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Over 100 episodes after their last interview, Ann and Sue are thrilled to be back discussing all things attachment with Dr. David Elliott. Together they delve into the Three Pillars therapy model development, centered around three key elements: enhancing collaboration, fostering metacognition, and constructing new internal working models through imagery. Dr. Elliott elaborates on how the therapeutic journey prioritizes the therapeutic alliance, perspective-taking, and employing mental imagery to cultivate fresh attachment dynamics.

“…the field of attachment is full of wonderful research, researchers, and information – some of which is conflicting, some of which is controversial – but that just means the field is alive and there’s room for lots of people to offer ideas and to evolve the field further.” – Dr. David Elliott

Time Stamps for Integrative Attachment Therapy 

02:01 – Overview of the Three Pillars 07:11- Limitations of the Therapist as Good Attachment Figure Model 14:42 – Integration and the Evolution of the Three Pillars Model 29:50 – The Use of Mental Imagery in Creating New Internal Working Models 39:46 – Research and Future Directions 47:16 – The Benefits of Sequential Learning 53:47 – The Virtual Book Launch and Community Support 01:00:23 – The Five Conditions that Promote Attachment Security 01:08:09 – Contact Information and Conclusion

About our Guest – Dr. David Elliott 

Dr. David Elliott is a licensed psychologist who earned his Ph.D. in Psychology from Harvard University in 1989. His clinical training at Harvard included externships at Tufts University Counseling Centerand St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, as well as a clinical psychology internship and post-doctoral fellowship at McLean Hospital. He has held leadership positions in the Rhode Island Psychological Association and the Coalition of Mental Health Professionals of Rhode Island. Since 1998, Dr. Elliott has been on the faculty of the International School for Psychotherapy, Counseling, and Group Leadership in St. Petersburg, Russia, and serves as Chair of its International Advisory Board. He also teaches at Psykosyntes Akademin in Stockholm, Sweden. Dr. Elliott’s recent focus has been on secure and insecure attachment, culminating in the co-authoring of “Attachment Disturbances in Adults: Treatment for Comprehensive Repair” in 2016. He conducts workshops internationally on the methods outlined in the book for mental health professionals.

Resources for today’s episode – Integrative Attachment Therapy

Dr. Elliott’s Website

Dr. Elliott’s Integrative Attachment Therapy Course Information – Follow this link for 5% off enrollment!

Check out Dr. Elliott’s book – Attachment Disturbances in Adults: Treatment for Comprehensive Repair

https://therapistuncensored.com/episodes/heal-attachment-and-find-security-during-covid/

https://therapistuncensored.com/episodes/tu34-treating-attachment-difficulties-with-dr-david-elliott/

 

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Do you have your metaphorical sunglasses on?

Ann and Sue are back for another deep dive, this time on all things information processing. Using the concept of sunglasses as a metaphor for information distortion, they explain how our internal working models and attachment experiences shape the way we perceive and interpret information. The sunglasses represent different states of activation, with clear glasses indicating a secure state and aviator sunglasses representing a defensive, self-protective state. Sunglasses can affect our relationships – but they don’t have to stop us from building healthy connections. Follow along as we explore the importance of curiosity, self-reflection, and open-mindedness in navigating relationships.

“…you can be very responsive to the people around you and their different states, but you’re also equally responsive to your own battery, your own needs, your own wishes, your own frustrations – that matters too.” – Sue Marriott

Time Stamps for Information Processing 

1:06 – Introducing the metaphor of sunglasses

6:27 – Recognizing information distortion and its impact

12:37 – Understanding positive and negative transference

18:15 – Deep dive into the meaning behind the Aviator sunglasses metaphor 

23:28 – The impact of early attachment experiences

35:44 – How our stories can impact the way our nervous system responds

41:01 – Questions can feel threatening neurologically 

43:49 – The crazy 8 anecdote 

45:51 – Being aware of our own sunglass distortions 

Information Processing Resources 

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Don’t catch the certainty virus!

