# lmft (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover lmft. Page: Feed: --- ## [When a Parent’s Stress Tells a Bigger Story: Exploring Possible Child Neurodivergence in Adult Therapy, Ep. 278](https://shows.acast.com/clearlyclinical/episodes/6a8f1e0d872783b800383ace) _2026-08-26 · Light Up The Couch_ Lisa Kays, LICSW, LCSW, explores how clinicians can support parents and caregivers when a child’s possible neurodivergence, sensory needs, learning differences, or medical complexity may be contributing to family stress. This conversation invites clinicians to move beyond parent-blaming frameworks, ask more curious and contextual questions, and help caregivers connect with appropriate assessment,… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a0df568a9d3d2ec145845e4/e/6a8f1e0d872783b800383ace/media.mp3) ## [The Unicorn Might Have Rabies: How Anxiety Keeps You "Safe" - Live Q&A](https://podcast.show/the_virtual_couch/episode/155118186/) _2026-08-24 · Tony Overbay LMFT · The Virtual Couch_ Anxious-avoidant attachment, emotionally immature in-laws, panic attacks, and what if the unicorn has rabies? Tony tackles his first live Q&A in a year, where you’ll hear answers to these questions and many more. Recorded live with daughter Sydney moderating, Tony takes real questions from real listeners: what happens when you spot narcissistic traits in your spouse's parent before they do, how to… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/mc.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/VIRTUALCOU-2026-08-24-664.mp3?awCollectionId=505600&awEpisodeId=12214989&aw_0_azn.pgenre=Health+%26+Fitness&aw_0_1st.ri=blubrry&aw_0_azn.pcountry=US&aw_0_azn.planguage=en&cat_exclude=IAB1-8%2CIAB1-9%2CIAB7-41%2CIAB8-5%2CIAB8-18%2CIAB11-4%2CIAB23%2CIAB24%2CIAB25%2CIAB26&aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.blubrry.com%2Ffeeds%2Fthe_virtual_couch.xml) ## Embodiment Isn’t a Performance: Ailey Jolie on the Body, Pleasure, and Healing _2026-08-24 · The Inner Compass Podcast with Vanessa Bennett_ In this episode, Vanessa sits down with Ailey Jolie, Chartered Psychologist, somatic psychologist, certified sex therapist, and creator of INBODY, for a conversation about what embodiment actually means beyond the performance of being calm, sensual, regulated, or healed. Together they explore why disembodiment and dissociation can be intelligent survival strategies, how food and sexuality both ask… [Listen](https://rss.art19.com/episodes/424a8ad5-abb7-48d8-8c62-cde278a22b7f.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhRSU1NBbXBsaWZpZXJCb3QGOgZFVA%3D%3D--6345a2e4a0991d4cbe92da92e0fa95ff9d12de2e) ## When Suffering Becomes Identity: The Martyr, Meaning-Making, and Codependency _2026-08-17 · The Inner Compass Podcast with Vanessa Bennett_ If you’ve ever wondered whether suffering can be meaningful without becoming your whole identity, this episode is for you. Vanessa explores the difference between suffering that humbles, transforms, and moves us toward greater honesty, and suffering that becomes a role, a claim, a performance, or a way to stay morally protected. Through depth psychology, meaning-making research, Viktor Frankl,… [Listen](https://rss.art19.com/episodes/6c527112-f77b-421f-b5ea-b10e5b5155d9.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhRSU1NBbXBsaWZpZXJCb3QGOgZFVA%3D%3D--6345a2e4a0991d4cbe92da92e0fa95ff9d12de2e) ## [Taking the Long Way Home: Homer as Your Therapist, The Odyssey as Your Map](https://podcast.show/the_virtual_couch/episode/155012094/) _2026-08-14 · Tony Overbay LMFT · The Virtual Couch_ Emotional maturity takes the long way home, and Homer's Odyssey has been quietly saying so for 2,800 years. Underneath Christopher Nolan's new adaptation sits a poem that Tony thinks is one of the best pieces of therapy literature ever written, and almost nobody reads it that way. The monsters aren't the point — they're the muse. Every obstacle Odysseus meets is asking whether he's willing to… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/mc.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/VIRTUALCOU-2026-08-14-663.mp3?awCollectionId=505600&awEpisodeId=12203675&aw_0_azn.pgenre=Health+%26+Fitness&aw_0_1st.ri=blubrry&aw_0_azn.pcountry=US&aw_0_azn.planguage=en&cat_exclude=IAB1-8%2CIAB1-9%2CIAB7-41%2CIAB8-5%2CIAB8-18%2CIAB11-4%2CIAB23%2CIAB24%2CIAB25%2CIAB26&aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.blubrry.com%2Ffeeds%2Fthe_virtual_couch.xml) ## [Disrupting Period Stigma: Recognizing and Responding to PMDD, Ep. 277](https://shows.acast.com/clearlyclinical/episodes/6a7bbc3ab8e79c154d092925) _2026-08-12 · Light Up The Couch_ Monique Gonzalez, PsyD, explores premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), helping clinicians recognize its cyclical impact on mood, cognition, relationships, and daily functioning while considering assessment, treatment, and culturally responsive care. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast CE… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a0df568a9d3d2ec145845e4/e/6a7bbc3ab8e79c154d092925/media.mp3) ## Some Things Change You Forever: Initiation, Rupture, and the New Self _2026-08-10 · The Inner Compass Podcast with Vanessa Bennett_ If you’ve ever gone through something that changed you so completely that the language of “getting back to normal” started to feel almost insulting, this episode is for you. Vanessa explores initiation as the kind of rupture that does not return us to who we were, but reorganizes the self entirely. Through rites of passage, liminality, trauma, witness, and the loss of ritual in modern life, we… [Listen](https://rss.art19.com/episodes/6809d49c-685f-4928-8461-454d6e5b3f8a.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhRSU1NBbXBsaWZpZXJCb3QGOgZFVA%3D%3D--6345a2e4a0991d4cbe92da92e0fa95ff9d12de2e) ## [“Killed Them All, Of Course": The Mind of Robert Durst w/Attorney Kate](https://podcast.show/the_virtual_couch/episode/154961245/) _2026-08-06 · Tony Overbay LMFT · The Virtual Couch_ Content warning: This episode includes discussion of homicide, dismemberment, and domestic violence. Listener discretion advised. Robert Durst confessed on a hot mic — but the real story is watching a man confabulate in real time, for decades, and nearly get away with it. In the first-ever Murder on the Couch guest episode, Tony is joined by his friend Kate, a civil attorney and lifelong true… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/mc.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/VIRTUALCOU-2026-08-06-662.mp3?awCollectionId=505600&awEpisodeId=12192208&aw_0_azn.pgenre=Health+%26+Fitness&aw_0_1st.ri=blubrry&aw_0_azn.pcountry=US&aw_0_azn.planguage=en&cat_exclude=IAB1-8%2CIAB1-9%2CIAB7-41%2CIAB8-5%2CIAB8-18%2CIAB11-4%2CIAB23%2CIAB24%2CIAB25%2CIAB26&aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.blubrry.com%2Ffeeds%2Fthe_virtual_couch.xml) ## Narcissism Is Not Always Loud: The Fragile Self Behind the Mirror _2026-08-03 · The Inner Compass Podcast with Vanessa Bennett_ Narcissism is usually imagined as arrogance, dominance, and the loudest person in the room, but it is not always that obvious. In this episode, Vanessa explores narcissism as a problem of selfhood: what happens when a person does not have a stable enough inner sense of Self to stay emotionally coherent without constant reflection from the outside. Through Kohut, Kernberg, the myth of Narcissus,… [Listen](https://rss.art19.com/episodes/c9359426-9d33-42d0-ba30-fd3dd78581a8.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhRSU1NBbXBsaWZpZXJCb3QGOgZFVA%3D%3D--6345a2e4a0991d4cbe92da92e0fa95ff9d12de2e) ## [Beyond the Blank Slate: Positionality and the Myth of Neutrality in Clinical Practice, Ep. 276](https://shows.acast.com/clearlyclinical/episodes/6a6a3d0ca585d3be7888c3ae) _2026-07-29 · Light Up The Couch_ Dr. Wendy Ashley explores how clinicians can move beyond the myth of neutrality by recognizing how identity, power, privilege, and lived experience shape clinical work. She offers practical guidance for practicing with greater cultural humility, reflexivity, authenticity, and responsiveness in the therapeutic relationship. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a0df568a9d3d2ec145845e4/e/6a6a3d0ca585d3be7888c3ae/media.mp3) ## [Save with community-voted codes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/rynHvR8vvl5d) _2026-07-29 · **Sponsored**_ Search thousands of community-verified coupon codes — 100% free, no account needed. ## God Is Change: Trust, Impermanence, and Learning to Stay Present _2026-07-27 · The Inner Compass Podcast with Vanessa Bennett_ What if trusting life doesn’t mean trusting that everything will become stable, coherent, or reassuring? In this episode, Vanessa explores change as both a spiritual and psychological problem: why we confuse trust with continuity, why change can feel like abandonment, and what it means to stay in relationship with reality as it keeps moving. Through Octavia Butler’s “God is Change,” Heraclitus,… [Listen](https://rss.art19.com/episodes/78399a10-d0a4-4908-afb9-b3aa831a09c4.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhRSU1NBbXBsaWZpZXJCb3QGOgZFVA%3D%3D--6345a2e4a0991d4cbe92da92e0fa95ff9d12de2e) ## [Safety, Stability, and Support: Trauma-Informed Care for Foster Caregivers, Ep. 275](https://shows.acast.com/clearlyclinical/episodes/6a5fb99c1fed88da55c88212) _2026-07-22 · Light Up The Couch_ Trish Yonker, LCPC, explores how foster care, family separation, instability, and disrupted relationships can affect children and the people who care for them. She offers practical guidance for pacing trauma treatment, building emotional and physiological safety, supporting overwhelmed caregivers, responding to behavioral and developmental needs, and creating flexible, relationship-centered care… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a0df568a9d3d2ec145845e4/e/6a5fb99c1fed88da55c88212/media.mp3) ## Fear Belongs: Why Healing Isn’t Becoming Fearless _2026-07-20 · The Inner Compass Podcast with Vanessa Bennett_ If you have ever felt fear in your body and then immediately made that fear mean something bad about you, this episode is for you. Vanessa explores fear not as something to conquer, transcend, or shame, but as something ancient, intelligent, protective, and deeply human. Through polyvagal theory, Buddhist psychology, the teaching of the first and second arrow, RAIN practice, and self-compassion,… [Listen](https://rss.art19.com/episodes/8b63276c-e679-467f-aacf-d6dc04cfd44d.