You Need Therapy

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Couch Talks: Can I Be A Therapist If I Need Therapy?? Mar 22, 2023

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Couch Talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy where Kat answers questions that you send to kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com.

This week Kat talks about tips to help when recovery seems to be getting harder when you think it should be getting easier, AND if you can still be a therapist if you struggle you your own mental health issues.

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Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: Kathryn@youneedtherapyodcast.com

Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? Click here!

Produced by: @HoustonTilley

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Do Self Help Books Really Help? With Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg Mar 20, 2023

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This week Kat is joined by not one but two guests, Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer. Jolenta and Kristen both consider themselves advice critics. They spent years living by and critiquing advice from self-help books for their podcast By The Book and now they’re ready to discuss wellness-related questions and help debunk all the self-help myths and promises in their new podcast, How To Be Fine which premiered on February 23rd. In this episode, Kat, Jolenta, & Kristen talk about their experiences- what they thought was all BS, what they learned, what worked, and what was just weird.

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Follow Kristen: @k10meinzer

Check out How To Be Fine: @howtobefinepod

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Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: Kathryn@youneedtherapyodcast.com

Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? Click here!

Produced by: @HoustonTilley

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Couch Talks: Can I Ask Someone In the Waiting Room At the Doctors to Be My Friend? Mar 15, 2023

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Couch Talks is the special bonus episode of You Need Therapy where Kat answers questions that listeners send to kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com.

This week, Kat gives a Harry Potter update, shares helpful feedback from listeners about her recent less than satisfactory trip to the doctor, and answers a listener's question about doctor office waiting room etiquette.

Follow Kat on Instagram: @Kat.Defatta

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Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: Kathryn@youneedtherapyodcast.com

Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? Click here!

Produced by: @HoustonTilley

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The Four Horseman of the Relationship Apocalypse Part Two: Contempt Mar 13, 2023

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Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: Kathryn@youneedtherapyodcast.com

Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? Click here!

Produced by: @HoustonTilley

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Couch Talks: My Therapist Isn't Being Helpful, Do I Tell Her? Mar 08, 2023

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Couch talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy where Kat answers questions that listeners send to kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com.

Follow Kat on Instagram: @Kat.Defatta

Follow the podcast Instagram: @YouNeedTherapyPodcast

Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: Kathryn@youneedtherapyodcast.com

Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? Click here!

Produced by: @HoustonTilley

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Four Horsemen of the Relational Apocalypse Part 1: Criticism Mar 06, 2023

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Dr. John Gottman discovered four negative behaviors, or “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” that spell disaster for any relationship, and with them learned how to predict the failure or success of a relationship with a 90% accuracy rate. This week is the beginning of a 4 part series where we dive into each of the horsemen: Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, & Stonewalling. We are starting our series with Criticism, which is usually the horseman that shows up first when there is an issue in a relationship and sets the tone for how the conversation plays out. It can have the power to turn a bid for connection into an argument, which pushes us further from each other. The good news is that Dr. Gottman not only provided us with language for the problems, he offered us solutions or “antidotes” for each horseman. Listen this week to hear how to move from Criticizing your partner and creating more chaos to expressing healthy complaints and creating space to lean into our relationships.

Follow Kat on Instagram: @Kat.Defatta

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Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: Kathryn@youneedtherapyodcast.com

Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? Click here!

Produced by: @HoustonTilley

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Couch Talks: NEDA Week Qs Mar 01, 2023

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Couch talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy where Kat answers questions that listeners send to kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com.
This week in honor of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Kat answers 3 questions about eating disorders:

1. How can I handle the ups and downs between good recovery days and days I feel obsessed with food?
2. How do I express my concern to someone who I think might have an eating disorder? 3. What is the difference between an eating disorder and disordered eating?

Follow Kat on Instagram: @Kat.Defatta

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Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: Kathryn@youneedtherapyodcast.com

Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? Click here!

Produced by: @HoustonTilley

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NEDA Week: Diet Culture Vs. Anti Diet Culture Feb 27, 2023

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This week is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, a week to spread awareness, hope and resources for and about eating disorders. Most people who learn that eating disorders are the second deadliest mental health disorder are surprised, so the reason there has been so much uproar in the last couple of years about diet culture and the harm it causes goes wildly misunderstood. In honor of NEDA week, Kat explores and describes the polarizing experience happening now between diet culture and the more recent anti diet culture movement. And because this week is about hope- she talks about a position on this spectrum that might be more helpful than the options it feels like people have today.

Follow Kat on Instagram: @Kat.Defatta

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Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: Kathryn@youneedtherapyodcast.com

Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? Click here!

Produced by: @HoustonTilley

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Couch Talks: Anxiety Isn't Always Bad + Kat's Recent Experience at The Doctor Feb 22, 2023

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Couch talks is the special bonus episode of You Need Therapy where Kat answeres questions that listeners send to kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com.

This week on Couch Talks: Why all anxiety is not bad + Kat shares an experience she had recently at the doctor’s office when she asked not to see her weight.

Follow Kat on Instagram: @Kat.Defatta

Follow the podcast Instagram: @YouNeedTherapyPodcast

Have a question, concern, guest idea, something else? Reach Kat at: Kathryn@youneedtherapyodcast.com

Heard about Three Cords Therapy but don’t know what it is? Click here!

Produced by: @HoustonTilley

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Difference Between: Therapy + TV Therapy And Why No Isn't Always a Complete Sentence Feb 20, 2023

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This week, Tara Booker is back for another installment of “The Difference Between,” a series where we break down the difference between a mental health related topic and how it shows up in pop culture. This week we rolled it back to the basics and talked about what therapy really is versuses how some popular tv shows portray it. Spoiler: It isn’t just us nodding our heads and asking you how you feel and it also isn’t us telling you what to do!

Then we breakdown why sometimes “No” is a complete sentence and why sometimes its helpful to offer more information when setting a boundary. It all goes back to the grey nuanced reality of what relationships really are- and there isn’t a right way that works all of the time!

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