Collective trauma requires collective healing

We can understand our social pain by considering the nervous system, just think of it as a collective amygdala hijack!  Threat is pressing us to live in an alarm state and then we get used to it, as if it’s normal to be so divided, hopeless and disdainful to those who are holding different positions in the world. We need to cultivate secure (mature) relating to move ourselves back into a social, relational place that makes us more generous, compassionate and able to work with complexity to stay engaged to solve some of these pressing world and community issues. Keep hope alive!

Ann and Sue delve into the pressing emotional and social challenges confronting our world today. They examine the impact of divisive political rhetoric, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, collective distrust, and widespread trauma on individuals and society as a whole. Emphasizing the necessity of self-awareness and accountability, they underscore the role each person plays in contributing to collective healing and regulation. Throughout their conversation, Ann and Sue stress the importance of vulnerability, genuine connection, and the pursuit of healing as essential components of addressing systemic issues and promoting relational solutions. They also tackle the complexities of polarization, advocating for open-mindedness, nuance, and empathy in navigating ideological differences and fostering constructive dialogue. Explore the transformative potential of emotions like anger and the power of connection and love in driving positive societal change.

“…if you can get your mind and your body connected and be deliberate about your actions, you’re going to bemore powerful” – Sue Marriott

Time Stamps for Collective Dysregulation

1:42 – Reflecting on current events and polarization 

4:40 – Sue’s bug analogy from the book 

7:55 – Understanding our reactivity 

10:15 – We have to go inward and look inward 

15:25 – Ann’s anecdote of sitting with the discomfort

17:44 – Tools to “hang in there” and to try to stay regulated

18:46 – Explanation of the “certainty virus” 

30:17 – Taking responsibility for our part 

32:23 – The need for vulnerability and safety 

35:15 – Cultivating safety around you 

37:55 – Letting anger inform 

48:34 – Holding our own individually and collectively

50:46 – Keeping hope alive 

58:31 – Recognizing the signs of collectiveness and collective activation

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“Hypnosis is more like an anti-inflammatory drug, you use it to solve a problem.”

Join Dr. Ann Kelley and Dr. David Spiegel as they dive into the benefits and misconceptions of hypnosis. Hypnosis is a state of highly focused attention and cognitive flexibility, allowing individuals to explore new possibilities. Whether it’s trouble with sleep, intense anxiety, or a need to break bad habits, hypnosis has proven to be an effective tool for many. Dr. Spiegel has dedicated years of research and emphasizes the importance of accessibility to hypnosis in our healthcare systems. His app R E V E R I has over 1 million downloads and allows you to rewire your brain, conquer negative habits, and achieve personal growth from home.

“…People in hypnosis can turn down that superego part of the brain that says, ‘here’s who you’re supposed to be’and ‘here’s what you were raised to be’ and ‘here’s how you should be’, and just says – ‘What if I were different? What would it feel like?‘“ – Dr. David Spiegel

About our Guest – Dr. David Spiegel

Dr. David Spiegel is Willson Professor and Associate Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Director of the Center on Stress and Health, and Medical Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he has been a member of the academic faculty since 1975, and was Chair of the Stanford University Faculty Senate from 2010-2011. Dr. Spiegel has more than 40 years of clinical and research experience studying psycho-oncology, stress and health, pain control, psychoneuroendocrinology, sleep, hypnosis, and conducting randomized clinical trials involving psychotherapy for cancer patients. He has published thirteen books, 404 scientific journal articles, and 170 book chapters on hypnosis, psychosocial oncology, stress physiology, trauma, and psychotherapy. His research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute on Aging, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Fetzer Institute, the Dana Foundation for Brain Sciences, and the Nathan S. Cummings Foundation. He was a member of the work groups on stressor and trauma-related disorders for the DSM-IV and DSM-5 editions of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. He is Past President of the American College of Psychiatrists and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, and is a Member of the National Academy of Medicine. He was invited to speak on hypnosis at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2018.