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhRSU1NBbXBsaWZpZXJCb3QGOgZFVA%3D%3D--6345a2e4a0991d4cbe92da92e0fa95ff9d12de2e) ## [What If You're Not the Problem You Think You Are in Your Relationship?](https://podcast.show/the_virtual_couch/episode/154350886/) _2026-07-14 · Tony Overbay LMFT · The Virtual Couch_ What if the reason difficult conversations feel so impossible isn’t because you’re too sensitive, too anxious, or bad at communicating? What if you’ve spent years trying to find the perfect words—only to have your questions dismissed, your feelings turned against you, or the conversation somehow become about everything you did wrong? In this crossover episode of The Virtual Couch and Waking Up to… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/mc.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/VIRTUALCOU-2026-07-14-661.mp3?awCollectionId=505600&awEpisodeId=12166218&aw_0_azn.pgenre=Health+%26+Fitness&aw_0_1st.ri=blubrry&aw_0_azn.pcountry=US&aw_0_azn.planguage=en&cat_exclude=IAB1-8%2CIAB1-9%2CIAB7-41%2CIAB8-5%2CIAB8-18%2CIAB11-4%2CIAB23%2CIAB24%2CIAB25%2CIAB26&aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.blubrry.com%2Ffeeds%2Fthe_virtual_couch.xml) ## When Betrayal Breaks More Than Trust: How to Heal What the Relationship Broke _2026-07-13 · The Inner Compass Podcast with Vanessa Bennett_ Betrayal doesn’t only break trust in another person; it can also rupture your trust in yourself. In this episode, Vanessa explores why betrayal can feel so psychologically disorganizing, especially when harm comes from someone or something that was supposed to feel safe. We talk about betrayal trauma, betrayal blindness, attachment injury, projection, reality testing, and why not every devastating… [Listen](https://rss.art19.com/episodes/cb962504-f67b-4eca-a73f-0d799a11b0ea.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhRSU1NBbXBsaWZpZXJCb3QGOgZFVA%3D%3D--6345a2e4a0991d4cbe92da92e0fa95ff9d12de2e) ## [EP 112: Working with Complex Cases in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) | Featuring EFT Trainer Kathryn DeBruin](https://wehearttherapy.podbean.com/e/ep-112-working-with-complex-cases-in-emotionally-focused-therapy-eft-featuring-eft-trainer-kathryn-debruin/) _2026-07-08 · We Heart Therapy_ Welcome to We Heart Therapy, your destination for training, clinical conversations, and inspiration for Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) therapists around the world. In this episode, Dr. Belle, PhD, LMFT, ICEEFT Certified EFT/EFIT/EFFT Supervisor & Therapist and EFT Community Leader for Southern NV EFT, sits down with Kathryn DeBruin, ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer, originally with the San Diego… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tpi7apvm4j6edvvv/Working_with_Complex_Cases_in_Emotionally_Focused_Therapy_EFT_With_EFT_Trainer_Kathryn_DeBruinak32k.mp3) ## Re-Nature with Clara Schroeder: Ecotherapy, Climate Grief, and Healing Our Bond with Nature _2026-07-06 · The Inner Compass Podcast with Vanessa Bennett_ In this episode, Vanessa sits down with Clara Schroeder, ecotherapist and author of Re-Nature: How Nature Helps Us Feel Better and Do Better , for a conversation about ecopsychology, climate grief, ritual, and the healing intelligence of the natural world. Together they explore why “we are nature” is not just a poetic idea, but a psychological and spiritual reality - and how separation from the… [Listen](https://rss.art19.com/episodes/9b00b727-9b1f-4c13-82be-b6380e99c7e8.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhRSU1NBbXBsaWZpZXJCb3QGOgZFVA%3D%3D--6345a2e4a0991d4cbe92da92e0fa95ff9d12de2e) ## [Supporting Hispanic and Latino/x/e Clients in a Climate of Fear, Ep. 274](https://shows.acast.com/clearlyclinical/episodes/6a4564a8f63987c537a886a8) _2026-07-01 · Light Up The Couch_ Mara Sammartino, LCSW, explores how clinicians can support Hispanic and Latino/x/e clients with cultural humility, curiosity, and respect amid heightened fear and safety concerns. She offers practical guidance for building trust, addressing systemic stressors, and reducing barriers to care. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a0df568a9d3d2ec145845e4/e/6a4564a8f63987c537a886a8/media.mp3) ## Are You Actually Healing, or Are You Trying to Become More Acceptable? _2026-07-01 · The Inner Compass Podcast with Vanessa Bennett_ What if some of what we call healing is actually an argument with the Self? In this episode, Vanessa explores the fantasy that enough therapy, coaching, spirituality, or self-development will eventually turn us into someone without friction: endlessly patient, available, social, regulated, and easy to love. Through Jung’s ideas of persona, Self, and shadow, along with research on self-discrepancy,… [Listen](https://rss.art19.com/episodes/aa27823f-f66c-42c0-9297-a7066836776a.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhRSU1NBbXBsaWZpZXJCb3QGOgZFVA%3D%3D--6345a2e4a0991d4cbe92da92e0fa95ff9d12de2e) ## The Sacred Was Never Separate From the Body _2026-06-24 · The Inner Compass Podcast with Vanessa Bennett_ If you say you want to feel more embodied, but what you really mean is “I want my body to calm down enough so I can keep functioning,” this episode is for you. Vanessa explores the body not as a problem to solve or a machine to manage, but as intelligence, using the archetype of Gaia as a map for rhythm, instinct, descent, and embodied truth. We talk about productivity culture, chronic override,… [Listen](https://rss.art19.com/episodes/6fd10c19-b54e-4c7b-988e-33ebeb6051ee.