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🗓️ 12 July 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Are you ready to unravel the mysteries of the mind and reimagine the way we perceive mental health? Together with Dennis Sweeney, Dr. Robert Cherney, Andrew Kang and the ever-engaging Pat Rice, we're embarking on a journey, mining for powerful insights from their transformative experiences. These four luminaries, affectionately known as the Mental Men, have significantly influenced my growth, both personally and professionally, and will undoubtedly inspire you too. Their candid discussions on therapy, power dynamics between therapists and clients, and the role of mentorship will leave you contemplating, reflecting, and yearning for more.
Have you ever wondered how valuable the power of mentorship can be in personal and professional development? It's time to quench your curiosity! Our Mental Men - Dennis, Bob, and Andy - shine a light on their life-altering experiences in therapy, revealing how their therapists’ guidance has had an enduring impact on their lives. Listen to them unravel the nuances of their therapeutic relationship and the profound influence it has had on their understanding of emotions and handling unresolved grief. Their fascinating insights will undoubtedly solidify your belief in the transformative potential of mentorship and motivate you to seek or maybe even become a mentor yourself.
We wrap up our exploration with a thought-provoking discussion on the indispensability of community in professional growth. How has therapy evolved over the past 40 years? Can EMDR be done virtually? What role does mentorship play in the therapeutic process? Get answers to these and much more in our enlightening conversation. The importance of mutual mentorship and the need for companions who understand our profession will leave you reassessing your professional alliances. So, come along for this enlightening conversation that is sure to inspire, challenge, and transform your perspective on mental health and therapy.
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0:00.0 | Hi and welcome to Finding Your Way Through Therapy. |
0:06.3 | The goal of this podcast is to demystify therapy, what can happen in therapy, and the wide |
0:11.5 | array of conversations you can have in and about therapy. |
0:15.4 | Through personal experiences, guests will talk about therapy, their experiences with it, |
0:21.6 | and how psychology and therapy are present in many places in their lives. |
0:26.8 | With lots of authenticity and a touch of humor, here is your host, Steve Bisson. |
0:33.1 | Thank you. |
0:34.1 | I haven't figured out if I should put some applause between me speaking in the intro, |
0:38.4 | go woohoo when you guys come on or what have you, but anyway, I'll figure it out. |
0:42.8 | Welcome to the premiere episode of season 9 of Finding Your Way Through Therapy. |
0:47.4 | It's episode 108, so if you haven't listened to episode 107, that was the combination |
0:52.4 | of my flight experience a couple of months ago. |
0:56.0 | Tells you where I'm at now and kind of a combination I thought that would be cool for you guys |
0:59.6 | to hear. |
1:00.6 | So go and listen to that if you want. |
1:03.0 | But episode 108 is what we call, and I don't know if it's politically correct anymore, |
1:08.8 | but we call each other, I think they started, obviously I came in after everyone, but they |
1:13.4 | call themselves the mental men. |
1:15.6 | And the reason why I'm having the mental men on is that this is a group supervision that's |
1:19.8 | been going on informally for so many years between three main members of this team. |
1:26.6 | And I wanted you guys to meet a few of my, what I consider mentors, supports, whatever |
1:32.0 | you want to call them. |
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