Time Stamps for Hypnosis for Healing

00:15 – Dr. Spiegel’s beginning with hypnosis work 

2:30 – What is hypnosis?

2:56 – The myths around hypnosis

5:32 – How hypnosis is different from standard mindfulness?

8:29 – Similarities between hypnosis and mindfulness

13:29 – Effectiveness of hypnosis for sleep and anxiety

23:09 – Understanding the R E V E R I app 

31:20 – The effects on smoking with hypnosis

37:20 – Hypnosis and trauma 

44:48 – Who is a good candidate for hypnosis?

47:39 – Introduction to the “hypno-pharmacy” on the app 

55:23 – Your hypnotizability and genetics

57:13 – Hypnotizability and attachment theory

Resources for today’s episode – Hypnosis for Healing

Dr. Spiegel’s Website & Profile

Publications – The full list of Dr. Spiegel’s publications

R E V E R I – Try Dr. Spiegel’s hypnosis app

Effect of Psychosocial Treatment on Survival of Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer – Referenced research article on psychosocial treatment

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“The more that we unlearn, the more that we decolonize our minds, bodies, hearts and spirits” – Dr. Shena Young

Join co-host Sue Marriott and Dr. Shena Young as they dive into liberation psychology and the conflict between intuition and the traditional European model of psychology. Dr. Shena highlights embodying a holistic approach to help heal traumas and deeply root us in our most authentic selves. Whether through connections with nature or the exploration of ancestral traditions, this discussion is enriched with various opportunities to reconnect and liberate our mind, body, heart, and spirit.

About our Guest – Dr. Shena Young (She/Her)

Affectionately known as Dr. Shena (she/her) & spiritually as Iya Osunbunmi Orisasewa, she is a licensed embodiment-focused psychologist–healer, artist, mental health futurist, on-set wellbeing professional, and priestess in the Isese tradition of Ifa. She holds space internationally for individuals, couples, groups, and organizations committed to the ritual of calling themselves back into their bodies as a freedom practice. She owns a private practice, embodied truth healing & psychological services, rooted in Los Angeles, CA where she offers mind–body–heart–spirit care in healing from sexual, racial, intergenerational, and ancestral traumas.

Time Stamps for Embodying Liberation Psychology 

1:30 – Dr. Shena’s journey with liberation psychology and decolonization

7:25 – Dr. Shena’s early life and intuition

9:48 – Body language is one of our first languages

18:58 – Understanding the pillars of authenticity 

20:52 – Embracing the mind, body, heart, spirit approach

28:21 – Unlearning scarcity and expecting abundance

33:29 – Thinking of currency as seeds

41:37 – New interests in ancient traditions

44:11 – What the act of grounding may look like 

51:45 – The decriminalization of psychedelic plant medicines 

56:30 – There is power in practicing choice

1:05:01 – Impact of The Color Purple

Resources for today’s episode – Embodying Liberation Psychology

EmbodiedTruthHealing.com – Dr. Shena’s website

Healing Opportunities with Dr. Shena

@EmbodiedTruthHealing – Dr. Shena’s Instagram

Invest in healing programs for BIPOC

Dr. Clenora Hudson-Weems website – Where Dr. Shena first learned about Africana Womanist theory

Body Rites – Dr. Shena’s book. Get your copy, here!!

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“Boundaries are self-worth in action” – Juliane Taylor Shore

We’re back with long-time friend of the podcast and expert, Juliane Taylor Shore LMFT, LPC, SEP. As we reflect on our episode from six years ago on boundaries, we dive into new knowledge and how we can create boundaries that stick. Juliane Taylor Shore blends her original methods like “the jello wall” with new research to share exciting and thoughtful insight on how through boundaries we can harness compassion in our relationships with others and ourselves.

