Ever wonder what really catches a therapist’s eye—or ear—during a session? It’s not always the words you’re saying, but how you say them, what your body does, or the deeper patterns you may not even notice. In this episode of Therapists’ Take, we dive into the subtle but powerful signals that guide us as clinicians. From repeated themes to emotional tone to the moment a client says something “small” that’s actually huge—we’ll talk about how we tune into what truly matters.
If you’ve been curious about what therapists notice and why it sometimes feels like we’re reading between the lines, this conversation offers a behind-the-scenes look at how therapy actually works.
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00:00 - Hi, Carrie! (Intro)
03:03 - Processes & Patterns
06:32 - Body Language
11:00 - Incongruencies
15:56 - Resistance
20:32 - Buzz Words (BW)
21:38 - BW1: Governing Rules
23:25 - BW2: Dichotomous Thinking
24:22 - BW3: Winning/Losing
28:26 - BW4: Hierarchical Language
30:58 - BW5: The Point
35:19 - In Closing
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Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl - https://amzn.to/3RShtLi
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🔗 Friday (1995) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113118/
🎬 Directed by: F. Gary Gray
✍️ Written by: Ice Cube and DJ Pooh
🎥 Distributed by: New Line Cinema
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