Deep dive into the world of therapy and mental health, why Headway is the tinder of therapy, why finding the right therapist is like dating, health insurance hacks to maximize your mental health coverage, deciphering therapy modalities and how to figure out which one is right for you.
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Stuff I mentioned in the episode...
Gabor Maté – Authenticity vs. Attachment
💦 Therapy Tinder: headway.co
🧩 Therapy Modalities & Acronyms
- Psychoanalysis (think Freud)
- Relational (popularized by Terry Real)
- Somatic (less talking, more feeling)
- CBT = Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (more practical)
- EMDR = Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (for processing trauma)
- IFS = Internal Family Systems (inner child work)
- IFIO = Intimacy From The Inside Out (IFS for couples)
- EFT = Emotionally Focused Therapy (great for couples)
- KAP = Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
- RSD = Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (really sensitive to rejection)
- PDA = Pathological Demand Avoidance (aka counterwill, do the opposite of what you tell me)
- DBT = Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (for BPD)
- BPD = Borderline Personality Disorder
- NPD = Narcissistic Personality Disorder
📗 Reading List, Part 1
(affiliate links below)
- Borderline: The Biography of a Personality Disorder - amazon
- Really well-written history of BPD (and NPD)
- Us: Getting Past You & Me to Build a More Loving Relationship - amazon
- Written by Terry Real, imo mandatory reading for all couples
- Hold Me Tight by Sue Johnson - amazon
- The basis of EFT therapy, another great book for couples
- Any of Gabor Maté's books. My favs -
- Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment - amazon
- Easy to read deep dive on attachment styles
- Secure: The Revolutionary Guide to Creating a Secure Life - amazon
- Knowing your attachment style, how to become more securely attached
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