Therapists on the Couch: Recent Episodes
Kirsten White MC, R.Psych (Alberta, Canada)
Talking with professionals about the mental health field, their approaches, and the challenges that have come along the way. Therapists provide reflections on their own journeys in this field and how that has influenced the way we work, relate, and help others. We discuss broad topics that include self-care, paradigm shifts, and the process of change.
About:
Psychology Today Profile
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/therapists/heather-abbott-calgary-ab/225438
Episode 3:
We'll be talking with Heather on various topics that include:
- Social worker activities and counsellor activities.
- Couples therapy
- Working with multiple people
- State of reunion and transformation
- Getting engagement and investment in the process
- Working with families and the therapeutic relationship
- Starting out as a therapist and the importance of relationship building
- Self care practices
- The differences of going virtually
Resources that were referenced:
The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients by Irwin Yalom
https://amzn.to/3jWbcLm
The Power of Showing Up by Dr. Daniel Siegel
https://amzn.to/324jACy
Song: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod
https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome/
About:
Michelle Dyer is a Professional Art Therapist and Canadian Certified Counsellor. Currently on maternity leave but has a private practice located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Michelle is also a film-maker and artist in the art community, providing programs at cSPACE.
Episode 2:
We'll be talking with Michelle on various topics that include:
- The differences of designations.
- What is art therapy: the third thing, importance of play,
- Various ways that art is used in therapy, what it can look like, and how to invite (prompt) people into an art therapy experience.
- Defining creativity and art.
- How to be playful.
- The importance of the therapist doing their own work, exploring their own practices, and how to integrate this into therapy.
- How Michelle became an Art Therapist.
- Following the emergent, understanding materials, finding the right fit.
- Private practice, prematurely ending therapy (maternity leave, practicum), and rebuilding
- Therapist's self-care
Resources that were referenced:
Cathy Malchiodi: https://www.cathymalchiodi.comArt Therapy Sourcebook https://amzn.to/3emEmRn
Carmen Richardson:
http://www.pieat.ca (Prairie Institute of Expressive Art Therapists)
Expressive Arts Therapy for Traumatized Children and Adolescents: A Four-Phase Model by Carmen Richardson https://amzn.to/37Spk3t
Moss postpartum house: https://www.mosspostpartum.com
cSPACE (Studio C): https://cspacekingedward.com
https://www.studiocprospect.ca
Song: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod
https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome/
About:
Kimberley Hansen is a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist (RMFT) with 10 years experience working in a Mental Health Setting, with all ages of clientele. Kimberley is currently a board member on the Alberta Association for Marriage and Family Therapist (AAMFT).
Episode 1:
We'll be talking with Kimberley on various topics that include:
- Her educational path, career choices, and the continual path of growth
- Crisis work vs. private work
- Managing self-care as a therapist and how to have compassion for yourself
- Team self practices
- Appropriate boundaries in our work, which includes a discussion of self-disclosure.
- How she works with parents, language she uses, and the challenges that come when working with adolescents
- The therapeutic relationship and the challenges of finding the right fit
Song: Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod
https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome/