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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Hi and welcome to
Finding your Way Through Therapy
.
A proud member of thePsychCraft Network, the goal of
this podcast is to demystifytherapy, what can happen in
therapy and the wide array ofconversations you can have in
and about therapy Throughpersonal experiences.
Guests will talk about therapy,their experiences with it and
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how psychology and therapy arepresent in many places in their
lives, with lots of authenticityand a touch of humor.
Here is your host, steve Bisson.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Alors, bonne année,
or happy new year.
Welcome to episode 184.
My name is Steve Bisson.
If you haven't listened toepisode 183, it's a review of
this year.
Talked about a few guests,talked about what I enjoyed,
talked about a lot of differentthings.
Go listen to that if you get achance.
It was actually entertaining tome anyway, so I hope it's
entertaining to you.
But episode 184 is going to beactually some reviews from my
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guests.
I'm going to start off with MiaCulpa actually reviews from my
guests.
I'm going to start off with amea culpa, actually, and the mea
culpa is this Malka Shah, whowas on episode 135, we talked
about antisemitism, we talkedabout Israel, the collective
trauma.
We talked about all that shestill has.
Kesher Shalom, if you want togo check out that website, left
me a beautiful message and, inall my wisdom and all the stuff
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that I do, I lost.
And, malka, when you listen tothis, I sincerely apologize.
This is not.
I looked everywhere.
I know you texted to me.
I can't find it there.
Looked if I sent it to my email.
Can't find it there.
Looked at all the places Iusually save all these great
messages Can't find it.
So, malka, I just want to saythank you for your message.
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I know you said how great itwas and that we got to keep on
paying attention to what's goingon and being a little more
paying attention toanti-Semitism, among other
things.
So Malka, shout out, but sorry,I lost the video and the
message and I do apologize forthat and that's absolutely on me
.
But now let's go talk to twopeople who has been on episode
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152, 165, and 172.
And I guess for those of youwho are regular listeners, you
know those are the mental men.
Not all the mental men leftmessages, but two important one.
One of them I consider mymentor, dennis Sweeney.
Dennis Sweeney, who has helpedme throughout my career, left a
great message and here it is.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
So I just wanted to
take a minute to thank Steve for
the opportunity, for being ableto take the time to reflect and
share some thoughts, and to beable to share some thoughts with
people that I very much trustand respect and have a fondness
for, and I hope that it helpspeople to take the time to be
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able to think through and takeseriously what's happening in
their lives, both good and bad.
Thanks, Steve.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
In addition, another
mental man, Andy Kang, left me a
great message.
Andy again, episode 152, 165,172.
If you ever really want tolisten to five at times six men
talk about very important stuff,go listen to that.
I think that we talk abouttherapy, we talk about life, we
talk about how therapy affectslives.
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So if you want to go listen tothat, please do.
Andy Kang is amazing and here'shis message.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
I've been on the
podcast a few times now and have
found it to be a joyousexperience.
Really being able to connectwith colleagues and take
advantage of Steve's powers ofjoining people together has just
been a great experience, and Ithink anybody who watches the
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podcast or listens to it canalways pull something useful out
of every episode I've watchedand listened to.
So I've been privileged to be apart of it and want to thank
you, steve, for letting me do it.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Thank you, steve, for
letting me do it.
One of the common themes in allmy shows is I talk about
sobriety, because this issomething that I've worked with
for a long time, not only mywork, but in my personal life
and Adrienne Tickey, first ofall, who was amazing because I
had two guests canceling me atthe last minute and she just
stepped in and was an amazingguest.
We talked about sobriety, wetalked about treatment, we
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talked about overdoses and howwe need to communicate these
treatment options to people in away that that's really helpful.
She was on episode 168.
So if you want to go back andlisten about that, please go
back, but it was veryinteresting conversation.
So here is her message.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
I just had the best
interview with Steve about
mental health and addiction.
He is so educated about hisfield and we have so many places
where we crossed over.
I think that the way that Stevejust his presence, and the way
that he asked questions I feltreally comfortable.
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I felt really comfortable and Iknow that we covered a lot of
ground.
We gave a lot of educationalpoints as well as talked about
symptoms and signs and what youcan do, taking next steps.
So I really appreciate youhaving me on the podcast, Steve,
and keep up the work you'redoing.
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It's so necessary.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Episode 169 was Anne
Dimmitt, another one who jumped
in because I had two guestscancel at the last minute.
She jumped in no questionsasked.
It was really a very importantconversation about trauma,
resilience, adult ADHD and howwe can get through these things
by doing different things,including spirituality treatment
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.
But she was episode 169.
And, anne, thank you forstepping in and I really think
that you'd enjoy thatconversation, especially if you
talk about trauma, adhd andresilience.
So please go back and listen tothat.
But here's her message.
Speaker 6 (06:00):
Thank you very much,
steve, for having me on the
podcast.
I've really enjoyed chatting toyou and exploring all the
aspects of my therapyexperiences and the work that I
do, and I look forward tohearing the episodes that you
publish in future.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
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Episode 170 was with sarah wait.
