You Need Therapy

You Need Therapy

Kathryn DeFatta, who has earned her Masters of Education from Vanderbilt University in Human Development Counseling, is inviting you into conversations around what it’s like to live fully in a world where we’ve become accustomed to shut parts of ourselves off. Here you will find a space that welcomes in discomfort, tough questions, and hard truths, all while showing how to find joy through it all.

Episodes

December 6, 2023 12 mins

Couch Talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy where Kat answers questions that listeners send to kathryn@youneedtherapy.com. This week a listener writes in about a difficult decision she recently made after discovering she was pregnant. 

 

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Gift giving analysis paralysis is a real thing, and this week, Kat is talking about why the season of giving can be so stressful sometimes. Then, she shares a special mental health minded gift guide to help promote simple gift ideas that anyone can benefit and find joy from!

 

Kat’s Amazon Mental Health Minded Gift Guide

Giving Keys

Bombas Socks

Able

 

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November 29, 2023 14 mins

Couch Talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy where Kat answers questions that listeners send to kathryn@youneedtherapy.com. This week, a listener writes to Kat about wanting to leave her current job but feeling stuck because of the guilt she has around what it would mean for her boss and co-workers if she left. Kat shares an impactful conversation she had with her boss when she left her job in 2016 and how it helped her to ...

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November 27, 2023 23 mins

Have you ever decided just to go rogue and things actually turned out better than you could have planned for? Well this week, Kat is talking about a recent last minute (really last second) decision to change plans that worked out in everyone's favor. In this episode you will hear Kat talk about the importance of being flexible with plans and a small mindset change that has started to make a BIG difference in her life. In his book, ...

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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 however, instead of answering a question, Kat offers 5 important reminders to consider before walking into your family Thanksgiving Dinner. 

 

  1. You do not need to starve yourself in order to earn a Thanksgiving meal. 
  2. Just because s...
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November 20, 2023 39 mins

This week Kat is bringing Amy Brown to You Need Therapy to talk about bachelorette party culture. It seems like the parties get more extravagant, expensive, and instagram worthy each year and in this episode we are discussing why that might be happening. Together, Kat & Amy reminisce on their own bachelorette parties and how to distinguish what is important when it comes to celebrating both yourself and your friends during thes...

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

 

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

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This week Kat is talking to the founders of Willows Health and Recovery, Selena Phillips & Rhonda Bartine. During this episode they discuss how Ketamine is now being used to help those who struggle with Treatment Resistant Depression. 


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November 8, 2023 21 mins

Couch Talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy where Kat answers questions listeners send to kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com. This week a listener writes in with a crisis involving the intersection of therapy and religion. 

"How do we know if the things going on in our heads are due to the “battle of good and evil” or just a matter of chemical imbalance and how can we both work on our mental health and surrender to a highe...

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November 6, 2023 22 mins

This week, Kat is helping us differentiate between having a heated debate and having a respectful conversation. Every human is going to find themselves in a conversation where they do not agree with some of the other parties involved. While that may not be fun or ideal— it doesn’t mean you have to fight them! In this episode you will learn how reframing the goals of your “disagreements”  allows you to understand your peers, friends...

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Couch Talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy where Kat answers questions listeners send to kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com. This week we get an update from a previous listener and Kat offers feedback on getting back in the dating scene after going through a break up. 

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October 30, 2023 25 mins

This week is inspired by the insanity that is, student loan debt in America. However, this episode isn’t realllyyy about student loan debt. This week is really about those moments where someone offers to help you but their goal isn’t really to help you, it’s to protect themselves. We are clearing up the space between only taking care of our own needs and ignoring our own needs to care for other people— the space where when we give ...

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Couch Talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy where Kat answers questions listeners send to kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com. This week Kat responds to a e-mail about a listener who is feeling low after riding the high of her engagement and wedding season. 

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October 23, 2023 28 mins

This week, Kat talks about the power of our most painful moments. Inspired by her Spotify playlist: This is For Crying, Kat breaks down why and how sad songs (written by others) have been healing agents in her own life. When we feel connected versus isolated on our darkest days- we gain the opportunity to find hope. And when we heal from from our wounds we enter a cycle to be able to help others through similar moments in their liv...

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Couch Talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy where Kat answers questions listeners send to kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com. This week Kat gives her feedback to someone who witnessed their friend cheat on their fiancé on her bachelorette party. 

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This week CEO and founder of Ready Nest Counseling, Emily Pardy, joins Kat to talk all things body image and pregnancy! Ready Nest Counseling is a practice that specializes in working alongside clients in the life stages of conception, pregnancy, postpartum, parenthood, infertility and loss. So much can come up around our bodies and how we view and perceive them as we move through some of these stages. Emily does a wonderful job in...

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

This week Kat replies to an email about someone who finds a box of their boyfriend’s ex’s things while cleaning his house. 

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This week’s episode is one that Kat tried to avoid making… but eventually she had to join the conversation. For about the past year,  drugs containing semiglutide (like ozempic) have been gaining popularity in doctor’s offices and in the media. So, is this what we have all been looking for? Did someone finally discover the cure for the “so called” disease that doctors are labeling as “Obesity.” 
In this episode, Kat invites her ...

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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 Kat gives her thoughts on online therapy platforms like Better Help and Talk Space. 

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October 2, 2023 19 mins

This week Kat is going solo to talk about self compassion. Self compassion is something that has been heavily researched, defined, and broken down by Kristen NEFF Ph.D. In her research she discovered the three elements of self compassion and in this episode you will hear all about those three elements and how inviting them into your life can create healthier relationships not just with others but with yourself. 

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