Episode 4: Trauma & Our Defense Against Vulnerability - Kevin Cram, M.A., LMFT

Episode 8 - What is it to suffer and grieve? - Dr. Steve Gioielli, PsyD

In this episode, Bryan sits with licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Steve Gioielli, PsyD, to explore the ideas and experiences of suffering, pain and grief. Dr. Gioielli makes some helpfully clear distinctions between these notions and provides thoughtful insight into how to navigate our own suffering and grief more effectively. Dr. Gioielli goes further and also provides some powerful reasons for why so many of us can find it difficult  to come to grips with our own pain, suffering and grief.  To learn more about Dr. Steve Gioielli's work and practice: https://www.drstevegioielli.com/ To learn more about Forbes Individual and Family Therapy, visit https://www.forbesift.com/ To connect with Bryan directly, you can reach him at bryan@forbesift.com Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/avbe/night-in-kyoto License code: CEHULPPHNZOHA1FD

Episode 7: What is Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy? - Allie Runkel, M.A., LPCC

In this episode, Bryan sits with Allie Runkel, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, to gain an introductory understanding of her work as a practitioner of ketamine-assisted psychotherapy.  Allie provides a brief overview of the treatment and what it entails, and details some of her first-hand experience as a psychotherapist in the space of ketamine-assisted treatment. Allie reviews some of the advantages and disadvantages of the treatment and seeks to clarify some of the misnomers surrounding the treatment as a whole.  Allie Runkel is owner and founder of Allie Runkel Therapy, a private practice in Newport Beach, CA, where she enjoys working with adults who may have had turbulent childhoods and who continue to see dysfunctional patterns in relationship to self or relationship with others. She uses predominantly relational work to guide her patients into their highest self to find a rewiring that is more regulated and in tune with their true needs and desires. You can learn more about Allie and her practice here: https://www.allierunkel.com/ To learn more about the topic: https://www.polarisinsight.com/services/faq/ Book recommendation by Allie: -"The Ketamine Breakthrough: How to Find Freedom from Depression, Lift Anxiety, and Open Up to a New World of Possibilities" by Dr. Mike Dow and Ronan Levy To learn more about Forbes Individual and Family Therapy, visit https://www.forbesift.com/ To connect with Bryan directly, you can reach him at bryan@forbesift.com Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/avbe/night-in-kyoto License code: CEHULPPHNZOHA1FD

Episode 6: Do I Have a Dependency Issue? - Rachel Mitchell, M.S., LMFT

In this episode, Bryan sits with Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Rachel Mitchell, to discuss the topics of dependency, addiction, and habits. They explore the nature of dependency—whether it's with a substance like food or alcohol, or with a relationship—and how we can start to know whether we might be in the position of dependency.  Rachel Mitchell works as an LMFT at Forbes Individual & Family Therapy and provides psychotherapy to individuals, couples and families on a range of different issues, while offering special insight and expertise to those experiencing substance dependency.  Interested in getting more curious about your own relationship to substances or dependency challenges? You can learn more about Rachel or reach out to her here: https://www.forbesift.com/therapist/rachel-mitchell To learn more about Forbes Individual and Family Therapy, visit https://www.forbesift.com/ To connect with Bryan directly, you can reach him at bryan@forbesift.com Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/avbe/night-in-kyoto License code: CEHULPPHNZOHA1FD

Episode 5: Why do I keep doing the same things, even when I don't want to? - Dr. Brenda Gesell, LMFT

In this episode, Bryan interviews Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Dr. Brenda Gesell, about the idea of reenactment—that tendency we all experience at some point in our lives to act out or rehearse old ways or patterns of relating to ourselves or others despite how detrimental they may be to us now. Dr. Gesell reviews the notions of enactment and reenactment, and provides a powerful and psychologically deep explanation for why we can find ourselves doing the very things—or behaving in particular ways—that are in deep conflict with our ultimate desires or hopes for ourselves and the way we wish to live.  Dr. Gesell is owner and founder of Gesell Psychotherapy, a group psychotherapy practice based out of Orange County, CA, and is also the Director of Graduate Clinical Psychology at Vanguard University in Southern California. Dr. Gesell graduated from Pacifica Graduate Institute with her Ph. D. in Depth Psychology. To learn more about her work, visit here: https://www.gesellpsychotherapy.com/ To learn more about Forbes Individual and Family Therapy, visit https://www.forbesift.com/ To connect with Bryan directly, you can reach him at bryan@forbesift.com Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/avbe/night-in-kyoto License code: CEHULPPHNZOHA1FD

Episode 4: Trauma & Our Defense Against Vulnerability - Kevin Cram, M.A., LMFT

In this episode, Bryan sits with Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Kevin Cram, to discuss the nature of trauma and its relationship to vulnerability. Kevin provides a deeply insightful overview of the different types of trauma and how we can begin to identify them in our own lives. The episode ends with a discussion of what vulnerability really is and how trauma can influence our capacity for vulnerability.  To learn more about Kevin Cram and his work, visit here: https://www.forbesift.com/therapist/kevin-cram To learn more about Forbes Individual and Family Therapy, visit https://www.forbesift.com/ To connect with Bryan directly, you can reach him at bryan@forbesift.com Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/avbe/night-in-kyoto License code: CEHULPPHNZOHA1FD