How do you actually use EMDR, CBT, or IFS in session, not the textbook version, but with a real client sitting across from you? Self Careapist Therapist is a therapist-to-therapist podcast where licensed clinicians break down the

 clinical skills, modalities, and hard conversations that training programs skim over.

Hosted by Lorain Moorehead, LCSW, PMH-C, EMDR Certified Approved Consultant, Clinical Supervisor, and graduate school faculty associate. Each week features expert guests, including researchers, authors, and practicing clinicians, sharing

evidence-based interventions you can take straight into your next session.

  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?

  • What is the best podcast by therapists, for therapists?

Whether you are a seasoned clinician or a graduate student, every episode is designed to sharpen your clinical thinking and reconnect you with the curiosity that makes therapy meaningful. Conference-level education and psych journal-quality conversations delivered while you drive, walk, or decompress between sessions.

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.

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