Session 370: Graduating From Therapy
Therapy for Black Girls
iHeartPodcasts and Joy Harden Bradford, Ph.D.
4.8 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2024
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
When a therapist decides to terminate with a client, it may bring up lots of feelings for the client around shame, embarrassment, and rejection. Online, you may have seen people referring to termination as being “fired” by their therapist. Let’s dig into this a little bit more and explore the reasons why a therapist might “fire” their client.
Returning to dig deeper into this with me are Dr. Donna Oriowo, an award-winning DEI advocate, international speaker and certified sex and relationship therapist in the Washington D.C. metro area and Dr. D'Andria Jackson, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Psychological Consultant, and mental health speaker. During our conversation, we discussed some of the reasons why a therapist might terminate with a client, strategies for dealing with feelings of rejection that may come up after a therapist terminates with you, and how to become comfortable with the idea of one day graduating from therapy.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, a weekly conversation about |
| 0:15.7 | mental health, personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to |
| 0:21.0 | become the best possible versions of ourselves. I'm your host, Dr Joy Hardin |
| 0:26.1 | Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information or to find a therapist in your area, |
| 0:34.4 | visit our website at therapy for black girls.com. |
| 0:38.2 | While I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant to be a substitute for a |
| 0:45.6 | relationship with a licensed mental health professional. Hey y'all, |
| 0:55.0 | all, thanks so much for joining me for session 370 of the Therapy for Black Girls |
| 1:00.9 | podcast. We'll get right into our conversation afterward from our sponsors. When a therapist decides to terminate with a client, it may bring up lots of feeling for the client around shame, embarrassment, and rejection. |
| 1:24.0 | Online, you may have seen people referring to termination as being quote-unquote fired by their |
| 1:29.5 | therapist. |
| 1:30.5 | Let's dig into this a little bit more and explore the reasons why a therapist might |
| 1:35.2 | terminate with a client. Though they've both been on the podcast before, I'd like to |
| 1:40.4 | reintroduce you to today's guests, |
| 1:42.8 | Dr Donna Oreo and Dr. Deandria Jackson. |
| 1:46.6 | Dr. Oreo is an award-winning D.E.I. |
| 1:49.0 | Advocate, International Speaker, and certified Sex and Relationship |
| 1:52.9 | Therapist in the Washington, D.C. metro area. |
| 1:56.2 | Dr. Jackson is a licensed clinical psychologist, |
| 1:59.4 | psychological consultant, and Mental Health Speaker |
| 2:02.2 | committed to reducing mental health stigma in minority |
| 2:04.8 | communities and empowering women toward the fulfillment of their potential. |
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