RT Dialogue

RT Dialogue
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Welcome to the RT Dialogue with your co-hosts Lance Ahl & Rhett Smith | Sound and Video Engineer RO Smith In this podcast we desire to make connections, build community, and learn and practice the model of Restoration Therapy. More at: https://rtdialogue.substack.com/ Note:The podcast is labeled with an explicit rating because some episodes contain topics that are distressing to individuals, or inappropriate for minors (i.e. trauma, abuse, sexuality, substance use, etc.)

  1. 1h ago

    Season 2 | Episode 80 | Therapeutic Models and Training Students with Lipscomb Professor Dave Morgan

    Welcome to Episode 80 of the RT Dialogue. We are so thankful for you joining us on this journey. In this episode we welcomed Dr. Dave Morgan from Lipscomb University where he is a faculty member in the Marriage and Family Therapy program. This was a great episode as we got learn more about how Dr. Morgan thinks about therapeutic models and the training of students in preparation for therapy work. He also has a special interest in integration which we discuss in this episode. Honestly, we covered so many things that I hope you find all the show notes below helpful. Mentioned in Episode Friedman's Fables by Edwin Friedman Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue by Edwin Friedman Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix by Edwin Friedman Murray Bowen -- Family Systems Terry Hargrave Virginia Satir Ron Deal Linda Metcalf Structural Family Therapy Scott Miller -- Feedback Informed Treatment Minton Family Therapy Ivan Boszermenyi-Nagy Contextual Family Therapy George Fox University RT Dialogue Episode 79 with Kaivon Asgharian RT Dialogue Episode 67 with Justin Metz 2 Corinthians Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't by Jim Collins What to Make of a Life: Cliffs, Fog, Fire and the Self-Knowledge Imperative by Jim Collins Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way of Thinking About Human Interactions by Roberta Gilbert The Science of Trust: Emotional Attunement for Couples by John Gottman Finding our Way Home: Turning Back to What Matters Most by Mark McMinn

  2. 5d ago

    Season 2 | Episode 79 | Trauma, Emotional Regulation and Learning RT, with Kaivon Asgharian

    Welcome to Episode 79 of the RT Dialogue! [ Sign up for RT Summit | Sign up for new Anxiety Intensive with Rhett and Lance] We have been on a bit of a summer break in July, which has been really great, but also excited to ramp back up for the remainder of the year. And this was a really great episode to launch us out of summer and into the school year with. In this episode, we had the privilege of conversing with Kaivon Asgharian, who is a graduate student at George Fox University, and interns at Hale Counseling NW. Kaivon is up in the PNW and came to RT like so many do in that part of the country -- via Dr. Richard Shaw (thank you Dr. Shaw). We loved Kaivon's enthusiasm for Restoration Therapy, and all the great questions he had regarding it. There were so many beautiful insights that emerged during the interview because of Kaivon's curiosity and willingness to ask really great questions...and some hard questions. We dived into a lot of topics, and circled back to the conversation on emotional self-regulation and co-regulation, specifically in light of Kaivon's experience working with trauma and learning more about interpersonal neurobiology. We loved this conversation and learned a lot. Mentioned in the Episode Parent from Peace Journals (we talked with Rob Hayes back in Episode 46) Lilly's Pads (Gil and Brenda Stuart) Jean Baker Miller Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl Carl Jung NARM Dr. Dan Siegel C. S. Lewis World War II with Tom Hanks Minton Family Therapy

  3. Jul 13

    Season 2 | Episode 78 | Spiritual Abuse & Recovery with RT Therapist Nathan Ely

    Welcome to Episode 78 of the RT Dialogue. In this episode we welcomed therapist Nathan Ely. Nathan is a graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary, a Level II RT Therapist (as well as many other trainings and certifications), and he specializes in spiritual abuse and recovery -- a topic that we really wanted to address on this podcast. It's an issue that is very prevalent and one that many of us therapists come into contact with in our practices. We barely scratched the surface in our time with Nathan, but we plan to have him back on the podcast again, and he offers classes on the topic of spiritual abuse and recovery, as well as offering a class on demand. So we highly recommend you check out his work as it's a valuable resource. Mentioned in the Episode Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church by Diane Langberg The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe by Richard Rohr The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control by Steven Hassan Dietrich Bonhoeffer Religious Refugees: (De) Constructing Toward Spiritual and Emotional Healing by Mark Gregory Karris Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill podcast series by Mike Cosper Shiny Happy People documentary series Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church by Rachel Held Evans

