masculinity with Guest Esther Perel from 2018-10-24T22:37
Can men be BOTH Relational and Masculine? It couldn’t be a more important time for thoughtful, honest, and provocative discussion on what it means to be a man in today’s culture. Perel makes a case...
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TU81: How Good Boundaries Actually Bring Us Closer, with Guest Juliane Taylor Shore from 2018-10-17T03:29
Interpersonal co-regulation requires boundary setting. Most of us haven’t been lucky enough to learn to be good at boundary setting naturally, by good examples, so we have to literally be taught h...
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TU:80 Nervous Systems in the News: Dr. Blasey Ford, Sexual Trauma Stories and the Power of Patriarchy from 2018-10-04T00:57
We joke around a lot on this show, but when it hits the fan we are serious therapists devoted to treating real people and all kinds of survivors. Today we give our best guess on they science behin...
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TU79: Attachment Spectrum and the Nervous System, Quick Review with Updates from 2018-10-02T19:39
A guide to secure relating and using the attachment sciences and regulation theory to improve your understanding of yourself and others in your day to day lives. Today we review what we've di...
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TU78: The Stress Response System (Attachment) Across the Lifespan – (Replay) from 2018-09-26T03:56
FAVORITE EPISODE!!! This one takes a wide-angle look at attachment throughout one’s life, discusses how one’s environment affects their system’s involuntary response to stress, and how that stress...
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TU77: Understanding the Mind with Guest Dr. Dan Siegel (Replay) from 2018-09-11T03:16
Understanding the Mind with Guest Dr. Dan Siegel
Deep discussion on how the current political, international and climate crises could be viewed as a chance to transform human connection r...
TU76: Behind the Scenes with Ann and Sue, Reflections and a Look Ahead from 2018-08-30T04:46
Sue and Ann walk the walk by bringing authenticity and vulnerability to their listeners and seeking connection, engagement and feedback. They also request listener feedback and input to help them ...
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TU 74: Mentalizing – A Critical Component For Secure Relating With Tina Adkins (replay) from 2018-08-22T03:23
Mentalizing seems easy – but actually it is quite complex. Thinking accurately about our own and others minds is such a core skill that many consider it a pre-condition for self-soothing, empathy a...
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TU73: Building Grit Through Self-Compassion With Dr Kristin Neff (replay) from 2018-08-15T03:34
Self Compassion is an antidote to shame, the underpinning of narcissism.
It is fierce accountability that is core to psychological health… who knew? Most of us think of it a...
TU72: Attachment Parenting Vs. Attachment Science – Clearing up Misconceptions from 2018-08-04T11:30
Finding the middle ground between constantly attending to your child versus letting them learn to self-soothe is a challenge that all parents must face. In this episode, Therapist Uncensored hosts,...
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TU71: Speakably Sexy – Communicating to Make Sex Hotter and Relationships More Alive from 2018-07-24T01:10
What makes the ins and outs of sexuality so hard to talk aboout?
It turns out, if couples do talk about sex, the conversation is often mostly about frequency. However, what is missing ...
TU70: Challenge Your “Busy” Identity – Gain Consciousness Over Your Pace from 2018-07-19T05:06
Do you use a to-do list as a way to justify the need to be busy rather then the other way around? Idleness can breed discomfort and busyness seems to help to fill in the gap. Learn how conscious b...
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TU69: Exploring Intersecting Genders – What We Can All Learn with Guest Li Brookens from 2018-07-10T11:00
Walk through the discovery experience of coming to understand yourself as transgender and see how this coming to know yourself relates to everyone, not just those who identify as non-binary. What...
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TU68: Separation at the Border – Compounding Trauma and Insecurity from 2018-07-02T15:09
"Security" at the border? Relational science professionals have a lot to offer to understand the human rights event that is unfolding on the US-Mexico border. This podcast has been all about prom...
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TU67: A Practical Technique to Calm and Confidence with Guest Richard Hill from 2018-06-25T13:30
As we continue our discussion of the relational sciences in everyday life, this episodes examines practical treatment ideas from a practitioner's playbook. Mirroring Hands is outlined and demo...
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TU66: Lessons from the Single-Not-Dating World on Using Attachment Science in Real Life, with Guest Becki Mendivil from 2018-06-04T11:00
All the single listeners (think Beyonce!) heads up. Learn to use attachment science at work and delve more deeply into the avoidant end of the spectrum.
Attachment science isn't jus...
