Episode 18: Bad Moms Christmas

Episode 18: Bad Moms Christmas

In today’s episode, we are covering the movie “Bad Moms Christmas,” starring Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn. This movie explores the pressures that moms can feel on the holidays, the unique relationship each of them has with their own mothers, as well as the therapy shown (therapist played by Wanda Sykes) between one of the women and their mother.   We hope you enjoy this holiday episode, and feel free to let us know not only what you thought of our insights but what you would like to hear next!    Please like, subscribe, and review anywhere you listen to your podcasts!

Episode 17: The Menendez Brothers - Part 2

If you listened to Part 1 of The Menendez Brothers, we can’t wait for you to hear Part 2 in this episode! For this series, we will be referring to the documentary “The Menendez Brothers,” and the docudrama “Monsters,” both of which can be viewed on Netflix.    What you can expect from this two-part series is not only information about the case, but expert opinion, insight, and education around how childhood abuse impacts a person’s mental wellbeing, in addition to what confidentiality looks like in the mental health space when it is being conducted ethically. As you will learn, there were many ethical violations from the psychologist involved in this case.    We hope you learn something new in addition to what the documentary/show already depicts, and we would love to hear your feedback! Please like, subscribe, review, and leave us a comment!

Episode 16: The Menendez Brothers - Part 1

For this episode, we will be referring to the documentary “The Menendez Brothers,” and the docudrama “Monsters,” both of which can be viewed on Netflix. Because there is so much to cover regarding this case, we decided to make the topic of The Menendez Brothers a two-part series, with part two coming out on November 28th.    What you can expect from this two-part series is not only information about the case, but expert opinion, insight, and education around how childhood abuse impacts a person’s mental wellbeing, in addition to what confidentiality looks like in the mental health space when it is being conducted ethically. As you will learn, there were many ethical violations from the psychologist involved in this case.    We hope you learn something new in addition to what the documentary/show already depicts, and we would love to hear your feedback! Please like, subscribe, review, and leave us a comment!

Episode 15: South Park

Here we cover the show "South Park," Season 14 Episode 1 titled "Sexual Healing." In this episode, Kenny, Kyle & Butters and diagnosed with Sex Addiction. We also see celebrities such as Tiger Woods who have had their sexual scandals exposed to the public eye. We chose this episode in order to cover the topic of Sex Addiction. Sex Addiction is not an official diagnosis, and as two Sex Therapists, we do not work from an addiction model and we explain why as we discuss the show. We hope you learned something new from our episode, and please let us know what you'd like to hear in the future!

Episode 14: Shrinking

In today’s episode, we cover the Apple TV show “Shrinking,” which follows a grieving therapist, Jimmy, who starts to break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge, tumultuous changes to people’s lives, including his own.   We discuss what is clearly unethical in Jimmy’s approach, as well as the dynamic he has between his coworkers, friends, and daughter. Tune is as we reflect on the comedy of the show, as well as the therapy that is portrayed! Let us know what else you’d like us to cover in future episodes.