With All Your Psyche

Adam Skinner, LPC
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WAYP explores the "How" of the Way of Jesus using all the tools of counseling psychology at our disposal.  Whether you'd call yourself a Christian or not, join licensed therapist and former pastor Adam Skinner to discover new ways to live life with all your mind and all your soul.

Episodes

  1. Sep 3

    Episode 8: Parts That Love, Parts That Fear (Attachment Styles in IFS Terms)

    Your attachment style is your mental model of what safety, comfort, and desire need to look like in your life and relationships…but what if we’ve been getting this whole concept wrong by thinking it’s permanent and exclusive, like knowing which Hogwarts house you belong in?  In this episode, we’re looking at a theory of mine: that each of the four attachment styles corresponds to leadership by one of the four categories in IFS – Self, exiles, managers, and firefighters.  Whether attachment theory and Internal Family Systems are new to you or whether you’ve been speaking these languages for decades, tune in to hear new perspectives on how we’re wired and how we can re-wire ourselves to feel more secure and connected with friends, partners, and God. Content Notice: Brief, generic references to self-harm, substance use, disordered eating, and sexual compulsivity. Jay Stringer’s “Desire: The Longings Inside Us and the New Science of How We Love, Heal, and Grow”: https://bakerbookhouse.com/products/9780593728277_desire  Maija Haavisto’s different and more nuanced interpretation of attachment styles in IFS terms: https://maija-haavisto.medium.com/attachment-style-parts-and-internal-family-systems-3058f93bf72b  Frank Anderson: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WA8q54MOAOM A short comedy video of anxious and avoidant attachment going on a date with each other: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ASPTndhBT7U Scripture references: Exodus 34:6 (“the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness”), Matthew 11:29 (“learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls”), Psalm 18:2 (God as fortress and refuge), John 10:10 (abundant life), John 10:30 (“I and the Father are one”), Deuteronomy 31:6 (“he will never leave you nor forsake you”), Matthew 28:20 (“truly I am with you, even to the end of the age”), Hebrews 13:8 (“the same yesterday and today and forever”), Luke 15 (the parable of the Prodigal Son) Was there a moment in this episode where you felt seen—or where you disagreed? I’d love to hear about it! Leave a quick anonymous voice or text message by clicking this link or going to https://www.buzzsprout.com/2488731/fan_mail/new. Thanks for joining the conversation! With All Your Psyche explores topics related to mental health, relationships, and faith, but it's not a substitute for therapy or professional care - though it might give you some ideas to bring up with your own therapist or pastor! If something you hear on this podcast brings up personal concerns for you, or if you need support in other areas of your life, please reach out to a licensed professional such as myself or others you can find through the therapist directory at PsychologyToday.com.

  2. Jul 13

    Episode 7: X-Axis, Y-Axis (How People Heal)

    How do we actually create change?  General concepts are great, but without specific, concrete strategies, we can't get anywhere.  In this episode, let's explore the two families of change strategies and when to use them.  Plus: learn what your fifth grade math class has in common with therapy, and what movie Adam thinks is the best trauma-focused film since Thunderbolts. Content notice: brief general mentions of physical and sexual abuse, heroin use, self-harm, and suicidality throughout the episode, without details. X-Axis / Y-Axis graphic (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O7dlcK-hF7GDbtLvBedc1QDAoVP98TBq/view?usp=sharing) The big, more comprehensive X- and Y-axis strategy list can be found in PDF form here.  What did I miss?  Let me know so I can add it in!(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nRuF9tY0J4CWSTaZiDpzwSTGptFRYay6/view?usp=sharing) Major spoilers: the scene with the line, "I don't think I wanna change" (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KDDzpXh_b-U) Was there a moment in this episode where you felt seen—or where you disagreed? I’d love to hear about it! Leave a quick anonymous voice or text message by clicking this link or going to https://www.buzzsprout.com/2488731/fan_mail/new. Thanks for joining the conversation! With All Your Psyche explores topics related to mental health, relationships, and faith, but it's not a substitute for therapy or professional care - though it might give you some ideas to bring up with your own therapist or pastor! If something you hear on this podcast brings up personal concerns for you, or if you need support in other areas of your life, please reach out to a licensed professional such as myself or others you can find through the therapist directory at PsychologyToday.com.