Sarah wait talked about lateadhd and working as a first
responder.
She had worked as a firstresponder for several years in
jolly old great britain Ibelieve she was in wales but
decided that this wasn't for herand she recently moved to
canada, really developed a aknack for creative flows and
creative ideas.
So she went back and did that.
So, if you get a chance, golisten to episode 170.
It was really good because ittalks about a transition that's
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really hard from first responderto creative and therapy, which
I'm seeing more and more, by theway, which is a very
interesting thing.
But here is her message.
Speaker 7 (09:04):
I want to say thank
you, steve, because I really
actually enjoyed my experiencebeing on the podcast.
It was like having a a littletherapy session, a mini therapy
session.
He asked some really insightfulquestions, made me feel really
comfortable and safe to be ableto talk about the stuff that I
was talking about and yeah, Ijust it's, it was a.
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It was a fantastic experienceoverall, thank you.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Abby Westgate on
episode 173, another first
responder from Jolly Old.
I believe she was in England,but we'll say Jolly Old, great
Britain.
Again, she was very interesting.
She worked as a first responder.
Now she does a lot of breathwork.
If you follow her on Instagram,go ahead.
She does a lot of that stuff.
It's amazing.
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But Abby did not leave any videoor voice message, which she did
, write me a note and I want toshare it with you.
Thank you so much for awonderful conversation.
I love and value the work youdo for first responders All
around good guy.
So that was her message.
Wanted to shout that out and goto episode 173 to hear more
from her, and it was a greatinterview.
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Truly enjoyed that interview.
Also, the most popular episodethis year was Stephanie Cohen on
episode 174.
It talked about fear of dogs,desensitization, systematic
desensitization, how to workwith kids, how not to work with
kids, how not to get involvedwith the dog too much and
knowing your dog.
And she gives a lot of greatguidelines and that's why she's
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the most popular episode of theyear.
She was the most downloaded.
So here is her message.
Speaker 8 (10:35):
Thank you, Steve, for
allowing me the opportunity to
talk about my book and the fearof dogs and your interest, and
also I think your questionsreally helped bring out what
most people want to know aboutexposure therapy and the fear of
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dogs, and you did a little bitof some very good questions to
learn a little bit more about mewhen we talked about was I in
therapy before, which I don'tthink I've ever said on a
podcast, so, but your style isvery approachable and I really I
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feel honored to have been oneof your guests.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
Episode 177 was with
Meg Applegate.
She talked about the troubledteen industry.
I got to tell you one of myfavorite interviews all year on
episode 177.
I know that it sounds strangebecause I didn't know nothing
about this troubled teenindustry and yet she gave a lot
of information and also how towork on it, how it affects
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people, how it affects peoplelong term and how they brainwash
you.
Just all-around greatconversation with Meg and here
is her note.
Speaker 9 (11:51):
Finding your way
through therapy has been an
incredible experience, in thatit's amazing to find people who
care so much about keeping youthsafe that they create a
platform for those to be able touse their voices to ensure we
reach the decision makers inorder to make that happen.
Steve was awesome to work withand I look forward to being on
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the podcast again.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Last but certainly
not least, another interview
that you know didn't have anyexpectations.
I do like dialecticalbehavioral therapy, or DBT, and
on episode 179, erica Curry wetalked about it.
We talked about how to workwith D1 athletes, how do we work
in a coaching system where wecan use DBT.
She even talked about a newtype of DBT that I may or may I
may really consider burning herin in 2025, because I wanted to
hear more about it.
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Not familiar, but it's similarfrom what I understand.
But Erica Curry is a greatcoach, a great conversationalist
.
Really enjoyed thatconversation and here's her
message.
Speaker 10 (12:49):
I had such a great
time speaking with Steve.
When two DBT nerds get together, it is a special connection.
I especially had fun talkingabout nonjudgmentalness as well
as emotion regulation and theways that first responders and
athletes can be similar as wellas different.
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I highly recommend giving alisten to the podcast.
I highly recommend giving alisten to the podcast.
It is a breath of knowledgewhen it comes to dialectical
behavioral therapy and I hadsuch a great time, thank you
well, that's it.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
It's the end of 2024,
with all the content that I
gave you.
Thank you, thank you.
Thank you not only for myguests, those who left messages,
a little special shout out withthat all my guests who showed
up, who did everything that theycould to be entertaining, and
everything else on the podcast,again shout out chelsea,
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courtney, among others, who havebeen part of the show that I
truly, truly enjoy, and thankyou for that.
And yeah, that's concludes 2024.
Uh, 2020, 25.
We're gonna say that again.
So 2025, what's 2020, 25.
We're going to say that again.
So 2025, what's what's going tohappen?
Well, you'll have to listen toNick's episode in order to know
I'm.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
I got a couple of
things working on there that,
but, um, haven't quite figuredthem all out but again finishing
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off the new year uh, this yearand I'm going to be starting a
new year with that new episode.
Thank you everyone and enjoy.
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