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Demystifying Couples Therapy with Nicole Lewis, LMFT

This week, Emmalee and Jen are joined by one of their wonderful @thetherapygrp therapists, Nicole Lewis, LMFT to demystify couples therapy. Nicole works primarily with couples and gives us insight into what really goes on in the room. Does the therapist take sides? Can the therapist keep one partner's secret from the other? Can they give direct advice like: "you should break-up"? Tune in to find out! Thanks to Dew Edit for sponsoring today's episode! Use the one time code SHRINKCHICKS for 15% of...

Shoulding All Over Ourselves

Emmalee and Jen are back with season three of ShrinkChicks! This week, they discuss the pressure we can put on ourselves to follow the “shoulds” of life. From going to college, to getting married, to having children, to wanting to have children, to productivity, to finding a “dream” job, to hitting specific life milestones at specific ages - there is a lot to unpack. Em and Jen reflect on the "shoulds" they personally struggle with, and talk through ways to begin challenging them. Thanks to Dew ...

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Coping with Grief, Transitions and New Beginnings

In the final episode of Season 2, Emmalee and Jen reflect on their changes throughout the past 23 episodes and discuss how to cope with transitions and endings. They also have a big announcement! Thank you so much for sticking with us through our second season and we hope to see you in Season 3!

Making Mindfulness More Accessible with Dr. Jennifer Wolkin

Mindfulness, while it has taken off in popularity recently, can still be a vague and intimidating buzzword. This week, Emmalee and Jen are joined by psychologist, speaker, and author Dr. Jennifer Wolkin to make living mindfully less of an abstract and more of a concrete tool to aid you on your mental health journey.

WTF is Self-Compassion?

The most difficult and, for better or worse, the most important relationship we have is always going to be our relationship with ourselves. In a world full of self-care, self-love, self-esteem, and a thousand other buzzwords, self-compassion is an often neglected part of how we validate our own experiences. This week, Emmalee and Jen explore how we can apply it to our lives and answer the question, exactly WTF is self-compassion?

Let's Talk About Psychiatric Medication

After feeling a little burnt out, Emmalee and Jen decided to return to their roots for an episode about a topic near and dear to their hearts and the premise of ShrinkChicks: how to deal with the stigma against psychiatric medication.

Anxiety: Beyond the Buzzword with Amber Benziger

When addressing our anxiety, sometimes its effect is so pervasive that we lose sight of it all together. This week, Emmalee and Jen ground the topic, taking a look at the real-world conditions that foster anxiety in our lives and moving the conversation beyond the buzzword, to a place of self-understanding and practical solutions. Joining them is fellow therapist Amber Benziger, MS, LPC, CCTP and creator of The Anxiety Lab, an anxiety-management program. Link to join The Anxiety Lab: https://www...

Dating Anxiety: Why We Struggle to be Our Authentic Selves with Candice Jalili

This week, Emmalee and Jen are joined by journalist, dating expert, and author, Candice Jalili. Together, they talk dating during COVID, college, and beyond. Candace, the author of Just Send The Text, is the senior sex & dating writer at Elite Daily. Her work can be regularly found in publications like Cosmopolitan, The Cut, and Time, and her debut book Just Send The Text can be found wherever books are sold!

Reflecting on a Year of Transitions

The past year has given us all a crash course in navigating unexpected life changes. No matter where life has taken you since this time last February, everyone can benefit from reflection. This week, Emmalee and Jen talk their personal transitions over the past year and answer your questions about dealing with developments you might not have seen coming.

Coping with a Chronic Illness with Tara Giorgio

This week, friend of the show and owner of West Chester salon, The Brow Bar, joins Emmalee and Jen to talk about her experience coping with chronic illness.

Addressing the Fear of Being Single Forever with Mary Chen, LMFT

Lacking a close romantic relationship when one is desired taps into core human fears of rejection and isolation. Connection, understanding, sharing, all of the things that can make successful relationships so fulfilling can bury the individual under a mountain of dread when an unsuccessful relationship or period of loneliness convinces them that maybe finding a partner just isn't in the cards. This week, Emmalee and Jen are joined by fellow LMFT Mary Chen to discuss the healthy way to confront y...

“Sometimes Therapy is Awkward” with Nicole Arzt, LMFT

Despite the unprecedented push towards destigmatizing therapy and mental health treatment in recent decades, the act of confronting uncomfortable parts of your life will always be, well, uncomfortable. This week, fellow Marriage and Family Therapist and creator of the hilarious Instagram account @PsychoTherapyMemes, Nicole Arzt joins the show to talk about humor, therapy, her debut book, “Sometimes Therapy is Awkward,” and getting comfortable with discomfort. ShrinkChicks listeners can get 50% o...

Why TF is Money So Overwhelming with Amanda Clayman

The power that money has to overwhelm an individual is founded in its vagueness. When it feels like money can mean anything—a symbol, a tool, a means to a way of life, a status symbol—we often give money license to mean everything. This week, financial therapist, podcaster, and friend of the show Amanda Clayman joins Emmalee and Jen to explore how money can affect every part of our lives, from our inner worlds to generational trauma to marital problems, and what to do when it feels like cash rul...

WTF is Reparenting and Inner Child Work with Kind Minds Therapy

Continuing the theme of alternative or lesser-known therapy practices from last week's hypnotherapy episode, Emmalee and Jen are joined by Allie Finkel and Sarah Roffe, co-founders of Kind Minds Therapy, to discuss reparenting and inner child work. Whether you're interested in exploring options for your own therapy journey or simply have an interest in the psychology behind these approaches, you're sure to come away from this episode with a better understanding of how the child you were continue...

