Following Chapter 22 in the book, we discuss the significance and future of the approach presented here, based on facilitating the universal processes that allow change in psychotherapy.

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#26 Our Final Podcast: What the Affect Avoidance Model Means to You

Continuing our catalog of problems and how to approach them in therapy, we look at trauma, the damage it can do, and how to work with these issues. This episode parallels Chapter 21 in Psychotherapy: A Practical Guide.

#25 Working with Trauma, PTSD, and Dissociation

In this episode, we look at the many and critically important problems related to anxiety and how psychotherapy can help. This episode runs parallel to Chapter 20 in Psychotherapy a Practical Guide.

#24 Digging into Anxiety

In this episode, we continue our discussion of depression, starting with conditions that may look like depression but aren't. We go on to discuss treatment principles in a continuation of Chapter 19 in Psychotherapy: A Practical Guide. 

#23 Depression, Part 2.

In this episode we begin to look at those problems that are not chosen voluntarily but are unwelcome visitors. They include depression, anxiety and dissociation, and this is part one of our discussion of depression. We hope you enjoy it, and, at last, we are asking for comments. Please!

#22 Depression, Part 1

This time we tackle the special emotions that are products of the conscience and the internalized values, attitudes, ideals, and prohibitions that underlie our judgments. This important chapter tells how these emotions are different and what therapists can do to help.

#21 Pride, Guilt, Shame: The Why, How, and What to Do

In this episode we explore what some call automatic thoughts and others call free associations, and how to work with them. In parallel with Chapter 18 in the textbook we look at the purpose they serve and how to work with them. And we finally ask listeners to comment! Please!

#20 The Role of Thoughts and How to Work With Them

#20 Pride, Guilt, Shame: The Why, How, and What to Do

Companion to Chapter 16, this podcast looks at how emotions can mean different things and how to work with them in your sessions.

#19: Handling Emotions in Therapy

All about addiction, what it is, why it happens, and how to help individuals and their families deal with the devastating effects of the compulsion to use mood altering chemicals and other compulsive behaviors. This is one of Dr. Smith's specialties. Follows Chapter 15 in the book.

#18 Addictions

This episode covers "hidden agendas," "guilty quests," and avoiding painful feelings by avoiding experiences altogether. Each of these behavioral patterns can lead to real suffering and loss, and working with them is an important aspect of our work as therapists.

#17 Behavior Patterns That Avoid Feeling, Continued

This is the first of our final series describing all the problems you are likely to encounter that psychotherapy can address. In this companion to the first half of Chapter 14, we look at voluntary avoidance, nonverbal schemas, reenactment and acting out. With each type of problem, we discuss some of the challenges and solutions that will help make the therapy clear and successful.

#16 Catalog of Pathologies: Behavior to Avoid Feeling

This is the last of the "how to" chapters and covers issues like how much to talk, how to work with different attachment styles and how to decide about homework. The next chapter begins the final section on what different kinds of problems you will encounter as a therapist and how to work with them.

#15 Adjustments to make therapy fit with your cliient

Why Dr. Smith has traded the concept of transference for that of the inner child, and how to work with this alternative approach. Accompanies Chapter 12 in Psychotherapy: A Practical Guide

#14 The inner child vs. transference, an important episode

We explore the therapeutic relationship and how best to manage it, corresponding to Chapter 11 in the book, Psychotherapy: A Practical Guide.

#13 The Therapeutic Relationship

A non-denominational guide to psychotherapy for new and experienced therapists based on the book, Psychotherapy: A Practical Guide by Jeffery Smith MD, Joined here by Amelie Southwood LMHC

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