This is self-work and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford.

At self-work we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world

and what to do about them.

I'm Dr. Margaret and self-work is a podcast dedicated to you taking just a few minutes today for your own self-work.

Hello and welcome or welcome back to self-work.

I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford.

I'm a clinical psychologist and I've been practicing in Fayetteville, Arkansas for over 25 years.

I started podcasting a couple of years ago a little more than a couple of years

because I wanted to extend the walls of my practice to those of you who might

already be in therapy or interested in psychological stuff or to those of you who are new to

mental health and may have been diagnosed with anxiety or depression or bipolar disorder or

maybe you're having some relationship issues, problems with

listening or communication, whatever. And there's a third group I also wanted to try to

reach. Those of you who may never have even thought about talking with a psychologist or other kind of clinician,

but are just curious enough to know what talking with a therapist might be like.

Now this isn't therapy, but it's going to show you how someone practicing

therapy might actually think and talk. I'm all about reducing the stigma

around treatment for mental health and I'm all about reducing the stigma around treatment for mental health.

And I'm so delighted when I get an email from one of you that says that listening to this

podcast gave you the impetus or the courage to go on and reach out to a therapist.

I could not be happier about that.

And by the way, good luck to you with that.

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