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TU62: The Luv Doc – Dating and Relationship Advice from the Trenches with Dan Hardick May 01, 2018

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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 of experience editing Personal Ads and giving cringe-worthy dating advice with his column in the Austin Chronicle. Great insights and rowdy fun.

TU61: It’s Not Crazy; It’s a Solution to an Unsolvable Problem – Disorganized Attachment Apr 24, 2018

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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, 60 & 61) focusing specifically on adult attachment, Ann Kelley PhD and Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP discuss disorganized attachment, how it forms, how it appears in adult life, and how you can identify when you fall in a pocket of it to organize yourself internally and externally. Learn how to adjust back into an organized and more secure state of mind and begin to conquer your disconnection through focusing on grounding your mind, developing coherence and building solid relationships!

TU60: Preoccupation in Relationships – Signs and Solutions to Anxious Attachment Apr 16, 2018

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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 Part 2 from last episode TU59: Are You Cool or Just Cut Off – Dismissing Attachment. The hosts begin to really go into how to use the attachment spectrum and use it to identify where you might fall and how to move towards a more secure place. Find out how preoccupied attachment is formed and passed on, as well as how starting anxious effects relationships later in our adult life. You’ll learn how to manage relationships better by turning inwards and regulating yourself rather than focusing on others to calm you down. Ann Kelley & Sue Marriott, co-hosts, will also provide basic tips towards identifying where you are on the attachment spectrum and moving from preoccupation towards security.

TU59: Are You Cool, or Just Cut Off? Dismissing/Avoidant Styles of Relating in Adulthood Apr 03, 2018

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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 emotions as needy and weak. Co-hosts Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP and Ann Kelley PhD translate decades of research and clinical experience into easy to understand usable points to help you improve your understanding of why people appear so irrational at times.

TU58: Improving the Interpersonal World of the Internet for Both Kids and Adults with Guest Catherine Knibbs Mar 28, 2018

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Enjoyable one - learn the problematic and adaptive psychology behind online social interactions as Therapist Uncensored host Ann Kelley interviews the delightful UK-based psychotherapist. Catherine Knibbs coined the phrase “cyber trauma” and is author of The Darker Side of the Internet for Children And Young People. This is not conservative doom and gloom, they get into attachment and neuroscience and provide realistic recommendations to help your children navigate the web, unpack myths, identify cyber bullying, discuss consent and provide proactive strategies that lead toward towards integration and health. Respond more adaptively to the to the internet and social media rather than swinging guardrail-to-guardrail with unkept promises and overreactions. Explore the positive and negative elements of having a global “village” you can access instantly, anywhere via our phones and discuss the impact of the internet on developing minds and the interpersonal realm of young people and adults. It's not to late to SIGN UP FOR OUR LIVE CONFERENCE ON ATTACHMENT APRIL 7, 2018 – Healing Adult Attachment, the 3 Pillars of Integrated Treatment with Dr. David Elliott (Thank you to our fabulous co-sponsor Austin IN Connection.) Online reading group to start April 20, 2018 for Attachment Disturbances in Adults Comprehensive Treatment and Repair (Norton 2016) by Daniel Brown and David Elliott. Reserve your slot today!

TU57: Healthy Dating for Women Who Love Women with Guest Pam Greenstone LPC Mar 12, 2018

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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 choices.

TU56: How We Come to Define Ourselves – Attachment Research Over Decades with Guest Alan Sroufe Mar 06, 2018

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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 research to give us his reflections on what is important in parenting and in relationships to grow security.

TU55: Feeling Empty? Demoralization and the Fight Back to Caring Again. Feb 14, 2018

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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 directions for intervention. Find out more in this episode where co-hosts Ann Kelley PhD and Sue Marriott LCSW CGP discuss how transitioning from taking an active stance towards either situation can be beneficial. Learn how you can develop both internal and external coping mechanisms against demoralization.

TU54: The Stress Response System (Attachment) Across the Lifespan Jan 31, 2018

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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 affects their system’s response to stress, and how that stress response system impacts us from infancy to the autumn years. Learn how to adjust set stress “pathways” and move towards more secure relating in adult relationships, and also unravel the parallels that exist between attachment in infants and the elderly.

TU53: Complex Trauma and Managing Dysregulation with Guest Robyn Gobbel Jan 17, 2018

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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 ongoing. Threat and unrepaired ruptures lie in our biology and our neurological systems. This episode addresses both children and adults with complicated attachment histories and gives ideas about how to manage.

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