“I have also seen that learning to trust yourself is a huge part of safety. When we handle life well, it’s often the result of treating ourselves with love and respect, and leaning in to those who love us too.” – Juliane Taylor Shore

About our Guest – Juliane Taylor Shore LMFT, LPC, SEP

Juliane Taylor Shore is a therapist, author, teacher, and mom who is creating spaces where people can move into more self-compassion, self-trust, empowerment, and integrity. She regularly teaches and speaks to people from all around the world, and translates new understandings in neurobiology into practices that can support brain change. She is also the author of Setting Boundaries that Stick: How Neurobiology Can Help You Rewire Your Brain to Feel Safe, Connected and Empowered and an Associate Instructor with the Coherence Institute, and a core faculty member with Therapy Wisdom.

Time Stamps for Setting Boundaries that Stick 

00:53 – How Juliane wrote her book

3:15 – New ideas around boundary work

5:30 – Different categories of assessments

6:01 – Expanding the concept of boundaries

11:26 – Minds experience the world in different ways

16:34 – Explanation of the jello wall analogy

25:59 – Understanding the containing boundary

28:59 – The big emotional “oomph”

30:57 – What if you found your own version of a compassion gesture?

33:22 – Examples of key words

38:54 – The fourth boundary, physical

40:27 – Boundary repair, what it means to “gently come back to yourself”

50:38 – Creating the external boundary map

Resources for today’s episode 

Juliane Taylor Shore – Official website

iPNB of Austin – Official website

Therapy Wisdom – Official website

How Neurobiology Can Help You Rewire Your Brain to Feel Safe, Connected, and Empowered – Book by Juliane Taylor Shore

 

Other Relevant Therapist Uncensored Episodes 

https://therapistuncensored.com/episodes/tu81-how-good-boundaries-actually-bring-us-closer-with-guest-juliane-taylor-shore/

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Discomfort is a necessary part of liberating ourselves from patriarchal and white supremacist ideology

Art by Nisha K. Sethi

This is part two of a two-part series with the founder of Inclusive Therapists, Melody and TU Co-host, Sue Marriott. This episode features challenging yet important conversations on active anti-racist practices, exploration of oppression, and dismantling whiteness in mental health structures. Melody emphasizes the need for white clinicians to examine their own complicity in upholding oppressive systems and to listen to and center the experiences of marginalized communities. They also highlight the interconnectedness of healing and the power of collective liberation through rehumanizing.

“…if I uphold a system that I know is dehumanizing someone, I become less human myself.” – Melody Li, LMFT (they/佢)

About our Guest – Melody Li, LMFT (they/佢) 

Melody Li, LMFT (they/佢) is the founder of Inclusive Therapists: a mental health directory, resource hub & community centering marginalized communities. They also founded Mental Health Liberation, a non-profit bridging Black, Indigenous, and People of Color with free, quality therapy, and empowering Students & Clinicians of Color. Their activism focuses on decolonizing mental health care and dismantling the industrial complex. The colony-born migrant and settler on Turtle Island advocates for Landback, Indigenous Sovereignty, and Black Liberation as a priority.

Time Stamps for Decolonizing the Mental Health System (Part 2)

2:18 – Definition of QTBIPOC

3:22 – Deep dive into anti-oppressive and liberators practices

8:20 – Understanding cis-gender identity 

9:49 – Structural oppression is not about your feelings

15:34 – How white feminism can be exclusionary 

17:06 – Dismantling whiteness from the mental health field 

23:30 – Actions items for white clinicians to be more inclusive

25:52 – Top down versus bottom-down healing

30:40 – The core of oppression is to dehumanize

Resources for today’s episode – Decolonizing the Mental Health System (Part 2)

Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire – Literature recommendation by Melody Li

Melody Li’s Website 

Melody Li’s Instagram Profile

Inclusive Therapists Resource Library

Open Letter: End Mental Health Field’s Complicity to Genocide

Steadfast for Collective Liberation Newsletter: Confronting our Bullshit & Toxicity