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhRSU1NBbXBsaWZpZXJCb3QGOgZFVA%3D%3D--6345a2e4a0991d4cbe92da92e0fa95ff9d12de2e) ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BXfuExTi1BS0) _2026-06-24 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [What Happens When You Stop Needing to Be Right - Certainty, Curiosity, and Emotional Immaturity](https://podcast.show/the_virtual_couch/episode/154105577/) _2026-06-23 · Tony Overbay LMFT · The Virtual Couch_ Why does certainty feel safer than curiosity—and why does that quietly run so many of our relationships? In this Q&A crossover, Tony answers three listener questions that sound completely unrelated—a spouse who looked through a phone without asking, someone who keeps pulling conversations back to themselves, and why confident, certain voices dominate public life—then reveals the single thread… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/mc.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/VIRTUALCOU-2026-06-23-660.mp3?awCollectionId=505600&awEpisodeId=12143035&aw_0_azn.pgenre=Health+%26+Fitness&aw_0_1st.ri=blubrry&aw_0_azn.pcountry=US&aw_0_azn.planguage=en&cat_exclude=IAB1-8%2CIAB1-9%2CIAB7-41%2CIAB8-5%2CIAB8-18%2CIAB11-4%2CIAB23%2CIAB24%2CIAB25%2CIAB26&aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.blubrry.com%2Ffeeds%2Fthe_virtual_couch.xml) ## [Psycho-Oncology: Supporting Mental Health Across the Cancer Journey, Ep. 273](https://shows.acast.com/clearlyclinical/episodes/6a32ea1a883f9289e9316a86) _2026-06-17 · Light Up The Couch_ Boris Kisilev, MD, explores how cancer diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship can affect patients and the people who care for them. He offers practical guidance for addressing anxiety, grief, trauma, treatment-related mental health symptoms, caregiver stress, fear of recurrence, and the need for coordinated, multidisciplinary support. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a0df568a9d3d2ec145845e4/e/6a32ea1a883f9289e9316a86/media.mp3) ## The Burden of Consciousness: The Exhaustion of Being Self-Aware _2026-06-15 · The Inner Compass Podcast with Vanessa Bennett_ If you can name the pattern in real time—"I’m projecting, I’m shutting down, this is my attachment stuff"—and still feel unable to stop the behavior, this episode is for you. Vanessa explores the burden of consciousness: the exhaustion of being aware when insight has outrun integration, and the nervous system hasn’t caught up to what the mind can explain. We unpack why the observer can become its… [Listen](https://rss.art19.com/episodes/364c50b2-82b3-49cf-9e59-0cc099d19638.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIhRSU1NBbXBsaWZpZXJCb3QGOgZFVA%3D%3D--6345a2e4a0991d4cbe92da92e0fa95ff9d12de2e) ## [What You Don't Know You Don't Know About Meditation (Hint: You Can’t Stop Thoughts or Clear Your Mind!)](https://podcast.show/the_virtual_couch/episode/153965424/) _2026-06-12 · Tony Overbay LMFT · The Virtual Couch_ Mindfulness isn't about emptying your mind or finally feeling calm—and believing it was is probably why you quit. Your emotions fire before your thinking brain ever catches up, which means most of your reactions—the defensiveness, the cravings, the snap judgments—are already in motion before you "decide" anything. In this conversation, Tony unpacks the neuroscience behind that gap and the… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/mc.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/VIRTUALCOU-2026-06-12-659.mp3?awCollectionId=505600&awEpisodeId=12130824&aw_0_azn.pgenre=Health+%26+Fitness&aw_0_1st.ri=blubrry&aw_0_azn.pcountry=US&aw_0_azn.planguage=en&cat_exclude=IAB1-8%2CIAB1-9%2CIAB7-41%2CIAB8-5%2CIAB8-18%2CIAB11-4%2CIAB23%2CIAB24%2CIAB25%2CIAB26&aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.blubrry.com%2Ffeeds%2Fthe_virtual_couch.xml) ## [When Cognition Changes: Supporting Clients with Cognitive Impairment and Dementia, Ep 272](https://shows.acast.com/clearlyclinical/episodes/6a29a066518f9f10eb90e982) _2026-06-10 · Light Up The Couch_ Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA, explores how cognitive impairment and dementia can show up in clinical work. She offers practical guidance for adapting communication, supporting caregivers, preserving dignity, and expanding care when clients need more support. Interview with Elizabeth Irias, LMFT. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a0df568a9d3d2ec145845e4/e/6a29a066518f9f10eb90e982/media.mp3) ## [Murder on the Couch: When "I Did It For You" Is a Lie](https://podcast.show/the_virtual_couch/episode/153943823/) _2026-06-04 · Tony Overbay LMFT · The Virtual Couch_ A heads-up before you press play: this is a bonus crossover from my true crime podcast, Murder on the Couch, dropping into your Virtual Couch / Waking Up to Narcissism feed. It's heavier than usual and opens with a disturbing familicide case that I don't sugarcoat, so if that's not where you are right now, it's completely okay to sit this one out and come back when you're ready. If you stay, I use… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/mc.