  3. Apr 29

    Episode 6: Dialectics of the Way (DBT and Christianity)

    Dialectical thinking - the "both-and" mode of thinking, versus the "either/or" mode - is the difference between failure and success, between disorder and health, and between counterfeit versions of Christianity and actual, life-transforming Christlikeness.  In this episode, get a crash course on how this concept shows up in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), German philosophy (briefly!), and biblical theology.  Bonus points if you can spot the references to a KC Green cartoon and a Mitch Hedberg bit.  Content notice: brief general mentions of suicide, self-harm, eating disorders, and substance abuse throughout the episode. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Hegel  Original wording of the Hegel quote: “The bud disappears when the blossom breaks through, and we might say that the former is refuted by the latter; in the same way when the fruit comes, the blossom may be explained to be a false form of the plant’s existence, for the fruit appears as its true nature in place of the blossom. These stages are not merely differentiated; they supplant one another as being incompatible with one another. But the ceaseless activity of their own inherent nature makes them at the same time moments of an organic unity, where they not merely do not contradict one another, but where one is as necessary as the other; and this equal necessity of all moments constitutes alone and thereby the life of the whole.”  See this in its original context on page 3 of this document: http://home.lu.lv/~ruben/Vestures_filozofija/Hegel-The%20Phemenology%20of%20Mind.pdf One good explainer on Hegelian dialectics - https://www.reddit.com/r/hegel/comments/16pkt6a/can_someone_explain_hegels_dialectics_like_i_am/  Marsha Linehan on the origins of DBT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bULL3sSc_-I  Was there a moment in this episode where you felt seen—or where you disagreed? I’d love to hear about it! Leave a quick anonymous voice or text message by clicking this link or going to https://www.buzzsprout.com/2488731/fan_mail/new. Thanks for joining the conversation! With All Your Psyche explores topics related to mental health, relationships, and faith, but it's not a substitute for therapy or professional care - though it might give you some ideas to bring up with your own therapist or pastor! If something you hear on this podcast brings up personal concerns for you, or if you need support in other areas of your life, please reach out to a licensed professional such as myself or others you can find through the therapist directory at PsychologyToday.com.

  4. Mar 26

    Episode 5: Even If (Anxiety and the Unconditional)

    How are we supposed to deal with the anxiety of living in an uncertain world when, sometimes, the worst-case scenario really does happen?  What is anxiety trying to do for us at an IFS parts-of-the-mind level?  Is unconditionality a thing you have or don't, or is it a gradient, a hierarchy?  And what options do we have even when we know we'll have to walk through the fire? (Content notice: child loss in the context of a Bible story, from 33:15 to 36:10) References: "A World of Dew," by Kobayashi Issa: https://allpoetry.com/a-world-of-dew Scripture Cited: Habakkuk 3:16–19, Isaiah 43:1b-5a, Daniel 3:17–18, and 2 Kings 4:1-37 Timestamp for the start of the “big medical bills” example: 17:15 Was there a moment in this episode where you felt seen—or where you disagreed? I’d love to hear about it! Leave a quick anonymous voice or text message by clicking this link or going to https://www.buzzsprout.com/2488731/fan_mail/new. Thanks for joining the conversation! With All Your Psyche explores topics related to mental health, relationships, and faith, but it's not a substitute for therapy or professional care - though it might give you some ideas to bring up with your own therapist or pastor! If something you hear on this podcast brings up personal concerns for you, or if you need support in other areas of your life, please reach out to a licensed professional such as myself or others you can find through the therapist directory at PsychologyToday.com.

  5. Feb 26

    Episode 4: Meet Tyler (A Complete IFS Case Study)

    We've established the basic theory behind IFS - now how do we put it into practice in the therapy room and in daily life?  In this episode, we speedrun therapy with a simplified case study: a depressed, bitter Christian named Tyler who wants to live out of his values way more than he has been lately.  By the end of this episode, you'll learn the basics of working with polarized protector parts (like moral scrupulosity and angry defensiveness) and the complete six-step process of unburdening exiles.  Whether you identify as a Christian or not at all, there's a lot of technique and templating here that you can take and use in your life right away.  Let's get to work! References: Gustavo Mello's introduction to scaffolding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1fNNkhaavg&t=230s Aphantasia: https://aphantasia.com/what-is-aphantasia The "Put Off / Put On" paradigm in the writings of Paul: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/putting-on-christ-putting-off-sin/ Sub-Zero: https://wiki.supercombo.gg/w/Ultimate_Mortal_Kombat_3/Unmasked_Sub-Zero Was there a moment in this episode where you felt seen—or where you disagreed? I’d love to hear about it! Leave a quick anonymous voice or text message by clicking this link or going to https://www.buzzsprout.com/2488731/fan_mail/new. Thanks for joining the conversation! With All Your Psyche explores topics related to mental health, relationships, and faith, but it's not a substitute for therapy or professional care - though it might give you some ideas to bring up with your own therapist or pastor! If something you hear on this podcast brings up personal concerns for you, or if you need support in other areas of your life, please reach out to a licensed professional such as myself or others you can find through the therapist directory at PsychologyToday.com.