Palestinian Liberation: Lessons in Solidarity for Mental Health Providers

Palestinian Liberation Resources

When is exploring whiteness clinically relevant? (Melody Li, LMFT)

Dismantling whiteness, white feminism and supremacy delusion: resources by Black, Indigenous and People of Color (Li advised against buying white authors on this subject)

Decolonizing Therapy (Dr. Jenn Mullan)

Stages of Colonialism in Africa: From Occupation of Land to Occupation of Being (Hussein A. Bulhan)

All psychologies are indigenous psychologies: Reflections on psychology in a global era (Anthony J. Marsella)

Mental Health Liberation: Website | Instagram | Facebook | BIPOC Therapy Fund | Liberatory Student Support Circle

Inclusive Therapists: Website | Instagram | Facebook

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“Silence is not inaction. Silence is a stance.”

This is part one of a two-part series with the founder of Inclusive Therapists, Melody and TU Co-host, Sue Marriott. We are pushing for more inclusive, anti-racist, and decolonialized practices.The conversation is  challenging but important as we explore liberation psychology that helps us recognize and unlearn patterns of thinking that are rooted in colonization and European Western education. You may not agree with everything this guest says but you will learn something and likely feel quite a lot. Discomfort is a necessary part of liberating ourselves from engrained traditional patriarchal and white supremist thinking that continues to harm so many.

“I had a choice to say ‘I can conform to this institution. I can bend, I can contort myself by really severing from my humanity, or I can find my people

and we can collectively do something different.'” – Melody Li, LMFT (they/佢)

About our Guest – Melody Li, LMFT (they/佢) 

Melody Li, LMFT (they/佢) is the founder of Inclusive Therapists: a mental health directory, resource hub & community centering marginalized communities. They also founded Mental Health Liberation, a non-profit bridging Black, Indigenous, and People of Color with free, quality therapy, and empowering Students & Clinicians of Color. Their activism focuses on decolonizing mental health care and dismantling the industrial complex. The colony-born migrant and settler on Turtle Island advocates for Landback, Indigenous Sovereignty, and Black Liberation as a priority.

Time Stamps for Decolonizing the Mental Health System

00:25 – About Melody and their background

2:41 – More about Inclusive Therapists 

8:47 – Melody’s journey with liberation 

10:31 – Understanding the white cis-heteronormativity education system

18:41 – The issue with referring to different communities as sub-communities

21:47 – Why language really matters

23:26 – What it means to de-colonialize mental health care 

33:00 – Exploring the hierarchal field of therapy and its barriers

36:50 – “There is nothing more racist than genocide”

41:50 – A call to action and steps to end the genocide 

Resources for today’s episode – Decolonizing the Mental Health System

Melody Li’s Website 

Melody Li’s Instagram Profile

Inclusive Therapists Resource Library

Open Letter: End Mental Health Field’s Complicity to Genocide

Steadfast for Collective Liberation Newsletter: Confronting our Bullshit & Toxicity

Palestinian Liberation: Lessons in Solidarity for Mental Health Providers

Palestinian Liberation Resources

When is exploring whiteness clinically relevant? (Melody Li, LMFT)

Dismantling whiteness, white feminism and supremacy delusion: resources by Black, Indigenous and People of Color (Li advised against buying white authors on this subject)

Decolonizing Therapy (Dr. Jenn Mullan)

Stages of Colonialism in Africa: From Occupation of Land to Occupation of Being (Hussein A. Bulhan)

All psychologies are indigenous psychologies: Reflections on psychology in a global era (Anthony J. Marsella)

Mental Health Liberation: Website | Instagram | Facebook | BIPOC Therapy Fund | Liberatory Student Support Circle

Inclusive Therapists: Website | Instagram | Facebook

 

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Love Letter to Group Psychotherapy

While Ann and Sue are in DC at the American Group Psychotherapy Association Conference, we thought this was the perfect opportunity to replay one of our favorite episodes.

