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Good Enough Therapy - Live from Edmonton Oct 28, 2026

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Note: This episode was recorded live during our tour stop in Edmonton. As such, we sound like we're on speakerphone.

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Why You Shouldn't Get Behind On Notes Oct 21, 2026

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In this episode, we respond to an anonymous post in a therapist facebook group where the therapist neglected to write a note for a client for a YEAR. We talk about the potential implications, and why it's important to stay on top of your notes.

**Remember that we are located in British Columbia, Canada, and expectations around note-taking is likely different where you work.

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Therapist Ego - Live from Kelowna Oct 14, 2026

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Note: This episode was recorded live during our tour stop in Kelowna. As such, we sound like we're on speakerphone.

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Do Therapists Get Tired of Talking About the Same Thing Over and Over Again? - Live from North Vancouver Oct 07, 2026

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Note: This episode was recorded live during our tour stop in North Vancouver. As such, we sound like we're on speakerphone.

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Working with Dissociation Sep 30, 2026

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For our Season 11 premiere, we discuss dissociation--the range of severity, how it shows up in session, and how we typically respond in our own practices. This is a big topic; it feels like we only scratched the surface. But if your education was anything like ours, dissociation was barely addressed, if at all. We hope this conversation can get you thinking about how you can better respond to it in your work.

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Ending Sessions on Time May 13, 2026

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We're currently on tour, but we are so excited to share this conversation with you! In this episode, we discuss all the interesting layers of this instagram reel by Jen Sims from The Redwood Center for Children & Families. As a trauma therapist herself, she decided to terminate therapy with her own therapist after the first session ran significantly over time. This sparked a huge conversation among therapists about what it means to end on time (or extend beyond the scheduled time.) People seem to feel strongly one way or another. We want to know: what do you think?

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The Role of Emotion in Therapy May 06, 2026

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Emotion is the heart of our work as therapists. They can be slippery and elusive, hard to access, scary to tap into and feel fully. There are countless frameworks for understanding emotion, and in this episode we talk about how we personally conceptualize these phenomena.

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How to Avoid Being Harmful on Social Media Apr 29, 2026

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Even though we discussed being a therapist on social media fairly recently, we thought it was important to talk about it again because a therapist with a huge following (therapyjeff) posted things that were objectively harmful, intentionally or not, in recent weeks. It ignited a larger conversation across platforms about best practices for therapists on social media, because it's a good reminder: we can do actual harm, and it's important we take this risk seriously. But how? In this episode, we talk about our own evolving relationships with social media and how we thoughtfully show up to, hopefully, be a net good for the people who listen to our podcast, watch our videos, and read our writing. We'd love to know how you show up on social media as a therapist (or why you specifically avoid it.)

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Has a Client Ever Hurt Your Feelings? Apr 22, 2026

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You guessed it-- we saw something online this week that got us thinking. This time, it was a reel where a therapist claimed that clients cannot hurt her feelings. But... of course they can...? We're human, after all. But knowing when to process our emotional response directly with clients and when to let it lie and process it elsewhere is worth deeper reflection. Has a client ever hurt your feelings? What did you do about it?

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Confrontation is a Key Part of the Job Apr 15, 2026

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This episode is all about confrontation, challenging, 'calling in'. We talk about how gentle confrontation is an essential part of our work as therapists. We believe it is ultimately a disservice to clients to avoid challenging their thoughts, beliefs, or patterns. The tricky question is when and how to confront people in therapy. It's so scary when you're new! What is the hardest part for you when it comes to (gently!) challenging clients?

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