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/VIRTUALCOU-2026-06-04-658.mp3?awCollectionId=505600&awEpisodeId=12120176&aw_0_azn.pgenre=Health+%26+Fitness&aw_0_1st.ri=blubrry&aw_0_azn.pcountry=US&aw_0_azn.planguage=en&cat_exclude=IAB1-8%2CIAB1-9%2CIAB7-41%2CIAB8-5%2CIAB8-18%2CIAB11-4%2CIAB23%2CIAB24%2CIAB25%2CIAB26&aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.blubrry.com%2Ffeeds%2Fthe_virtual_couch.xml) ## [Supervising with Cultural Humility: Feedback, Ethics, and Clinical Growth (Ep. 271)](https://shows.acast.com/clearlyclinical/episodes/6a1dfb61626f8869c3ba1420) _2026-05-27 · Light Up The Couch_ Dr. Julia Macaronis explores ethical, culturally responsive supervision practices, offering concrete strategies for addressing power, positionality, feedback, gatekeeping, and cultural humility in support of safer learning environments and supervisee growth. Presentation. Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited podcast CE credits for an entire… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a0df568a9d3d2ec145845e4/e/6a1dfb61626f8869c3ba1420/media.mp3) ## [EP 111: Working with Ambivalence in EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy featuring EFT Trainer Dr. Ting Liu](https://wehearttherapy.podbean.com/e/ep-111-working-with-ambivalence-in-eft-emotionally-focused-therapy-featuring-eft-trainer-dr-ting-liu/) _2026-05-25 · We Heart Therapy_ In this powerful EFT training discussion, We Heart Therapy host (Anabelle Bugatti) Dr. Belle, PhD, LMFT/EFT Supervisor/Therapist sits down with Emotionally Focused Therapy trainer Dr. Ting Liu and explores how therapists can effectively work with ambivalence in couples therapy and attachment-based healing. Ambivalence is one of the most common challenges therapists encounter in EFT sessions,… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bkwmxsu5q8qn6by9/Working_with_Ambivalence_in_EFT_Emotionally_Focused_Therapy_Featuring_EFT_Trainer_Dr_Ting_Liu7qp5e.mp3) ## [The Validation Paradox: Why Reassurance Can Feel Lonely](https://podcast.show/the_virtual_couch/episode/153883749/) _2026-05-15 · Tony Overbay LMFT · The Virtual Couch_ Your partner said all the right things. So why do you feel MORE alone than before you opened up? Welcome to positive invalidation. That strange ache—being reassured into invisibility—has a name. It's what happens when "you're so good at your job, don't even worry about it" lands like a door quietly closing on what you actually feel. In this episode, Tony Overbay unpacks the science of validation,… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/mc.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/VIRTUALCOU-2026-05-15-657.mp3?awCollectionId=505600&awEpisodeId=12096980&aw_0_azn.pgenre=Health+%26+Fitness&aw_0_1st.ri=blubrry&aw_0_azn.pcountry=US&aw_0_azn.planguage=en&cat_exclude=IAB1-8%2CIAB1-9%2CIAB7-41%2CIAB8-5%2CIAB8-18%2CIAB11-4%2CIAB23%2CIAB24%2CIAB25%2CIAB26&aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.blubrry.com%2Ffeeds%2Fthe_virtual_couch.xml) ## [When Work Stops Working: Helping Clients Navigate Mental Health Leave, Ep. 270](https://clearlyclinical.com/podcast/ceu-medical-leave) _2026-05-13 · Light Up The Couch_ Dr. Londyn Miller, LMFT, examines mental health leave in the workplace, helping clinicians identify how occupational stressors, systemic influences, and functional impairment converge, while providing practical strategies to support assessment, stabilization, and return-to-work planning. Presentation.Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for unlimited… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a0df568a9d3d2ec145845e4/e/5b88d97f3917ee5e785ed510%3A5baaa7b49140b7701af9ccf3%3A69f23fbb10d90b17dda57ebf/media.mp3) ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4kPY1Xuf8VfD) _2026-05-13 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [It's Not About the Dishes - Trojan Horses Hiding in Every Marriage](https://podcast.show/the_virtual_couch/episode/153849142/) _2026-04-30 · Tony Overbay LMFT · The Virtual Couch_ The dishwasher fight you've had a thousand times? Or is it about the laundry, where you’re going to eat, making the bed, and cleaning the kitchen? The truth is, it’s never really been about the dishwasher (or laundry, eating, making the bed, etc). Couples therapist Tony Overbay walks through Jack and Jill, a 25-year marriage stuck in a low-grade war over how to load the dishes, and reveals what… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/mc.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/VIRTUALCOU-2026-04-30-656.mp3?awCollectionId=505600&awEpisodeId=12077645&aw_0_azn.pgenre=Health+%26+Fitness&aw_0_1st.ri=blubrry&aw_0_azn.pcountry=US&aw_0_azn.planguage=en&cat_exclude=IAB1-8%2CIAB1-9%2CIAB7-41%2CIAB8-5%2CIAB8-18%2CIAB11-4%2CIAB23%2CIAB24%2CIAB25%2CIAB26&aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.blubrry.com%2Ffeeds%2Fthe_virtual_couch.xml) ## [Motivational Interviewing Today: Adapting to Context and Complexity, Ep. 269](https://clearlyclinical.com/podcast/ceu-motivational-interviewing) _2026-04-29 · Light Up The Couch_ Dr. Kristin Dempsey, LMFT, LPCC, and Ali Hall, Juris Doctor, explore how motivational interviewing evolves in real-world practice, helping clinicians move beyond core skills to navigate context, systemic influences, and the complexities of change, while applying a flexible, process-oriented approach that supports engagement, autonomy, and meaningful progress. Presentation.Earn