Hypnosis Is More Than a Swinging Pocket Watch with Juliet Obodo, Master Hypnotherapist & NLP Master Practitioner

Hypnosis and hypnotherapy can provide a uniquely liberating therapeutic experience for those dealing with a wide variety of mental heath conditions -- unfortunately, years of skewed representation in various media have left the public image of hypnotists closer to pocket-watch-swinging ne'er-do-wells than trained psychologists. This week, Emmalee and Jen are joined by master hypnotherapist Juliet Obodo to dispel the myths about hypnosis as manipulation and to discuss the real psychology and bene...

The Cycle of Abuse in Relationships with Kaitlyn Peabody, LMFT

Trigger Warning: Physical Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Sexual Assault, Violence Abuse has the ability to transcend an individual relationship and continue to affect the lives of survivors if not treated with care. This week, fellow Marriage and Family Therapist Kaitlyn Peabody (@therapywithkate) joins Emmalee and Jen to discuss solutions for stopping the cyclical power of abuse in its tracks. Resources: thehotline.org 800.799.SAFE (7233) Blog post: http://www.wctherapygroup.com/blog/12-types-of-emoti...

The Psychology of Cults with Rachel Bernstein, LMFT

This week, fellow podcast host and LMFT, cult specialist, Rachel Bernstein, explores the mentality and psychology of cult membership with Emmalee and Jen. Rachel speaks about how and why people are drawn into cults, what keeps them there, and the aftermath that can occur if they leave. She was recently featured in the STARZ Documentary Seduced: Inside The NXIVM Cult, and touches on her experience with that, too. To hear more about this subject or get in touch with Rachel, see below: http://www.r...

The One Where Emmalee Has A Miscarriage

This week, Emmalee and Jen respond to stories and questions they have received about fertility problems and the struggles of childbirth, with Emmalee's own experience with miscarriage serving as a framework to talk about one of the more stigmatized crises in physical and emotional health.

The Things That You Learn to Survive Are Not Always the Things That Help You Thrive

Sometimes the things we learn to get through today will hold us back tomorrow. In this week's episode, Em and Jen answer your questions about the complicated relationship we have with our own survival and success.

Challenging the 'Shoulds' of Life with Caroline Dooner, author of The F*ck It Diet!

So often in life, we let others expectations of us, what we should do, what we should eat, what we should be, get in the way of our own goals and priorities. This week, the ShrinkChicks discuss the best ways for getting the 'shoulds' out of your mentality with author Caroline Dooner.

Navigating Thanksgiving Dynamics in 2020 with Brenna from Real Fckn Talk

For many, Thanksgiving is just as much about surviving encounters with relatives and uncomfortable table talk as it is a cause for celebration. This year especially, if you're worried about navigating the holidays, you're not the only one. Emmalee and Jen are joined by Brenna from Real Fckn Talk to give you a survival guide for Thanksgiving 2020.

Destigmatizing Cannabis Consumption and Conversation with Nicole aka Dope Kitchen

As cannabis consumption becomes more widely legalized, it still carries a strong stigma in certain areas, despite its benefits. This week, Emmalee and Jen are joined by Instagram and TikTok creator, Nicole of Dope Kitchen, to talk about our culture's complicated relationship with marijuana.

Narcissistic Traits vs. Narcissistic Personality Disorder with Dr. Jaime Zuckerman

In this week's episode, Emmalee and Jen are joined by Dr. Jaime Zuckerman to explore the distinction between narcissistic traits and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Together with the ShrinkChicks, Dr. Zuckerman dives into the reason why people with Narcissistic Personality Disorder struggle to have meaningful relationships.

The Choice to be Childfree and the Myths of Motherhood Part 2

In this week's episode, Emmalee and Jen continue to break down the assumed myths behind motherhood and discuss the validity of childfree living.

The Choice to be Childfree and the Myths of Motherhood

As much as the world might try to convince women otherwise, motherhood isn't necessary for many to live a fulfilling and enriched life. In this week's episode, Emmalee and Jen break down the assumed myths behind parenting and the validity of childfree living.

What Is Attachment Theory? How Your Attachment Style Affects Your Romantic Relationships

Welcome to Season Two of ShrinkChicks! In this week's episode, Emmalee and Jen discuss the history of attachment theory, identifying your attachment style and how to apply that knowledge to your romantic - and platonic - relationships. Spoiler alert: insecure attachment style does not mean your relationships are doomed.

Fights with Friends

Even the best of friends are bound to have fights. The true mark of a friendship is not the existence of conflict but rather how it is dealt with. This week, Em and Jen talk about building friendships that can bend and adapt to these inevitable disagreements and healing from the ones that cannot.

Trusting Your Gut with Cameron Rogers AKA The Freckled Foodie

Food can be one of the great joys of life, whether pursued as an art or enjoyed as a celebration of vibrancy and culture -- although modern culture seems to focus more on policing food than savoring it. This week, Em and Jen are joined by blogger, health coach, and entrepreneur, Cameron Rogers (The Freckled Foodie), to talk about the pressures keeping you from truly enjoying what you eat.

Strained Family Relationships

Often the most important relationships are the hardest ones to get right. In this week's episode, Em and Jen discuss how family relationships can become strained and the best ways of dealing with a tense family situation.