TU65: Sensorimotor Psychotherapy – Tuning Into the Wisdom of Your Body With Guest Dr. Pat Ogden from 2018-05-25T19:34
Learn how tapping into the depth of wisdom your body holds can have a huge impact on your sense of self. Body attunement + conscious reflection (left/right, top/bottom integration) are hallmark m...
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TU64: Mindfulness Meditation with Yoga Therapist Kelly Inselmann, Bonus Episode from 2018-05-16T13:31
Mindfulness literally soothes our nervous system - straight up, super cool meditation. Try it and repeat.
Enjoy a straight shot of Kirtan Kriya Meditation from Kundalini Yoga Instructo...
TU63: Living with Cancer – The Six Principles of Emotional Healing with Guest Kelly Inselmann from 2018-05-10T14:55
Cancer sucks, no way around it. If you have it, had it or are supporting someone who does, this episode will be nourishment for you by bringing your mind and body into the healing and recovery pro...
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TU62: The Luv Doc – Dating and Relationship Advice from the Trenches with Dan Hardick from 2018-05-01T19:30
Get the Luv Doc's irreverent and bitingly honest insights on the dating scene and relationships that survive. Also known as Dan Hardick, the Doc provides a unique perspective with his decades ...
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TU61: It’s Not Crazy; It’s a Solution to an Unsolvable Problem – Disorganized Attachment from 2018-04-24T11:00
The elusive 4th category of adult attachment, disorganization - and how this state of mind relates to everyone, no matter your trauma history.
Wrapping up this 3-part series (episode 59...
TU60: Preoccupation in Relationships – Signs and Solutions to Anxious Attachment from 2018-04-16T11:00
Dr. Ann Kelley and Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP discuss the Insecure Preoccupied, or Anxious/Ambivalent side of the attachment spectrum. This discussion can stand alone, but it also continues as a soft ...
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TU59: Are You Cool, or Just Cut Off? Dismissing/Avoidant Styles of Relating in Adulthood from 2018-04-03T01:05
This episode is especially for those "talk to the hand" kind of people, or those that love them. You know, the uber-independent, rational, left-brain, excel spreadsheet person that sees others emo...
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TU59: Are You Cool or Just Disengaged? Dismissing/Avoidant Styles of Relating in Adulthood from 2018-04-03T01:05
This episode is especially for those "talk to the hand" kind of people, or those that love them. You know, the uber-independent, rational, left-brain, excel spreadsheet person that sees others emo...
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TU58: Improving the Interpersonal World of the Internet for Both Kids and Adults with Guest Catherine Knibbs from 2018-03-28T04:34
Enjoyable one - learn the problematic and adaptive psychology behind online social interactions as Therapist Uncensored host Ann Kelley interviews the delightful UK-based psychotherapist. Catheri...
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TU57: Healthy Dating for Women Who Love Women with Guest Pam Greenstone LPC from 2018-03-12T19:42
This episode is for everyone – all genders and sexualities - but today we focus on same-sex oriented women in the LGBTQ community. Learn to get out there and enjoy yourself as you peruse your choi...
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TU56: How We Come to Define Ourselves – Attachment Research Over Decades with Guest Alan Sroufe from 2018-03-06T12:00
Pick the brain of a leading attachment researcher to more deeply understand how attachment styles from infancy are both stable and can change over time. Dr. Sroufe leads us through his 40 years of...
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TU55: Feeling Empty? Demoralization and the Fight Back to Caring Again. from 2018-02-14T11:00
Hopelessness, loss of meaning, and existential distress – these are the characteristics not of depression as one might think, but of demoralization. They are different syndromes with different dir...
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TU54: The Stress Response System (Attachment) Across the Lifespan from 2018-01-31T04:12
Neuroscience continues to document our ability to change and grow throughout our life. This episode takes a wide-angle look at attachment throughout one’s life, discusses how one’s environment affe...
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TU53: Complex Trauma and Managing Dysregulation with Guest Robyn Gobbel from 2018-01-17T11:00
Whether it's your own history or someone you love, let's be honest - it can be challenging to be in committed close relationships when early attachment injuries have been layered and ongo...
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TU52: Using Mindfulness, Movement and Yoga to Manage Arousal, with Guest Kelly Inselmann from 2018-01-08T12:01
Conquer your stress and worry using the neuroscience-backed techniques in this episode. Movement and yoga can enhance the depth of therapy and assist in reducing your upset no matter where you are...
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TU52.5: Bonus Episode: Meditation to Reduce Stress and Worry from 2018-01-08T12:00
Yoga master and psychotherapist, Kelly Inselman, shares with us a 12-minute meditation we think you'll love! Check it out, and listen to the companion podcast Episode 52, Using Mindfulness Mo...