  6. Jan 22

    Episode 3: The Purpose of PTSD

    The DSM-5 thinks of every disorder as a set of symptoms, but that doesn't answer the question of what PTSD actually is - or what it's trying to do to help us become whole again.  Is there a redemptive drive behind our trauma symptoms?  How do we rewrite the ending of the worst moments we've ever been through?  What does that look like in the therapy room and the Gospel of John?  Bonus: how to convert a potentially traumatizing bank robbery into a meme. (Content notice: brief mentions of many different kinds of traumatic experiences.  One mention of the word "suicide" as a maladaptive avoidance strategy, with no scenario or details of any kind.) References: Judith Herman's "Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror" - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/trauma-and-recovery-judith-lewis-herman-md/1100923391 (Note that this book is an excellent resource for deep understanding of trauma and abuse, and also intensely triggering for anyone with unresolved sexual trauma.) Study which concludes the DSM is "a disingenuous categorical system" - https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2019/07/08/study-finds-psychiatric-diagnosis-to-be-scientifically-meaningless  DSM-5 Criteria for PTSD, with symptom clusters - https://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/treat/essentials/dsm5_ptsd.asp Was there a moment in this episode where you felt seen—or where you disagreed? I’d love to hear about it! Leave a quick anonymous voice or text message by clicking this link or going to https://www.buzzsprout.com/2488731/fan_mail/new. Thanks for joining the conversation! With All Your Psyche explores topics related to mental health, relationships, and faith, but it's not a substitute for therapy or professional care - though it might give you some ideas to bring up with your own therapist or pastor! If something you hear on this podcast brings up personal concerns for you, or if you need support in other areas of your life, please reach out to a licensed professional such as myself or others you can find through the therapist directory at PsychologyToday.com.

  7. Jan 22

    Episode 2: Shepherding Your Psyche With the Internal Family Systems Model

    How do we make sense of the way one mind can want so many conflicting things at once?  In this episode, we explore the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model as a way to understand our own inner conflicts, how the mind organizes itself for psychological self-defense, the way Jesus restructures the human personality, and why your mind is a flock of belligerent sheep needing a shepherd. References: Margaret Feinberg's "Scouting the Divine: My Search for God in Wine, Wool, and Wild Honey" - https://zondervanacademic.com/products/scouting-the-divine The Zealot sect - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealots Russ Harris's "Christ-Centered Therapy: Empowering the Self" - https://www.routledge.com/Christ-Centered-Therapy-Empowering-the-Self/Harris-Koenig/p/book/9780789012272 Romans 7:14-25, on Paul's internal conflict - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%207%3A14-25&version=NIV Was there a moment in this episode where you felt seen—or where you disagreed? I’d love to hear about it! Leave a quick anonymous voice or text message by clicking this link or going to https://www.buzzsprout.com/2488731/fan_mail/new. Thanks for joining the conversation! With All Your Psyche explores topics related to mental health, relationships, and faith, but it's not a substitute for therapy or professional care - though it might give you some ideas to bring up with your own therapist or pastor! If something you hear on this podcast brings up personal concerns for you, or if you need support in other areas of your life, please reach out to a licensed professional such as myself or others you can find through the therapist directory at PsychologyToday.com.

  8. Jan 22

    Episode 1: Why Christianity and Psychology Need Each Other

    If we're starting out on a journey of building better minds and lives, we have to figure out what actually makes that work.  In this intro to the channel, we explore some foundational questions: Isn't the Bible all we need?  Can Christianity and psychology truly be integrated?  What does that integration look like in practice?  And can I cringe at both Sigmund Freud and James Dobson? (Content notice: to respect the content guidelines of some platforms, this episode is flagged as "explicit" due to generic mentions of pornography addiction, with no specifics mentioned, from 24:15-28:50.) References: The Scopes Monkey Trial - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_trial Scum of the Earth Church (mini-documentary) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRsWIuRvyWI Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - see The Happiness Trap, by Russ Harris (https://thehappinesstrap.com/) Scripture (mentioned around 38:00) about using knowledge from sources other than Scripture - Exodus 18, Daniel 1:17, Acts 17:28, 1 Corinthians 15:33  Was there a moment in this episode where you felt seen—or where you disagreed? I’d love to hear about it! Leave a quick anonymous voice or text message by clicking this link or going to https://www.buzzsprout.com/2488731/fan_mail/new. Thanks for joining the conversation! With All Your Psyche explores topics related to mental health, relationships, and faith, but it's not a substitute for therapy or professional care - though it might give you some ideas to bring up with your own therapist or pastor! If something you hear on this podcast brings up personal concerns for you, or if you need support in other areas of your life, please reach out to a licensed professional such as myself or others you can find through the therapist directory at PsychologyToday.com.

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WAYP explores the "How" of the Way of Jesus using all the tools of counseling psychology at our disposal.  Whether you'd call yourself a Christian or not, join licensed therapist and former pastor Adam Skinner to discover new ways to live life with all your mind and all your soul.

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  • Creator
    Adam Skinner, LPC
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
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