Ep 12 TMJ, Repressed Anger and Generational Healing with Liliana Doyon

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In today’s episode, I sat down to chat with Liliana Doyon. Liliana is a Mexican-American, trauma-informed couples therapist who is Certified in Emotionally Focused Therapy.  She also holds an executive position for the New York Center of Emotionally Focused Therapy. She has spent most of her life learning about relational dynamics and how humans work through and with emotion, and she says that understanding emotions such as anger is crucial in unpacking and healing intergenerational trauma and upholding boundaries. Liliana uses examples in her own life to help normalize human experiences and to empower others to do the same. 

I first connected with Liliana through mutual therapy clients of ours, and as I began following the videos that she shares online, I was really struck by the way she talks about boundaries. Boundaries are a critical skill to develop as part of chronic symptom recovery, and we’ll get into why that is in this episode. What I didn’t know before I reached out is that Liliana has her own story of physical symptoms — specifically TMJ — that intersects with the healing wisdom she shares on boundaries. I think this is a really special, eye-opening conversation and I’m excited to share it with you.

You can find Liliana at:

Website: ⁠https://www.lilianadoyon.com/⁠

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lilianadoyon/

In this episode, Liliana references taking inspiration from work being done by BIPOC therapists for the BIPOC community. These include:

Natalie Y. Gutierrez, LMFT @nataliegutierrezImft

Dr. Jennifer Mullan

@decolonizingtherapy

Monica Gavilanes, LMSW @rootsandalchemy

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And you can find me at:

Instagram: @anna_holtzman

Website: www.annaholtzman.com