Self Careapist Therapist Podcast: Expert Insights & Practical Therapy Skills
What to actually do in session. Past guests include Dr. Tony Attwood and Dr. Michelle Garnett (Autism and ADHD), Dr. Paul Hewitt (perfectionism research), Wendy Behary, LCSW (schema therapy for narcissism), Lainey Rosenzweig, LMFT (founder of Accelerated Resolution Therapy), Dr. Steven C. Hayes (founder of ACT), Dr. William R. Miller (co-developer of Motivational Interviewing), and Dr. Ricardo Muñoz (ran the first randomized controlled trial to prevent depression).
Hosted by Lorain Moorehead, LCSW, PMH-C, EMDR Certified Approved Consultant, Clinical Supervisor, and graduate school faculty associate. Expert guests share evidence-based interventions you can take straight into your next session.
Many episodes offer a free CEU for licensure in Arizona through the Board of Behavioral Health Examiners. Content is relevant for continuing education across LCSW, LMHC, LPC, LMFT, NCC, NBCC, and psychology licensure.
Topics include:
- EMDR therapy, trauma processing, and advanced EMDR applications
- Internal Family Systems (IFS), parts work, and integrative trauma approaches
- CBT, DBT, RO-DBT, ACT, and third-wave cognitive behavioral therapies
- Clinical supervision, therapist training, and professional development
- Trauma, complex trauma, PTSD, CPTSD, and nervous system regulation
- ADHD, autism, neurodiversity-affirming assessment and treatment
- Therapist burnout, perfectionism, compassion fatigue, and sustainable self-care
- Couples therapy, attachment theory, and relational wounds
- Anxiety, OCD, and exposure-based interventions
- Grief, prolonged grief disorder, and meaning-making
- Suicide risk assessment, CAMS, and crisis intervention
- Parent-child therapy, adolescent anxiety, and family systems
- Perinatal mental health
- Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and emerging modalities
- Clinical ethics, risk management, and culturally responsive practice
- Private practice development, insurance, and building a sustainable career
Questions we answer:
- How do I use EMDR, CBT, DBT, or ACT in real-life sessions, not just textbook examples?
- How do I choose which therapy modality to learn next?
- How do other therapists handle burnout and compassion fatigue?
- How do I integrate different modalities instead of feeling like I'm doing them wrong?
- When should I use IFS parts work versus EMDR reprocessing?
- How do I grow as a therapist after grad school or licensure?
- How do I make my practice more trauma-informed and culturally responsive?
- How do I find my niche or specialty as a clinician?
- What does evidence-based therapy actually look like in practice?
- How do therapists cope with imposter syndrome and self-doubt?
- How do I explain complex therapy concepts to clients in simple language?
Primary-source interviews on EMDR and related trauma reprocessing methods, with the clinicians who developed them: Lainey Rosenzweig on Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) and Thomas Zimmerman on the Four Blinks version of Flash technique.
Whether you are a seasoned clinician or a graduate student, every episode is built to sharpen your clinical thinking. Listen while you drive, walk, or decompress between sessions.
New episodes every other Wednesday.
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Self Careapist Therapist Podcast: Expert Insights & Practical Therapy Skills
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