CE credit for… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a0df568a9d3d2ec145845e4/e/5b88d97f3917ee5e785ed510%3A5baaa7b49140b7701af9ccf3%3A69dfe9fd6e253465762ba88c/media.mp3) ## [EP 110: How to Use Attachment History in EFT (Step-by-Step Insight) - featuring EFT Trainer Dr. Ryan Rana](https://wehearttherapy.podbean.com/e/ep-110-how-to-use-attachment-history-in-eft-step-by-step-insight-featuring-eft-trainer-dr-ryan-rana/) _2026-04-18 · We Heart Therapy_ EFT Talk: Your Guide to Emotionally Focused Therapy 🎙️💙 Featuring Dr. Belle, PhD, LMFT, Cert. EFT Supervisor & Therapist Most therapists are gathering attachment history… but not using it effectively. In this episode, Host EFT Supervisor & Therapist Dr. Belle & EFT Trainer Dr. Ryan Rana break down how to turn attachment history into real clinical insight. In this conversation, I sit down with… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/iw8cpt3ji9i4fg94/How_to_Use_Attachment_History_in_EFT_Step-by-Step_Insight_-_featuring_EFT_Trainer_Dr_Ryan_Ranabg573.mp3) ## [You Can’t Cram for the Test of Life - Dr. Mark Redford on Flossing, Faking It, and Why Habits Never Lie](https://podcast.show/the_virtual_couch/episode/153814596/) _2026-04-16 · Tony Overbay LMFT · The Virtual Couch_ You lie to your dentist. You lie in therapy. And here's the uncomfortable truth — the patterns you think you're hiding are hiding nothing. Tony Overbay, LMFT, sits down with friend and dentist Dr. Mark Redford to unpack one of the most fascinating overlaps between dentistry and human psychology: impression management — and why you simply cannot cram for the test of life. From the dental chair to… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/mc.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/VIRTUALCOU-2026-04-16-655.mp3?awCollectionId=505600&awEpisodeId=12059972&aw_0_azn.pgenre=Health+%26+Fitness&aw_0_1st.ri=blubrry&aw_0_azn.pcountry=US&aw_0_azn.planguage=en&cat_exclude=IAB1-8%2CIAB1-9%2CIAB7-41%2CIAB8-5%2CIAB8-18%2CIAB11-4%2CIAB23%2CIAB24%2CIAB25%2CIAB26&aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.blubrry.com%2Ffeeds%2Fthe_virtual_couch.xml) ## [Beyond the Label: Reframing Borderline Personality Disorder Through a Trauma-Informed Lens, Ep. 268](https://clearlyclinical.com/podcast/ceu-borderline-personality-trauma) _2026-04-15 · Light Up The Couch_ Dr. Nancy Grechko explores how stigma, trauma, and emotion dysregulation shape borderline personality disorder, helping clinicians reconsider diagnostic assumptions, recognize internalized and overlooked presentations, and apply a trauma-informed lens to support more accurate, compassionate care. Presentation.Earn CE credit for listening to this episode by joining our low-cost membership for… [Listen](https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a0df568a9d3d2ec145845e4/e/5b88d97f3917ee5e785ed510%3A5baaa7b49140b7701af9ccf3%3A69cd52c97bf5b25bc94c13d0/media.mp3) ## [They Said All the Right Things (and Nothing Changed): The Anxious-Avoidant Trap w/Mackie Overbay](https://podcast.show/the_virtual_couch/episode/153773208/) _2026-03-31 · Tony Overbay LMFT · The Virtual Couch_ Why do the same conversations keep "resolving" without anything actually changing? Tony and his daughter Mackie unpack what they call "mouth sounds"—when someone says all the right words, uses the right tone, even touches your hand, and you walk away thinking this time it's different… but it never is. This episode dives deep into the anxious-avoidant attachment cycle and why your nervous system… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/mc.blubrry.com/the_virtual_couch/VIRTUALCOU-2026-03-31-654.mp3?awCollectionId=505600&awEpisodeId=12040706&aw_0_azn.pgenre=Health+%26+Fitness&aw_0_1st.ri=blubrry&aw_0_azn.pcountry=US&aw_0_azn.planguage=en&cat_exclude=IAB1-8%2CIAB1-9%2CIAB7-41%2CIAB8-5%2CIAB8-18%2CIAB11-4%2CIAB23%2CIAB24%2CIAB25%2CIAB26&aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.blubrry.com%2Ffeeds%2Fthe_virtual_couch.xml) ## [EP 109: How to Use EFT/EFIT Emotionally Focused Therapy on Yourself! - Featuring EFT Trainer Ali Barbosa](https://wehearttherapy.podbean.com/e/ep-109-how-to-use-eftefit-emotionally-focused-therapy-on-yourself-featuring-eft-trainer-ali-barbosa/) _2026-03-18 · We Heart Therapy_ Welcome back to We Heart Therapy — your go-to channel for deep, experiential learning in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Dr. Belle, PhD, LMFT — ICEEFT Certified EFT/EFIT/EFFT Supervisor & Therapist and EFT Community Leader for Southern NV EFT — sits down with Ali Barbosa, ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer from the Mexico Center for EFT, to explore an… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/hswwzdcv8htb3twh/How_to_Use_EFT_EFIT_Emotionally_Focused_Therapy_on_Yourself_Featuring_EFT_Trainer_Ali_Barbosa8st7c.mp3) ## [EP 108: Mapping The Positive Cycle in EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy with EFT Trainer Dr. Sandra Taylor](https://wehearttherapy.podbean.com/e/ep-108-mapping-the-positive-cycle-in-eft-emotionally-focused-therapy-with-eft-trainer-dr-sandra-taylor/) _2026-02-17 · We Heart Therapy_ Welcome back to We Heart Therapy 💛 — your home for high-level Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) training and clinical insight. In this episode, host Dr. Belle, PhD, LMFT — ICEEFT Certified EFT Supervisor & Therapist and EFT Community Leader for Southern NV EFT — sits down with Dr. Sandra Taylor, ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer and founder of the British Center for EFT, to explore an essential but… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/gurte2v6z8p3y69p/Mapping_The_Positive_Cycle_in_EFT_Emotionally_Focused_Therapy_with_EFT_Trainer_Dr_Sandra_Tayloraw6yz.mp3) ## [EP 107: Working on Self of the Therapist (SOT) Issues in EFT Supervision with EFT Trainer Senem Zeytinoglu](https://wehearttherapy.podbean.com/e/working-on-self-of-the-therapist-sot-issues-in-eft-supervision-with-eft-trainer-senem-zeytinoglu/) _2026-01-28 · We Heart Therapy_ Welcome to We Heart Therapy – The EFT Talk Series, where we explore the heart of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) through meaningful conversations with leaders in the field. In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Senem Zeytinoğlu, ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer and Founder of the Turkey Center for EFT in Istanbul, for a rich and thoughtful discussion on Self of the Therapist (SOT) issues in EFT… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/gyjq9tnbunph5xjb/Working_on_Self_of_the_Therapist_SOT_Issues_in_EFT_Supervision_with_Senem_Zeytinoglu_EFT_Trainer9oh8q.mp3) ## [EP 106: EFT Certification Process Updates with Gail Palmer, EFT Trainer and ICEEFT Co-Founder/Co-Director](https://wehearttherapy.podbean.com/e/ep-106-eft-certification-process-updates-with-gail-palmer-eft-trainer-and-iceeft-co-founderco-director/) _2026-01-01 · We Heart Therapy_ EFT Certification Updates with Gail Palmer | EFT Talk with Dr. Belle Curious about how to become certified in Emotionally Focused Therapy? In this episode of We Heart Therapy, Dr. Belle—PhD, LMFT, ICEEFT Certified Supervisor/Therapist and President of Southern NV EFT—welcomes Gail Palmer, ICEEFT Co-Founder and global leader in Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) to discuss updates in the… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/s4fukdrj4e9ay8qn/EFT_Certification_Process_Updates_with_Gail_Palmer_EFT_Trainer_and_ICEEFT_Co-Founder_Co-Director_JHaEiq8cMko_b5nlb.mp3) ## [EP 105: How to Work with Two Withdrawers in Emotionally Focused Therapy with EFT Trainer Dr. Tal Padeh](https://wehearttherapy.podbean.com/e/ep-105-how-to-work-with-two-withdrawers-in-emotionally-focused-therapy-with-eft-trainer-dr-tal-padeh/) _2025-10-21 · We Heart Therapy_ Welcome back to We Heart Therapy: The EFT Talk Series! 💕 In this powerful episode, host Dr. Anabelle Bugatti, PhD, LMFT, Certified EFT Supervisor & Therapist, sits down with Dr. Tal Padeh, Certified EFT Trainer and Director of the Israeli Center for EFT, to discuss one of the most challenging and insightful topics in couples therapy — working with two withdrawers in session. If you’ve ever… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/jh6p2a7t5mkm6kps/How_to_Work_with_Two_Withdrawers_in_Emotionally_Focused_Therapy_with_EFT_Trainer_Dr_Tal_Padeh_o3QamthOW9o_8vvao.mp3) ## [EP 104: Healing Addiction, Shame & Trauma with EFT | Dr. Belle & EFT Trainer Michael Barnett LPC](https://wehearttherapy.podbean.com/e/ep-104-healing-addiction-shame-trauma-with-eft-dr-belle-eft-trainer-michael-barnett-lpc/) _2025-09-02 · We Heart Therapy_ EFT Talk: Your Guide to Emotionally Focused Therapy 🎙️ 💙 Featuring Dr. Belle, PhD, LMFT, Cert. EFT Supervisor & Therapist ✨ Healing Addictions, Shame & Trauma with Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) | Dr. Belle & Michael Barnett LPC In this powerful conversation, I, Dr. Belle, PhD, LMFT, ICEEFT Certified EFT/EFIT/EFFT Supervisor/Therapist, sit down with Michael Barnett, LPC — EFT Trainer,… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/hs48jawdkki6yitx/Healing_Addiction_Shame_Trauma_with_EFT_Dr_Belle_EFT_Trainer_Michael_Barnett_LPC9mycq.mp3) ## [EP 103: What to Do When Clients Say “I Don’t Know” EFT Tips with EFT Trainer Lieven Migerode](https://wehearttherapy.podbean.com/e/ep-103-what-to-do-when-clients-say-i-don-t-know-eft-tips-with-eft-trainer-lieven-migerode/) _2025-08-11 · We Heart Therapy_ What to Do When Clients Say “I Don’t Know” EFT Tips with Lieven Migerode Welcome back to We Heart Therapy, the channel for Emotionally Focused Therapists seeking practical tools and insights! In this episode, host Dr. Belle, PhD, LMFT — Certified EFT/EFIT/EFFT Supervisor & Therapist — speaks with Lieven Migerode, Certified EFT Trainer from Belgium, about how to work effectively when clients… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5n9ar7cqyf6ieyy9/When_Clients_say_I_Don_t_Know_In_Therapy_Sessions_-_with_EFT_Trainer_Lieven_Migerode_from_Belgiumbfsmd.mp3) ## [EP 102: How to Use EFT/EFIT in Group Therapy - Featuring EFT Trainer Dr. Andrea Pagani](https://wehearttherapy.podbean.com/e/ep-102-how-to-use-eftefit-in-group-therapy-featuring-eft-trainer-dr-andrea-pagani/) _2025-06-28 · We Heart Therapy_ Welcome back to We Heart Therapy, the mental health podcast for Emotionally Focused Therapists! In this episode, Dr. Belle (PhD, LMFT) speaks with Dr. Andrea Pagani, Certified EFT Trainer based in Rome, Italy, about how to apply Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) in group therapy settings. Dr. Pagani shares insights into