11. Emily Thelen (MA+LCPC+CTRS) on adjusting to change, societal norms, therapeutic boarding school, wilderness, and recovering from depression and anxiety.
This week I sit down with one of my therapists from my therapeutic boarding school. We talk about how she saw me change, the difficulty of measuring long-term emotional change, and the societal norms of not feeling negative emotions. Emily also asks me what is important to be successful in therapy.
10. Jacob Sparks (LMFT) on therapeutic boarding schools, healthy relationships, coping skills, self-love, and recovering from depression and anxiety.
I sit down with one of my past family and individual therapists (current therapist at the time of this recording) to discuss the work we've done. I ask him bout how listeners can improve their relationships, how I have changed, and the biggest things that have kept me from making progress. Jake also turns the tables and asks me some questions about what I think is important for therapists to know and what listeners should keep in mind when going to therapy.
8. A parent’s guide to adolescent treatment for depression and anxiety: family therapy, what it’s like sending your child away, and how it helped our family… feat. my Dad
Sitting down with a friend, we discuss relationships. We cover co-dependent unhealthy romantic relationships and friendships, evolving family relationships, and gossiping. How do we maintain our friendship as independent often dramatically different people? Do we experience relationships in the same way? How have they affected us? Listen to find out.
6. Building and maintaining fulfilling, healthy, loving relationships with family members, friends, and peers
Sitting down with a friend, we discuss relationships. We cover co-dependent unhealthy romantic relationships and friendships, evolving family relationships, and gossiping. How do we maintain our friendship as independent often dramatically different people? Do we experience relationships in the same way? How have they affected us? Listen to find out.
5. Teen anxiety: how to cope, using skills, and surviving school
In this episode we talk anxiety. Between personal experiences, breaking down what panic attacks feel like, and why anxiety gets in the way of things, the listener gets a well rounded view of how anxiety works.
3. A sister’s perspective: what do depression and anxiety look like? How do you support a sibling struggling? How did therapy help our family?
I ask my younger sister how she was impacted by my mental illness. From how the focus of the family shifted to how our relationship has evolved we discuss the highs and lows of the past 2 years.
2. A Dad’s perspective on how to support a teen suffering from depression and anxiety
I sit down with my Dad to discuss what it was like to see his child suffering from mental illness. Between conversations about the difficult decision to send me away, as a parent, not knowing how to help me, and what is different now in our family, this episode is aimed to give parents reassurance that you're doing the best you can and for kids to understand what it's like to be a parent in the toughest of times.
1. A teen’s perspective: depression and anxiety… my core beliefs, the decision I made to work on myself, and my journey through intensive mental health treatment
After 25 episodes, I went back and re-recorded my first episode. I talk all about what inspired me to start the podcast, my story, and my personal journey.