Week 2: Opening the Box

Hosts Dr. Janelle S. Peifer, Ph.D., and Brandon Kyle Goodman interview the In Treatment showrunner’s assistant David Sigurani and get into week 2. In Dr. Brooke’s second week with her new patients we start to see how difficult it is to open the box of deeper issues that make her patients uncomfortable. The hosts unpack why some patients avoid triggering topics in therapy and the risk of pushing patients to go deeper when some issues are locked away for a reason. This podcast is produced by HBO in conjunction with Pineapple Street Studios.

Here’s a list of resources mentioned in this week’s episode:

Readings: 

• Carl Rogers (1956), “On Becoming a Person: A Therapist’s View of Psychotherapy” 
• Brene Brown (2012), “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead” 
• Breme Brown (2012), “Listening to Shame” Ted Talk

Resources: 

• Open Path Collective - Affordable in-person and online therapy starting at $30 (https://openpathcollective.org/)
• Not So Strong organization - An online space for Black women across the diaspora to embrace the healing power of vulnerability. (https://www.notsostrong.org/)
• The Loveland Foundation - Gives therapy scholarships to Black women (https://thelovelandfoundation.org/loveland-therapy-fund/) 

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