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TU51: Conquer Shame by Understanding the Science Behind the Feeling, with Guest Expert Dr. Steve Finn from 2017-12-15T02:55
Shame, the good, the bad and the ugly! In this podcast, learn how to recognize the various forms of shame and how guilt can be an antidote to this pit in the stomach feeling. Sue Marriott LCSW, C...
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TU50: The Psychology of an Entrepreneur -Surprising Insights with Guest Krisztina ‘Z’ Holly from 2017-12-07T11:30
Get your own dormant entrepreneur excited with this podcast, which delves into the psychology of these successful leaders. Also find out how to increase the "luck" factor in getting your goals acc...
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TU49: Five Strategies to Manage Intense Emotions & Why Emotional Regulation Matters from 2017-11-28T11:00
Become a master not a disaster at relationships! Quick tips to help you regulate emotions in yourself and others. Deepen your skills at deciphering these things we call feelings (ack!) and learn h...
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TU48: Tensions Around #MeToo – Bridging Gender in This Conversation from 2017-11-21T12:30
Can healthy dialogue around the #MeToo phenomena cross genders? We explore the tensions felt by both men and women in understanding one another and strategies to help listeners balance power and ...
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TU47: Attachment Insecurity and Secure Parenting with Guest Tina Payne-Bryson from 2017-10-30T12:00
Let's get real about not being a perfect parent or partner so we can do both better! Regulation before reflection!
NYT best-selling author Tina Payne Bryson talks with...
TU46: Redefining Infidelity – Guest Esther Perel on Love and Desire in Modern Relationships from 2017-10-24T12:00
Guest Esther Perel shares her research on love, desire and infidelity in modern relationships. Update your model of relational and sexual health, and widen your perspective on the erotic, which is...
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TU45: Music, Emotion and Therapy- Interview with Bob Schneider, Austin Music Legend from 2017-10-18T00:33
Not only does Bob Schneider (professional musician and wicked Creative) share his navigation of emotion as he writes music, in this in-depth conversation he also shares personal information about h...
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TU44: Your Brain on Music – How Music Affects Your Mind, Memory and Happiness from 2017-10-09T05:02
Learn how to use music to improve brain health, manage mood, increase relational happiness and get tips on how to build neural plasticity through this art. Remember, it’s not just cotton candy for ...
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TU43: Sexual Vitality – Six Principles of Sexual Health with Doug Braun-Harvey (Part 2 of 2) from 2017-09-26T04:03
(PART 2 of 2) Add pleasure back in to the conversation about healthy sex and the whole conversation changes!
This is the second half of a conversation with Doug Braun-Harvey, c...
TU42: Sexual Vitality, Refreshing our Understanding of Sexual Health with Doug-Braun Harvey (Part 1 of 2) from 2017-09-19T14:55
Add pleasure back in to the conversation about healthy sex and the whole conversation changes!
In this very sexy conversation (earphones around little kids are good idea for th...
TU41: The Dark Side Of Therapy – Recognizing When The Therapeutic Relationship Goes Bad from 2017-08-31T02:08
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The Dark Side Of Therapy: Recognizing When The Therapeutic Relationship Goes Bad
Show Note
Queue Darth Vader music… w...
TU40: Meditation And Neuroplasticity Provide a Path To Healing – An Interview With Sarah Peyton from 2017-08-22T15:00
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Meditation And Neuroplasticity Provide a Path To Healing: An Interview With Sarah Peyton
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Patty ...
TU39: Getting What You Want From Therapy – The Essentials Of A Therapeutic Relationship from 2017-08-14T15:21
IN THIS EPISODE:
Getting What You Want From Therapy: The Essentials Of A Therapeutic Relationship
Show Notes
Dr. Ann Kelley, Sue Marriott & Patty Olwell chat about the...
TU38: The Blended Family – How to Create Strong and Lasting Step-Family Relationships from 2017-07-26T04:19
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The Blended Family: How to Create Strong and Lasting Step-Family Relationships
Show Notes
This episode breaks it down by debunk...
TU37: Organizing The Disorganized – Understanding The Elusive Attachment Category from 2017-07-18T21:05
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Organizing The Disorganized: Understanding The Elusive Attachment Category
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Disorganized attachment states...
