In Session: The In Treatment Podcast

In Session: The In Treatment Podcast

HBO’s In Treatment is back for a fourth season starring Emmy winner Uzo Aduba (Orange Is The New Black) as the central therapist, Dr. Brooke Taylor. Each week, join writer and actor Brandon Kyle Goodman (Big Mouth; Modern Love) and licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Janelle S. Peifer to break down new episodes of the series. Our hosts dive into Dr. Taylor’s week, demystify the process of therapy, and examine the relationship between therapist and patient—all with a healthy dose of humor and joy. In Session: The In Treatment Podcast is produced by HBO in conjunction with Pineapple Street Studios.

Episodes

June 28, 2021 66 mins
On the last episode of In Session, hosts Dr. Janelle S. Peifer and Brandon Kyle Goodman talk to the incomparable Uzo Aduba about her experience bringing Dr. Brooke Taylor to life. We hear why Uzo says In Treatment was “the hardest thing she’s ever done” and what it’s like to play a character with so many struggles that overlap with her own. Then, our hosts talk through the show’s last four episodes and unpack tricky questions about...
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Co-showrunner Jennifer Schuur joins hosts Dr. Janelle S. Peifer Ph.D. and Brandon Kyle Goodman on the podcast to give them a behind the scenes look at how In Treatment came together. They also talk about Dr. Brooke’s alcohol addiction and the pressures Laila feels as a young person. After that, Dr. Janelle and Brandon take a look at Eladio’s and Colin’s boundary breaking week, and just how the client-therapist relationship is comin...
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June 14, 2021 51 mins
This week, hosts Dr. Janelle S. Peifer Ph.D. and Brandon Kyle Goodman unpack what it’s like to see Dr. Brooke’s alcohol addiction affect her therapeutic practice. In Dr. Brooke’s fourth week, she stumbles her way through revealing a number of diagnoses which threaten to rupture some of her patient relationships. Our hosts talk through the tricky art of how and when to reveal a diagnosis to a patient and when formalizing a judgment ...
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June 7, 2021 45 mins
This week on the podcast, hosts Dr. Janelle S. Peifer, Ph.D., and Brandon Kyle Goodman dive headfirst into the discussion of safety, spanking, and the stakes of growing up black in America. In week 3 of In Treatment, Dr. Brooke has an intense session with teenager Laila that brings up feelings and fears for both the therapist and the patient. Our hosts unpack the session as well as the controversial choices faced by parents—and how...
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May 30, 2021 49 mins
Hosts Dr. Janelle S. Peifer, Ph.D., and Brandon Kyle Goodman interview the In Treatment showrunner’s assistant David Sigurani and get into week 2. In Dr. Brooke’s second week with her new patients we start to see how difficult it is to open the box of deeper issues that make her patients uncomfortable. The hosts unpack why some patients avoid triggering topics in therapy and the risk of pushing patients to go deeper when some issue...
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May 24, 2021 43 mins
In the first episode of In Session, hosts Dr. Janelle S. Peifer, Ph.D., and Brandon Kyle Goodman discuss the first four episodes of In Treatment. In addition to tackling  that huge question: “What is therapy?” Our hosts talk about the messiness of creating and breaking boundaries (as seen between Dr. Brooke and Eladio), and the power dynamics that can develop between therapist and client (we’re looking at you, Colin). This podcast ...
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HBO’s In Treatment is back for a fourth season starring Emmy winner Uzo Aduba (Orange Is The New Black) as the central therapist, Dr. Brooke Taylor. Each week, join writer and actor Brandon Kyle Goodman (Big Mouth; Modern Love) and licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Janelle S. Peifer to break down new episodes of the series. Our hosts dive into Dr. Taylor’s week, demystify the process of therapy, and examine the relationship betwee...
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