Therapy Chat Podcast, episode 50.

This is the Therapy Chat podcast.

The information shared in this podcast is not a substitute for seeking help from a licensed

mental health professional.

And now, here's Laura Reagan, L-C-S-W-C, with today's episode.

Hey there. Welcome back to Therapy Chat. I'm your host, Laura Reagan, LCSWC. And today I'm pretty

excited because this is the 50th episode of Therapy Chat. It's September 15th and Therapy Chat

came out on August 16th of 2015, so just 13 months ago tomorrow, actually.

In that time, Therapy Chat has grown so much, and I'm really appreciative to all of you

who listen. Thank you so much for listening, sharing your feedback, subscribing on iTunes, leaving ratings and reviews.

All of those things have helped therapy chat grow to reach more people. And I am deeply touched

by the messages I've received from people saying that therapy chat has really made a difference

in their lives. That's why I'm doing this and I so appreciate hearing that feedback because

when you're podcasting, you know, metaphorically, you're in your closet with your microphone and your headphones and

your computer and you don't really know if anyone's listening. So to see the way it's grown has

been very gratifying and to hear that it's been helpful to anyone, even one person, is so huge to me,

but I've heard that for multiple people. One thing I'd love to anyone, even one person, is so huge to me, but I've heard that for multiple people.

One thing I love to focus on with therapy chat is self-care.

And so today, for our 50th episode, I decided to do something a little bit different.

I had a blog post that I wrote last year where it was about therapists sharing

their favorite apps for self-care and it was really surprisingly popular. I mean, I was kind of

shocked how popular it was, definitely the most popular thing I've written. And so I thought,

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