  4. Jul 3

    Season 2 | Episode 77 | Special Guest, RT Therapist Amanda Tipps

    Welcome to Episode 77 of the RT Dialogue. [NOTE: The video recording malfunctioned and was unable to capture Amanda -- so this episode will be published all audio, which is probably how most of you access it.] We were so excited to welcome Amanda Tipps to our podcast and it did not disappoint. She brings a lot of energy and insight into the RT world and it was fun conversing with her. Amanda is on staff at Hill Country Bible Church's counseling center which is an amazing group of people. They hosted this last April our Texas RT Gathering where Amanda brought out some of her sourdough baked goods for us to eat. We really enjoyed this conversation and covered a wide range of topics from Amanda's work with teenagers, to navigating anxiety and depression in our lives. I (Rhett) am also really envious that she gets to practice therapy in a really cool community there in the counseling center at Hill Country Bible Church -- what an amazing group of people they have. And we are really looking forward to more Texas gatherings and seeing (hopefully all of them) at the Restoration Therapy Summit in Malibu this March. Mentioned in the Episode 5 Days to a New Self by Terry and Sharon Hargrave Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker Palmer Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis What if It's Wonderful: Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate by Nicole Zasowski Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World by Henri Nouwen Arresting Anxiety: Experiential Training Model for Utilizing Intensive Restoration Therapy (Lance's Ahl's DMFT dissertation) Dr. Erik Salwen

  5. Jun 29

    Season 2 | Episode 76 | What we typically do in a first session

    Welcome to Episode 76 of the RT Dialogue. In this episode Lance and I discuss the upcoming RT Summit at Pepperdine in March of 2027. Register now. And we thought it would be fun, and hopefully insightful, to discuss what we typically do in a first session with a new client. We definitely learn a lot of things from doing this work with each other and our community of RT colleagues. So please comment about anything you learned, or what you do in a typical first session.

  6. Jun 17

    Season 2 | Episode 75 | Special Guests, Restoration Therapists Lindsay and Eric Minton

    Welcome to Episode 75 of the RT Dialogue. [FYI: There were some internet connections with Eric accidentally falling off, but RO Smith did a great job editing it all together. Thanks RO] In this episode we were really excited to bring on a couple we met at the RT Summit in Amarillo last year -- Lindsay and Eric Minton of Minton Family Therapy in Knoxville, TN. I remember sitting out at lunch with them on one of the days and just really enjoying my (Rhett) conversation with them. I also just really admired the work that they were doing and the unique perspective that they bring to Restoration Therapy. This will be evident in our conversation with them. Both are graduates of Fuller Theological Seminary -- Lindsay with her MSMFT, and Eric with his MDiv. Both of them are Level II Restoration Therapists, and Eric is also the author of the book It's Not You, It's Everything: What Our Pain Reveals about the Anxious Pursuit of the Good Life. Mentioned in the Episode Contextual Family Therapy Carl Whitaker Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy Salvador Minuchin David Dark -- Belmont Jacques Lacan RT Lodge

  7. Jun 8

    Season 2 | Episode 74 | The 2027 RT Summit with Rhett and Lance

    Welcome to Episode 74 of the RT Dialogue. In this very short episode, Lance and I talk about the opening of the 2027 Restoration Therapy Summit registration -- and why you all should attend. We loved being in Amarillo for the 2025 Summit and we emerged out of that time together with a lot of energy and momentum, which is reflected in all the amazing things happening in our broader RT community right now. So we are looking forward to gathering at Pepperdine University in Malibu March 4-5. Speaker information for plenary keynotes and workshops are still coming in, so please stay tuned as those get updated. If you have not registered, please head over and register. You can register now for the early bird discount, as well as registering as a student or big groups. We expect to sell out this event, so don't hesitate if you are wanting to attend.

  8. May 27

    Season 2 | Episode 73 | Special Guest, RT Therapist Joanne Russell

    Welcome to Episode 73 of the RT Dialogue In this episode we welcomed Joanne Russell who is an LMFT practicing at the Restoration Therapy Center of San Diego. It was fun hearing Joanne's story of how she came into Restoration Therapy, and how transformative it has been for her life both personally and professionally. In this episode we spend some time talking about the varying things that she really loves about RT, as well as some different interventions that really impact the work she is doing -- like the baseball bases intervention. We hope you enjoyed this episode as much as we did.

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Welcome to the RT Dialogue with your co-hosts Lance Ahl & Rhett Smith | Sound and Video Engineer RO Smith In this podcast we desire to make connections, build community, and learn and practice the model of Restoration Therapy. More at: https://rtdialogue.substack.com/ Note:The podcast is labeled with an explicit rating because some episodes contain topics that are distressing to individuals, or inappropriate for minors (i.e. trauma, abuse, sexuality, substance use, etc.)

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