adapting EFT principles to… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/6iqnqzux2zzqsttn/How_to_Use_EFTEFIT_in_Group_Therapy_with_EFT_Trainer_Dr_Andrea_Paganiajmm1.mp3) ## [EP 101: Working with View of Self in EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy - Featuring EFT Trainer Robin Williams Blake](https://wehearttherapy.podbean.com/e/ep-101-working-with-view-of-self-in-eft-emotionally-focused-therapy-featuring-eft-trainer-robin-williams-blake/) _2025-05-26 · We Heart Therapy_ 🎙️ Working with View of Self in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Dr. Belle (Anabelle Bugatti-Duarte, PhD, LMFT) & Robin Williams Blake, EFT Trainer & Director of the Toronto Centre for EFT Welcome to another transformative episode of the We Heart Therapy podcast & YouTube series for EFT therapists! In this episode, Dr. Belle sits down with renowned EFT Trainer Robin Williams Blake to… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7gkkctin2d7smhpg/Working_with_View_of_Self_in_EFT_Emotionally_Focused_Therapy_-_With_EFT_Trainer_Robin_Williams_Blake6rbgl.mp3) ## [EP 100: Attachment Based Suicide Assessment in EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy - Featuring EFT Trainer Rachel Thomas](https://wehearttherapy.podbean.com/e/ep-100-attachment-based-suicide-assessment-in-eft-emotionally-focused-therapy-featuring-eft-trainer-rachel-thomas/) _2025-05-07 · We Heart Therapy_ In this powerful episode of the We Heart Therapy Youtube Channel and podcast, on our series EFT Talk, host Dr. Belle (Anabelle Bugatti aka Dr. Belle, PhD, LMFT) is joined by certified AZ EFT Trainer Rachel Thomas, LMFT, to explore Attachment-Based Suicide Assessment within the framework of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). 🎙️ Together we delve into: How attachment theory informs suicide risk… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/844aq58ii57xekjk/Attachment_Based_Suicide_Assessment_in_EFT_Emotionally_Focused_Therapy_w_EFT_Trainer_Rachel_Thomas6rkt8.mp3) ## [EP 99: How to Think Systemically in EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy - Featuring EFT Trainer Dr. Simona Herb](https://wehearttherapy.podbean.com/e/ep-99-how-to-think-systemically-in-eft-emotionally-focused-therapy-featuring-eft-trainer-dr-simona-herb/) _2025-03-18 · We Heart Therapy_ In this episode of \*We Heart Therapy\*, join host Dr. Belle, aka Anabelle Bugatti, PhD, LMFT (Certified EFT Supervisor/Therapist), as she welcomes special guest Dr. Simona Herb, EFT Trainer from Romania. Together, they explore how to think systemically in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) —a crucial perspective for therapists working with couples, families and relationships. 👉 Learn how systemic… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ab2k9ijthh3642zm/How_to_Think_Systemically_in_EFT_Emotionally_Focused_Therapy_-_With_EFT_Trainer_Dr_Simona_Herb8q2i8.mp3) ## [EP 98: The Importance of Playfulness with Emily Nagoski](https://wehearttherapy.podbean.com/e/ep-98-emily-nagoski-on-playfulness/) _2025-02-26 · We Heart Therapy_ In this enlightening episode of We Heart Therapy, host Dr. Anabelle Bugatti, PhD, LMFT, Certified EFT Supervisor & Therapist, and author of \*Using Relentless Empathy in the Therapeutic Relationship\*, engages in a compelling discussion with Sex Educator and best-selling author Emily Nagoski, Ph.D., on "The Importance of Playfulness." Together, they delve into how incorporating playfulness can… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4nyfvsmw9x5yivgh/Emily_Nagoski_on_Playfulnessavcjb.mp3) ## [EP 97: Using L'TEMPO to Track the Negative Cycle in EFT - Featuring EFT Trainer Dr. James Hawkins, aka Doc Hawk](https://wehearttherapy.podbean.com/e/using-ltempo-to-track-the-negative-cycle-in-eft-featuring-eft-trainer-dr-james-hawkins-aka-doc-hawk/) _2025-01-29 · We Heart Therapy_ Welcome to We Heart Therapy! In this episode, join Dr. Belle, PhD, LMFT, ICEEFT Certified EFT Supervisor & Therapist, and special guest Dr. James Hawkins (aka "Doc Hawk"), PhD, LPC, ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer, as they explore the acronym L'TEMPO—a practical tool for assembling elements of emotional experience to effectively track the negative cycle in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). Whether… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/dwsan9k2ft7tphms/Using_L_TEMPO_to_Track_the_Negative_Cycle_in_EFT-with_guest_EFT_Trainer_James_Hawkins_aka_Doc_Hawkbw0h9.mp3) ## [EP 96: Attuning to High Reactivity using EFT - Featuring EFT Trainers George Faller & Giulia Altera](https://wehearttherapy.podbean.com/e/ep-96-attuning-to-high-reactivity-using-eft-featuring-eft-trainers-george-faller-giulia-altera/) _2024-12-31 · We Heart Therapy_ Managing heightened emotions and reactivity in couples therapy can be challenging, but this conversation provides essential strategies for maintaining attunement, de-escalating intense interactions, and fostering connection in the therapy room. Whether you're an experienced EFT practitioner or new to the model, this episode will enrich your skills in navigating these complex dynamics. ✨ What… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/jzmqdbmm2isarb8i/Attuning_to_High_Reactivity_using_EFT-_Featuring_EFT_Trainers_George_Faller_Giulia_Altera6jppn.mp3)