Deliberating Practice: Deconstructing Psychotherapy for a Better Future

Glenn Wood, M.Ed., RCC and Richard Tatomir, M.A., CCC
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This is a podcast about deconstructing counselling and psychotherapy with a better future in mind. Richard Tatomir, a Counsellor-Educator-Supervisor with a decade of experience, and Glenn Wood, practicing depth-oriented psychodynamic therapist, and various guests, apply a Critical Psychology lens to the problems of contemporary psychotherapy, arguing for the value of symptoms, systems-thinking, the person of the therapist, integration, psychedelics, Buddhism and the nature of suffering, and the future of therapy in our late-stage capitalist world.

  1. JUL 11

    Episode 11: Deconstructing Trauma

    In this episode, Glenn and Richard discuss trauma, a central concept in the psychotherapy landscape. They explore the history of trauma, its contemporary definitions and framing, and deconstruct the space of trauma, emphasizing a return to the subjectivity of the client. This episode incorporates the work of Mark Epstein (The Trauma of Everyday Life) and Donald Kalsched (The Inner World of Trauma, Trauma and the Soul) to resituate the discussion of trauma around inner psychological dynamics. Trauma is emphasized as inescapable and essential in human life, and as sometimes affording the possibility of growth.

    1h 37m

  2. MAY 13

    Episode 10: Introducing Critical Psychotherapy

    In this episode Richard and Glenn discuss the work of critical psychotherapist Del Loewenthal and topics of concern that extend from his theorizing. Dels' book: Critical Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis, and Counselling: Implications for Practice https://www.amazon.co.uk/Critical-Psychotherapy-Psychoanalysis-Counselling-Implications/dp/1137460571/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1544454474&sr=8-1&keywords=Critical+Psychotherapy%2C+Psychoanalysis+and+Counselling%3A+Implications+for+practice

    1h 18m

  3. MAR 1

    Episode 9: Constructing the Self, Constructing America

    Richard and Glenn are joined by SFU graduate student Anthony to discuss the book Constructing the Self, Constructing America by Philip Cushman. Cushman advances the argument that psychotherapy is a cultural activity and cannot be fully understood outside of the culture of consumer capitalism. The speakers discuss Cushman's wide perspective on psychotherapy and its implications for contemporary practice.

    1h 38m

  4. 12/10/2024

    Episode 8: The Money

    Glenn and Richard discuss money's influence on the practice of counselling and psychotherapy. Exploring perspectives from both seats in the office, they discuss therapist's vulnerability to money through their altruism and greed.

    1h 20m

  5. 11/07/2024

    Episode 7: Relational Psychotherapy with Emma

    Richard and Glenn are joined by friend and colleague Emma to discuss relational psychotherapy. Drawing on the work of psychodynamic practitioner Teri Quatman, they discuss the risks and rewards of this type of approach. Personal examples are used to explore the complexities of relational process. Teri Quatman's book Essential Psychodynamic Psychotheray: An acquired art- https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-18487-000

    1h 52m

  6. 07/09/2024

    Episode 6: The Great Psychotherapy Debate- Bruce Wampold and Johnathan Shedler

    In this episode, hosts Glenn and Richard delve into the ongoing controversy in psychotherapy research. They discuss Bruce Wompold's contextual model, which highlights common factors in psychotherapy effectiveness, and Jonathan Shedler’s critiques of current research methodologies, especially short-term and manualized treatments. Shedler advocates for the importance of long-term, depth-oriented therapies and questions the reliance on randomized controlled trials and symptom reduction metrics. The episode touches on issues of client choice and informed consent, encouraging a profound reevaluation of psychotherapy research. Listeners are invited to engage, share their perspectives, and contribute to this critical debate. Link to the debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i10h6bLX_LI&t=1316s

    1h 19m

  7. 06/07/2024

    Episode 5 (Part 2): Buddhism and Psychotherapy

    In this two-part episode, Glenn and Richard explore Buddhism's history, its forms of integration in contemporary and counselling and psychotherapy, and the problems and solutions it provides.

    1h 2m

  8. 05/07/2024

    Episode 5 (Part 1): Buddhism and Psychotherapy

    In this two-part episode, Glenn and Richard explore Buddhism's history, its forms of integration in contemporary and counselling and psychotherapy, and the problems and solutions it provides. Addendum to the episode: Bodhidharma is the 28th patriarch of the Zen Buddhist lineage, not the 6th.

    54 min
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This is a podcast about deconstructing counselling and psychotherapy with a better future in mind. Richard Tatomir, a Counsellor-Educator-Supervisor with a decade of experience, and Glenn Wood, practicing depth-oriented psychodynamic therapist, and various guests, apply a Critical Psychology lens to the problems of contemporary psychotherapy, arguing for the value of symptoms, systems-thinking, the person of the therapist, integration, psychedelics, Buddhism and the nature of suffering, and the future of therapy in our late-stage capitalist world.

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