Therapist Confidential

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Produced by Psychotherapy.net, Therapist Confidential is a raw, real, and unscripted podcast, creating an authentic dialog by pulling back the curtain on what it really means to be a therapist. Host Travis Heath pushes beyond the surface-level conversations, diving deep into the successes, struggles, fears, and failures that reveal guests in a way they’ve never been heard before.

  1. 4日前

    The Therapy Industrial Complex: When Healing Becomes a Market

    What happens when healing becomes a market?   In this solo episode, Travis Heath explores what he calls the therapy industrial complex and asks a provocative question: When human suffering becomes economically valuable, what incentives does that create?   Through personal reflection, Travis examines how economic forces shape the profession of therapy. From speaking engagements and conferences to branded modalities and trademarked language, he considers whether the mental health field simply responds to increasing demand—or whether it also participates in creating it. This is a thoughtful conversation about therapy, ethics, economics, and the questions we often avoid asking. The post The Therapy Industrial Complex: When Healing Becomes a Market appeared first on Psychotherapy.net.

  2. 8月19日

    Patching People Up to Go Back to War: Julie Tilsen on Neoliberalism and Co-Responsibility

    What if therapy’s job isn’t to patch you up and send you back into the machine? Julie Tilsen — a longtime narrative therapist with a PhD in social construction and an emphasis in queer and cultural studies — joins Travis Heath to talk about her new book, Personal Responsibility, Inc: How Psychotherapy Turns Society’s Problems Into Yours. They trace Julie’s two decades of work in trans-affirmative therapy (and why “affirmative care” is a lower bar than it sounds), the neoliberal language reshaping how clients describe their own suffering, and what it might mean to be responsible to each other rather than just to ourselves. Along the way: George Floyd Square, Rebecca Solnit on hope, and why Julie gives her book royalties away. A conversation about what we owe each other, and what therapy too often lets us forget. The post Patching People Up to Go Back to War: Julie Tilsen on Neoliberalism and Co-Responsibility appeared first on Psychotherapy.net.

  3. 8月12日

    Know Your Why: Gordon Brewer on Building a Sustainable Private Practice

    Don’t quit your day job too quickly. That’s the first rule Gordon Brewer gives every therapist eyeing private practice. Gordon — a licensed marriage and family therapist, owner of Kingsport Counseling Associates, and host of the Practice of Therapy podcast — joins Travis for a candid conversation about the business side of therapy that graduate school never taught. They dig into the real math of leaving a salaried job, weighing insurance panels against private pay (and the hybrid model in between), marketing without the “ick factor,” and the money shame so many therapists carry into private practice. Gordon also gets candid about burnout, and why leaning on community and delegation matters more than most of us admit. The post Know Your Why: Gordon Brewer on Building a Sustainable Private Practice appeared first on Psychotherapy.net.

  4. 8月5日

    The System Wasn't Built for You: Elijah Murphy on Hope, Racism, and PhDing While Black

    What does it take to pursue healing while acknowledging systemic injustice? Travis Heath sits down with rising scholar Elijah Murphy — PhD candidate in clinical psychology and soon-to-be predoctoral intern at MUSC — for a candid conversation about racial trauma, radical hope, and the hidden curriculum of academia. They talk mentorship, the role hope plays in healing, why clinical psychology is falls short when it comes to working with race and racism, and Elijah’s honest advice for students that want to pursue a career in clinical psychology.  The post The System Wasn’t Built for You: Elijah Murphy on Hope, Racism, and PhDing While Black appeared first on Psychotherapy.net.

  5. 7月29日

    Building the Foundation for Change: The Path to Secure Attachment with David Elliott

    How do we help clients become more securely attached? In this episode of Therapist Confidential, Travis Heath talks with David Elliott, founder of Integrative Attachment Therapy, about the path toward secure attachment—and why it may be the foundation for growth, healing, and lasting change. Together they explore why attachment is a spectrum rather than a fixed identity, the relationship between attachment and trauma, what therapists can do to help clients foster greater resilience and hope, and why it’s never too late to have a happy childhood. The post Building the Foundation for Change: The Path to Secure Attachment with David Elliott appeared first on Psychotherapy.net.

  6. 7月22日

    Niche Is Normal: Stefanie Goerlich on Kink, Consent, and Sexuality

    What happens when a client’s sexuality falls outside a therapist’s experience? In this episode of Therapist Confidential, Travis Heath sits down with certified sex therapist, educator, and forensic social worker Dr. Stefanie Goerlich to explore how clinicians can work more thoughtfully with clients whose sexual interests, identities, or relationships exist outside conventional norms. Together they unpack common misunderstandings about kink and BDSM, why many forms of kink are far more common than therapists are taught to expect, why consent distinguishes healthy power exchange from abuse, and how to provide culturally informed care without pathologizing—or romanticizing—clients’ sexual lives. The conversation also ventures into Stefanie’s work as a forensic expert witness, where questions about sexuality, stigma, and perceived deviance can have profound legal consequences. Whether you’re a seasoned clinician or simply curious about the complexities of human sexuality, this episode offers a nuanced conversation about assessment, ethics, and meeting clients in the context of their own lives. The post Niche Is Normal: Stefanie Goerlich on Kink, Consent, and Sexuality appeared first on Psychotherapy.net.

  7. 7月15日

    What Is Therapy For? Makungu Akinyela on Building Community and Decolonizing Mental Health

    What is therapy for? For many of us, therapy has been taught as a way to help individuals adapt to the world around them. But what if its deeper purpose is to help people transform that world together? In this episode of Therapist Confidential, Travis Heath welcomes therapist, educator, activist, and scholar Dr. Makungu Akinyela for a conversation about community, liberation, and the future of mental health. Drawing from his new book, Testimony Therapy: Decolonizing Mental Health for Black Therapists and Clients, Makungu invites us to rethink healing—not as an individual pursuit, but as a collective practice rooted in culture, storytelling, and social justice. Together they explore Testimony Therapy, cultural democracy, decolonization, and why building community may be one of the most important therapeutic acts of our time. The post What Is Therapy For? Makungu Akinyela on Building Community and Decolonizing Mental Health appeared first on Psychotherapy.net.

  8. 7月8日

    Staying Curious in a Culture of Certainty

    What if one of the greatest challenges we face isn’t uncertainty itself, but our growing discomfort with it? In this solo episode of Therapist Confidential, Travis Heath explores what it means to live in a culture that rewards certainty while the realities of being human remain endlessly complex. From social media experts and diagnostic labels to relationship dynamics and the therapy room, he examines why certainty feels so appealing, how it can quietly limit us, and why curiosity may be one of the most courageous stances we can take. Rather than offering easy answers, this episode invites listeners to embrace better questions—and to consider whether wisdom begins not with certainty, but with learning to live alongside not knowing. The post Staying Curious in a Culture of Certainty appeared first on Psychotherapy.net.

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Produced by Psychotherapy.net, Therapist Confidential is a raw, real, and unscripted podcast, creating an authentic dialog by pulling back the curtain on what it really means to be a therapist. Host Travis Heath pushes beyond the surface-level conversations, diving deep into the successes, struggles, fears, and failures that reveal guests in a way they’ve never been heard before.

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  • 創作者
    Therapist Confidential
  • 活躍年份
    2025年 - 2026年
  • 單集
    58
  • 分級
    兒童不宜
  • 節目網站
    Therapist Confidential

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