TU36: The Neuroscience Of Psychotherapy – An Interview With Louis Cozolino from 2017-07-10T13:21
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The Neuroscience Of Psychotherapy: An Interview With Louis Cozolino
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TU35: Sexuality From A Neurobiological Perspective from 2017-06-29T02:43
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Sexuality From A Neurobiological Perspective
In this episode, our guest is Dr. Alexandra Katehakis, Ph.D., LMFT, who is the Founder and Clinical Director of the...
TU34: Treating Attachment Difficulties with Dr. David Elliott from 2017-06-21T21:28
Guest Dr. David Elliott presents the Three Pillars of treatment for attachment disruptions. Besides background on why attachment matters and the prevalence of insecurity, we focus mostly on how t...
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TU33: Adverse Childhood Experiences – A Roadmap To Understanding And Treatment from 2017-06-16T02:03
IN THIS EPISODE:
Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Roadmap To Understanding And Treatment
Show Notes
Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACES)
ACES was a gro...
TU32: Mentalizing – Breaking Down A Critical Component For Secure Relating With Tina Adkins from 2017-05-24T22:53
IN THIS EPISODE:
Mentalizing: Breaking Down a Critical Component for Secure Relating with Tina Adkins, Phd
Show Notes
Mentalizing seems easy – but actually is quite co...
TU31: Attachment on a Spectrum – Navigating Adult Insecurity and Security from 2017-05-17T20:40
The Modern Attachment-Regulation Spectrum - Navigating Adult Insecurity
Use the attachment sciences in real life, outside the lab or therapy office! Therapist Uncensored presents a new ...
TU30: The Stages of Change – A Roadmap to Readiness from 2017-05-10T00:58
IN THIS EPISODE:
The Stages of Change: A Roadmap to Readiness
Show Notes
Figure out where you are in the change cycle to be more efficient at stopping your drinking, w...
TU29: Understanding Adolescent Self-Consciousness From A Brain-Wise Perspective from 2017-05-03T19:47
IN THIS EPISODE:
Understanding Adolescent Self-Consciousness From A Brain-Wise Perspective
Show Notes
Listening to a teenager obsess about the pimple on their cheek or...
TU28: Minding Anxiety-How To Reduce Noise In The System from 2017-04-28T03:03
IN THIS EPISODE
Minding Anxiety: How To Reduce Noise In The System
Our Survival Brain
Our brains evolved to be alert for threats. It was valuable to be scanning our en...
TU27: Raising Secure Children With Guest Tina Payne Bryson from 2017-04-18T03:52
Let's Talk Parenting...
In this episode co-host Sue Marriott interviews attachment expert Tina Payne Bryson about the real challenges of staying attuned and connected while raising childr...
TU26: Live Conversation With Austin In Connection About Interpersonal Neurobiology from 2017-04-03T17:55
In this special episode, we take you deep in the heart of Austin TX where therapists gather to learn, study and practice the relational sciences and interpersonal neurobiology. Austin IN Connection...
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TU25: Ping Pong Vs. Catch: Turning Communication from Competition to Connection from 2017-03-27T15:25
Enhancing Communication
Learn how playing a good game of emotional pitch and catch can immediately improve your communications. Sometimes hearing the words “Can we talk?!?” can fill you ...
TU24: Grief And Our Body’s Wisdom On Surviving It With Candyce Ossefort-Russell from 2017-03-20T16:26
Grief: a natural process to heal the violation of loss.
Candyce Ossefort-Russell and co-hosts Ann Kelley and Patty Olwell discuss what grief is, how our culture views it and how to under...
TU23: Building Grit Through Self Compassion with Dr. Kristin Neff from 2017-03-01T03:31
Co-host Dr. Ann Kelley interviews Dr. Kristen Neff, an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin and a foremost author and expert in Self Compassion.
Self compas...
TU22: Love Letter To Group Psychotherapy from 2017-02-20T13:18
Love Letter to Group Psychotherapy
Co-hosts Sue Marriott and Patty Olwell interview colleagues at the American Group Psychotherapy 2016 Association Annual Meeting in New York. They talk a...
TU20: Developing Racial Identity With Guests Rudy Lucas And Christine Schmidt from 2017-02-01T17:32
Guests Christine Schmidt and Rudy Lucas join co-hosts Patty Olwell and Sue Marriott in a wide-ranging discussion on racial identity just after the election. Privileged white people talking about ra...
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TU19: Increase Your Cool By Managing Your Ventral Vagal System from 2017-01-24T20:32
In Part II of our exploration of polyvagal theory, with psychotherapists and co-hosts of this podcast, Ann Kelley, Patty Olwell and Sue Marriott we talk about strategies to help us engage our ventr...
