My Therapist Friends

On our last episode of the season, we get to start a new friendship and welcome Dra. Ivonne from @drivonnemejia to our little community.  Join us while we explore what community means to us and what keeps us all connected. We hope this can help you feel affirmed and supported through your journey to finding YOUR very own spaces and connections. 

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On this week's episode, we get to start a new friendship and welcome Alo from @thetranstherapist to our little community.  Join us while we talk through the overturning of Roe V. Wade and the intersection of what it means to have bodily autonomy. We hope this can inspire you to reflect on how socio-political stress impacts both you and those around you, particularly our trans, non-binary and intersex friends and family. 
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On this week's episode, we welcome back our beloved Samantha Funes, LMFT. Join us as we share our thoughts and reflections about our experiences with Trauma. We believe that it's important to consider the impact of history and all that we carry in our bodies even if we aren't aware of it. You are not your trauma and liberation is possible through love and compassion.  

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On this week's episode, we get to start a new friendship and welcome Mirna from @oaxacalitherapist and @jefascolibros to our little community.  Join us while we talk through our relationships with storytelling and ways to reclaim this special practice. We hope this can inspire you to show up with confidence and vulnerability when you share your story with others whether it be through word or art of any kind. 

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On this week's episode, we get to start a new friendship and welcome Lindsay from @mindmoneybalance to our little community.  Lets talk moneyyyyy. Join us while we talk through the experiences of first-gen folks and the potential barriers to financial literacy. Our hope is that at the end of the day, we can inspire you to meet your financial anxiety or shame with compassion and kindness. 

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On this week's episode, we welcome back our beloved Dr. Keith Hermanstyne. Join us as we get curious about alcohol use and the social acceptance of it. We believe that it's important to consider what could be behind the use of alcohol and how everyone's relationship with it is influenced by their environment and the world at large. 

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On this week's episode, we get to start a new friendship and welcome Samantha Funes, LMFT to our little community. Together, we come together to discuss what makes relationships so challenging and also so fruitful. Join us as we talk about how discomfort can actually help us grow. We are so curious to hear about what your reflections are on this one. 

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On this week's episode, we welcome back Dra. Kimberly Rios-Lam from @dr.rioslam to our little community. Together, we hold space to talk about our relationships with suicide. We believe that suicide prevention awareness is something that should happen 356 days year round and that it's important to continue having open conversations regardless of how intimidating or scary it might be. For communities of color, we are uniqu...

On this week's episode, we get to start a new friendship and welcome Tiffany Renee from @luvbluehealing to our little community. Together, we try our best to put words to the complicated experience of intuition. Join us as we talk about why intuition is important to our health and some ways to help us connect to our inner knowing. We are EXTRA curious to hear about what your reflections are on this one. 

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On this week's episode, we get to start a new friendship and welcome Dra. Kimberly Rios-Lam from @dr.rioslam to our little community. Together, we explore and redefine what professionalism means for our communities of color in the work force. Can't wait to hear how this topic sits with you. 

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On this week's episode, we get to start a new friendship and welcome Luis Cornejo, LMFT from @psychosocial_media to our little community. Our topic of discussion is one that is near  and dear to Leslie's heart and influenced by the work of our queer racialized and indigenous ancestors. Join us while we talk through how the rigid rules of the gender binary limits us ALL. Can't wait to hear how this topic sits with you...

In this week's episode, @denisspleiner and @drlesliecelis sit down and reflect on the journey of this podcast and the changes that have come in the past year and a half.  

You'll also hear the announcement of another change that is coming to the podcast: Deniss is stepping back as co-host.

Join your therapist friends as they reflect and process changes. 

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Welcome back to season 2! On this week's episode, we get to start a new friendship and welcome Dr. Keith Hermanstyne to our little community. Our topic of discussion is the ever so controversial Oscar Slap incident of 2022. Join us while we talk through our own personal reactions and "professional insights." We believe this situation has a lot to teach us and can't wait to hear your thoughts. 

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Welcome back and thank you for celebrating our anniversary with us! In this single standing episode, your therapist friends talk about COVID...again. We share some updates and talk COVID burnout. Hoping y'all find solace in this episode...we see and hear you. 

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Welcome to the last episode of our first season! In this episode, your therapist friends talk about gratitude. We explore what gratitude means to us and ways to use it to strengthen relationships and shift emotional experiences. At the end, we show how you can practice gratitude through reflection. 

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This week's episode features a conversation about self-esteem.  Listen along as we share some of our ideas about what it is, what influences it and what can help make it grow. As with anything, things take time and practice, but we believe that this is an area where the effort is well worth it. 

As always, we would love to hear about your experiences and reflections. 

Let us know on IG @mytherapistfriends.