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EP121: Spiritual Bypass - Finding Ways Through Instead of Around with Craig Cashwell Mar 27, 2019

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Mike speaks with Craig Cashwell on the history and development of spiritual bypass as a concept, how to approach bypass in clinical work, and where the intersections of spirituality, religion, and counseling might go in the 21st century.

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EP120: Trauma-Informed Care for Military Sexual Trauma - A conversation with Judith Lewis Herman Mar 20, 2019

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In this episode, Dr. Aaron Smith teams up with Dr. Megan Speciale to interview Harvard professor of psychiatry and best-selling author (Trauma and Recovery, Father-Daughter Incest) Judith Lewis Herman, MD, on the treatment of Military Sexual Trauma. Dr. Herman explicates her ideas on both the dialectics of trauma and her famous 3-stage postmodern feminist approach as applied to the treatment of Military Sexual Trauma.

For more about Judith, links from the conversation, and the APA citation for this episode visit bit.ly/ttc120.

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EP119: Therapeutic Letter Writing - Poetic and Collaborative Means to Documentation with David Nylund Mar 13, 2019

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A conversation with Dr. David Nylund on the history and art of therapeutic letter writing. We discuss the emergence of letter writing in narrative therapy as an alternative to "traditional"notes and documentation, crafting letters that keep the conversation going, and new movements in how to use letter writing in therapeutic work.

For more on David, links from the conversation, and the APA citation for this episode visit bit.ly/ttc-119

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EP118: What is Personal is Most Universal - A Conversation on Self-Care with Dr. Gregory Moffatt Mar 08, 2019

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Current installment of the Leader's Project: Eric Beeson

In this episode, Dr. Allison Kramer interviews Dr. Gregory Moffatt about the impact of his self-disclosure of personal struggle in 2018's most popular Counseling Today article, "The Hurting Counselor," with a focus on Moffatt's Mantra: The professional counselor's ethical imperative to practice routine and crucial self-care.

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EP117: Taking the NCMHCE - A Crash Course in (Nearly) All You Need to Know with Alyson Carr Mar 01, 2019

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Current installment of the Leader's Project: Anna Flores Locke

A conversation with Dr. Alyson Carr on (nearly) all you need to know when preparing to take the National Clinical Mental Health Counseling Examination (NCMHCE). We discuss why the test is important and useful for counselors, the format of the exam, and concrete ideas to help you prepare.

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EP116: Counselor Community Engagement - Generating Change Through Effective Outreach with Nicole Stargell and Matt Glowiak Feb 22, 2019

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Mike talks with Nicole Stargell and Matt Glowiak on connecting with our communities "beyond the couch." We discuss the history of counselor community engagement, important considerations when starting out, and possible barriers to community outreach.

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EP115: The Thrill of Being Alive - From Anxiety to Liberation with Fred Hanna and Alfredo Palacios Feb 14, 2019

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In this week's collaboration with The Theory of Change Podcast, Alfredo Palacios and Dr. Fred Hanna discusses existential anxiety and its relevance to counselors. As a follow up to EP98 (Existentialism in Counseling) Alredo and Dr. Hanna take a deeper dive into existential philosophy and ways that one can overcome anxiety and experience the thrill of being alive. They discuss techniques and resources counselors can use to learn more about these ideas and incorporate them into their practice.

The Theory of Change Podcast

Episode 98: Existentialism in Counseling

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EP114: Reconsidering Chronic Pain - How Understanding the Neuroscience of Pain Can Transform Treatment with Howard Schubiner Feb 08, 2019

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A conversation with Dr. Howard Schubiner on the latest neuroscience approaches to understanding and treating chronic pain. Dr. Schubiner's Mind Body Program emphasizes the way the unconscious brain and neural pathways (versus structural abnormalities) are the cause of most chronic pain and require a different approach to treatment than standard pharmacological and/or pain psychology frameworks.

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Theory of Change Podcast

Leader's Project interview with Jared Rose

EP113: The Community Field Scan - Analyzing Communities for Resources and Support of Multicultural Education with Kimberly Warfield Jan 31, 2019

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Check out the Leaders Project interview with Fred Gingrich

In her first segment with The Thoughtful Counselor, Dr. Priscilla Wilson interviews Dr. Kimberly Warfield about a class project involving student exploration and immersion into their communities to explore factors and resources that support or hinder the development of multicultural education.

For more on Priscilla and Kimberly, links from the conversation, and the APA citation for this episode visit https://wp.me/p7R6fn-CL.

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EP112: The Ways Paradigm (Part 2) - Ways of Understanding, Ways of Being, and Ways of Intervening with Paul Deal and Jesse Fox Jan 23, 2019

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Current installment of the Leader's Project: Fred Gingrich

Building on last week's episode, Paul, Jesse, and Mike discuss the origins of The Ways Paradigm and expand on the ways of understanding, being, and intervening in relationship to spirituality and/or religion in the counseling process.

For more on Paul and Jesse, links from the conversation, and the APA citation for this episode visit https://wp.me/p7R6fn-BJ.

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