Co-hosts Sue Marriott and Patty Olwell interview colleagues at the American Group Psychotherapy 2016 Association Annual Meeting in New York. They talk about why they love group therapy and why it is so valuable to their clients. We want to thank our interviewees for their help and insights.

Interviewees for this Episode…

• Tammy Brown – Austin TX tammybrowntherapy.com
• Jamie Moran – San Francisco CA jamiemoran.com
• Rita Drapkin – Indiana University of Pennsylvania (724)357-2621
• Pierre Choucroun – Austin TX Pierre M Choucroun on Psychology Today
• Kelly Inselmann – Austin TX kellyinselmann.com
• Liz Rosenblatt – Los Angeles CA Dr Elizabeth Rosenblatt on LAGPA

RESOURCES:

Additional resources for this episode:

• Austin Group Psychotherapy Society: Organization that promotes group therapy and provides training for clinicians
• American Group Psychotherapy Association: National organization that promotes group therapy as a cost effective and clinical valuable treatment.
• Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy Scott Rutan Walter Stone and Joseph Shay. These are masters of group. An excellent text for therapists and others eager to learn about group. You can trust these authors

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Not your ordinary journaling… a science-backed technique that gets to the heart of bottom-up healing.

You may have heard about this protocol on the Huberman Lab Podcast. Co-hosts Ann and Sue discuss the power of expressive writing as a tool for physical and emotional healing directly with the original researcher, Dr. James Pennebaker. While his protocol is not a simple “elixir” to cure mental or physical illness, Dr. Pennebaker has dedicated years of research and found this kind of expressive writing to be an effective method of healing for many people. Writing without boundaries or expectations can allow us to enter a stream of consciousness and better process our feelings and experiences of trauma.

“As the number of studies increased, it became clear that writing was a far more powerful tool for healing than anyone had ever imagined.” – Dr. James Pennebaker

About our Guest – Dr. James Pennebaker

James W. Pennebaker is Professor Emeritus of Psychology. He is continuing to explore natural language use, group dynamics, and personality in both laboratory and real world settings. His earlier work on expressive writing found that physical health and work performance can improve by simple writing and/or talking exercises. His cross-disciplinary research is related to linguistics, clinical and cognitive psychology, communications, medicine, and computer science. Author or editor of 12 books and over 300 articles, Pennebaker has received numerous research and teaching awards and honors.

 

Time Stamps for Neuroscience-proven Expressive Writing Protocol 

00:49 – Dr. Pennebaker’s background

3:31 – Secrets are unhealthy 

12:45 – Interesting findings from his writing experiment

17:46 – Dr. Pennebaker’s blood draw study

21:35 – One of the big problems with expressive writing

25:52 – Understanding executive function and working memory 

27:31 – Three of the most impactful psychological tools 

33:37 – The difference between standard journaling and these writing exercises

38:40 – The benefits of open-ended questions

46:16 – The emergent process of writing

59:03 – Anecdote about how Dr. Pennebaker’s analysis contributed to an exoneration

1:02 – What language can tell us about political leadership

Resources for today’s episode – Expressive Writing Protocol

The Pennebaker Lanuage Lab

Linguistic Inquiry & Word Count – Text analysis tools

Publications – A list of Dr. Pennebaker’s publications

Website – Dr. Pennebaker’s UT website and information

Transcripts for A Neuroscience-Proven Expressive Writing Protocol with Dr. James Pennebaker (225)

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Interpersonal co-regulation requires boundary-setting. Therapist Uncensored co-hosts Ann Kelley and Sue Marriott join the founder of IPNB Psychotherapy of Austin, Dr. Juliane Taylor Shore, in a discussion on interpersonal neurobiology and regulation. We’ll explore the three types of boundaries, how to co-create them plus how to stay regulated using internalized relationships with the self.