Therapy, Culture, & Grandma Frances

We're Breaking Up (with our therapists)

In this episode, your friends with therapists talk about breakups- specifically the ones that involve you and your therapist. When you’re not feeling fully supported or stagnant in therapy, it may be time to shake things up and move on. Rebecca and Denisse talk about the importance of communicating your needs in therapy, and what to do if they aren’t been respected.

Therapy, Culture, & Grandma Frances

In this week’s episode, Denisse and Rebecca talk about the cultural differences in therapy. They go into some personal stories of their family’s relationship with expressing feelings. Denisse and Rebecca highlight the importance of cultural competency in all therapist’s background and why it’s so crucial to the therapeutic relationship.

OCD, Triggered, OMG, BRB, hashtag WTF?

On the third episode of Friends with Therapists, Denisse and Rebecca chat about how the mental health infographics of Instagram can be harmful. Rebecca encourages listeners to only use mental health checklists on social media as a mere suggestion and to seek out personalized therapeutic support for a true diagnosis rather than self-diagnosing on the internet.

Body-ody-ody-ody Acceptance??

In the second episode of FWT, Denisse and Rebecca talk about all things body—from the difference between body positivity and body neutrality/acceptance to their own personal relationship with their bodies. This episode also highlights the body positivity social media movement and its potential harm. Denisse and Rebecca drive home the idea that it’s okay to not be entirely in love with the body that you live in (or even like it at all) but want to encourage everyone to care for and respect it.

S1E1 Let's Ask Jeeves About Therapy

It’s Christmas in July for Denisse and Rebecca as they talk briefly about the height of omicron in NYC during Christmas time. This episode is dedicated to finding therapy resources in your community, acknowledging the privilege of therapy, and diving into ways to connect with a therapist that best fits your needs.