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TU18: Polyvagal Theory: Understanding Irrational Threat Responses in Relationships from 2017-01-18T18:47
Unpack the science behind the Polyvagal theory, with psychotherapists and co-hosts of this podcast, Ann Kelley, Patty Olwell and Sue Marriott as they explore how our nervous system appraises safety...
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TU17: The Biology of Motivation and Habits – Why We Drop the Ball from 2017-01-11T01:37
Understanding Research Behind Motivation and Habits
Even when it is so important to us, why is it that it’s so hard to follow through when we are trying to make or break habits? In this e...
TU16: Inside The Mind Of Dr. Dan Siegel- An Interview from 2017-01-04T18:37
Interview with Dr Dan Siegel, the father of Interpersonal Neurobiology. Get a peak into his thoughts on hope in our fear-based culture today, human kind across history and using this science to mak...
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TU15: Decoding The Science Of Interpersonal Neurobiology from 2016-12-13T16:48
Unpacking The Science of Interpersonal Neurobiology
Unpack the complicated science behind the brain, the mind and secure relating with psychotherapists and co-hosts of this podcast, Ann K...
TU14: How To Handle Post Election Tensions – Tips For The Holidays And Beyond from 2016-11-21T03:15
How To Handle Post Election Tensions: Tips For The Holidays And Beyond
You know the feeling you get when you find out that someone you know and like voted for the “wrong person” this past...
TU13: Our Powerful Fascination With Narcissism In The Era Of Trump from 2016-11-04T04:27
Our Powerful Fascination With Narcissism In The Era Of Trump
An in-depth discussion with Dr. Leonard Cruz and Dr. Steven Buser, editors of “A Clear and Present Danger: Narcissism in the E...
TU12: If It’s Not Good For You; It’s Not Good for Us – Interview With Relationship Expert Stan Tatkin from 2016-11-01T17:33
Clinician, author, PACT developer, and co-founder of the PACT Institute, Dr. Stan Tatkin teaches at UCLA, maintains a private practice in Southern California, and leads PACT programs in the US and ...
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TU11: Gain Influence and Balance Power in Important Relationships from 2016-10-27T02:09
Power dynamics are infused in all relationships, be it romantic, business, political, parent-child, friendships, etc. Most of us want important relationships where both parties feel a sense of mutu...
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TU10: The 7 Circuits of Emotion – What Animals Can Teach Us About Human Relating from 2016-10-11T13:11
Jaak Panksepp has identified 7 universal, cross-species circuits of emotion that can be located deep within the brain reliably in primates with neocortex functioning – besides humans, this includes...
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TU09: Minding Your Relationship- Three Mindfulness Exercises to Practice With Your Partner from 2016-10-04T18:54
We often stop really seeing and hearing our significant other, so mindfulness in your relationship is a key free resource to add spark and life. Instead of relying on who we think our partner is ba...
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TU08: Understanding Emotional Triggers – Why Your Buttons Get Pushed and What To Do About It from 2016-09-28T03:30
Therapists explain the neuroscience behind emotional over-reactivity.
The term "trigger" has been co-opted by social media and teens to mean having big feelings, but “trigger” is original...
TU07: What is Group Therapy and 5 Reasons You Should Try It from 2016-09-19T13:25
Why we should all give group therapy a go!
* Group therapy is often stereotyped and overlooked as a way to deal with challenges in your life, but it can offer a variety of be...
TU06: How Attachment Impacts Adult Relationships (continued)- Attachment 101 Part 2 from 2016-09-08T22:59
Attachment 101: Part Two
Secure relationships are what we are shooting for, with ourself and with close others. Secure relating is connected to neural integration and road maps we have in...
TU05: How Attachment Impacts Adult Relationships – Attachment 101 Part 1 from 2016-09-08T22:27
Attachment 101: Part One
Secure relationships are what we are shooting for, with ourself and with close others. Secure relating is connected to neural integration and road maps we have in...
TU03: Different Sex Drives – Are We Screwed? from 2016-08-21T19:28
Sexual well-being in long-term relationships starts here...
Understanding sexuality, emotions and sexual desire in long-term relationships can help keep the fires burning and conflict – o...
TU02: Brain Science 101 – How Understanding Your Brain Can Improve Your Relationship from 2016-08-14T18:48
Show Notes
This episode offers a foundation for future episodes. This is key to understanding the relational brain so that you can use that information to help build secure relationships....
TU01: Brain Science & Communication from 2016-08-07T19:36
Podcast about patterns impeding couples communication. We educate you about your brain and strategies for avoiding or moving out of conflict.
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