The Therapy Sisters welcome back Jessica Downs, certified EMDR therapist, trainer, and ego states extraordinaire. Jessica talks candidly about growing up in the Mormon church, what parts of herself those experiences shaped and how parts are impacted in cases of spiritual wounds and trauma. Jessica is a warm and brilliant voice and The Therapy Sisters are so excited to have her back on the show!
Jun 25, 2024•47 min
In today’s episode The Therapy Sisters explore the idea that often is internalized among those who grew up in religious communities that, whenever something goes wrong, it must be your fault. Struggle with depression? Pray more! Life hands you something challenging? Must be because you’re not doing enough. Or the right thing. It’s exhausting and it isn’t true. Listen as they share their experiences around this, how they see this play out in the lives of their clients, and what you can do to help...
May 28, 2024•32 min
In this episode The Therapy Sisters discuss the message that something is wrong with you just by merit of your birth and the way in which people, women in particular, grow up to internalize this message.
May 14, 2024•28 min
Welcome! We're so glad you're here. Grab a cup of coffee (or your drink of choice) and join the Therapy Sisters as they sit down with Cassie Krajewski, LCSW. Cassie is an LCSW based in Denver, CO where she runs her private practice, Inner Atlas Therapy. She uses EMDR Therapy and Internal Family Systems Therapy to treat complex trauma, disordered eating and body image, and sex and relationships. Cassie is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and a senior faculty member at Kase and CO, an EMDR training b...
Apr 30, 2024•44 min
Hello, and welcome back to The Therapy Sisters Podcast! In today's episode, The Therapy Sisters discuss purity culture and some of the inherent messages young women internalized about their bodies as a result, including: -Where shame about the body starts -How the messaging within purity culture impacts the mind/body/emotion connection -The "light switch effect" when women get married. -How consent factors in -How women's sexuality is largely left out of the conversation -How young girls who gre...
Apr 16, 2024•27 min
Welcome to the Beyond Sacred Scars podcast with The Therapy Sisters. We are so glad you're here. Today The Therapy Sisters have the honor of sitting down with Dr. Adrienne Rowland. Dr. Rowland is a certified sex therapist through the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and has her Doctorate Degree in Clinical Sexology from Modern Sex Therapy Institutes. Dr. Rowland is a fully licensed clinical therapist who has been practicing therapy since 2004 with 9...
Apr 02, 2024•51 min
Today is a brief mini-sode, introducing the next Narrative the Therapy Sisters will attempt to unravel in their Beyond Sacred Scars Podcast. Listen to discover what this narrative is (it's a biggie!) and when to tune back in for the next full episode. To find a therapist in you area, please visit: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists We’d love to connect! You can find us on Facebook at facebook.com/therapysisterspodcast or on Instagram @the_therapy_sisters . You can also feel free to re...
Mar 26, 2024•4 min
Welcome back to the Beyond Sacred Scars Podcast with The Therapy Sisters! We're so glad you're here and joining us for these conversations. We have a guest today, our friend Kelly, who discusses her journey. Hers could have led to walking away from her faith but instead it solidified her beliefs while continuing to work on unpacking the narratives that were doing some harm to her. Kelly continues to be in worship ministry to this day and is really focused on how she shows up in the world in a lo...
Mar 12, 2024•41 min
Welcome! Grab a cup of coffee and join the conversation today. The Therapy Sisters discuss Narrative Two: There is No Gray. The Therapy Sisters unpack what black and white thinking is, how it is shaped in religious communities, and the narratives the come out of this line of thinking that pertain specifically to women. Want to connect? Us too! You can do so in the following places: Instagram Facebook or shoot us an email at thetherapysisters@gmail.com
Mar 05, 2024•36 min
Today The Therapy Sisters welcome Beth Green to their podcast! Beth is a licensed school counselor with a big heart and a wonderful story and most importantly, she is Rachel's childhood best friend! Beth shares her powerful story and how doing all "the right things" left her empty and questioning. She shares her journey towards healing and her wise counsel about how we can engage with our own questions and experiences with curiosity and free of shame, and how we can shed our performative veneers...
Feb 27, 2024•46 min
**A quick note: We had some challenges with the audio there at the end so this episode ends abruptly. It does end where the conversation wrapped up, but we understand it may feel sudden and wanted to give a heads up. Still, it doesn’t not detract from Jaymie’s inspiring message. The Therapy Sisters welcome back friend and fellow clinician, Jaymie Bush. She shares her story of coming up in a legalistic and conservative religious environment, how she internalized narratives about her body and emot...
Feb 20, 2024•32 min
In today's episode Charis and Rachel introduce the first internalized narrative from religious upbringing that they and many women they've met with have worked to address. In this episode Charis and Rachel share their own stories and transition from black and white thinking to embracing a journeyer's mindset. What if journey isn't dangerous? What if we can't fit ourselves into a box? What then? The Therapy Sisters discuss this and more. Tune back in next week as The Therapy Sisters hold their fi...
Feb 13, 2024•43 min
In the first fresh episode of 2024 we share about our journey to narrowing our focus for the podcast. After much discussion, brainstorming and curious exploration, we have landed on a direction. Tune into this episode to hear about our new focus, how our own stories and the stories of the women we work with have influenced this trajectory. We're excited to share this with you! Want to connect? Us too! You can do so in the following places: Instagram Facebook or shoot us an email at thetherap...
Feb 06, 2024•27 min
Happy Podcast Day! To kick off 2024 The Therapy Sisters are doing a "Best Of" Series. Today's episode, Unstucking Grief: An Interview with Jaymie Bush is the number one MOST PLAYED episode of 2023. We hope you enjoy revisiting this conversation with Jaymie on how grief and other traumas can get stuck in our physical bodies and the hope that we can learn to release them. Today's rerun episode discusses: Listen as Jaymie shares challenges of getting pregnant and maintaining pregnancy. Jaymie share...
Jan 29, 2024•37 min
Hello, and Happy Tuesday! To kick off 2024 The Therapy Sisters are doing a "Best Of" Series. Today's episode, Deconstructing Faith and Learning to Embrace Spirituality: An Interview with Suzanne Wolcott is the second most played episode of 2023. We hope you enjoy revisiting this discussion! Today's rerun episode interviews: Suzanne Wolcott, MDiv, LSCSW, who works as a social worker in an agency serving older adults providing individual therapy. Her background includes work in inpatient behaviora...
Jan 23, 2024•43 min
Hello and Happy Tuesday! To kick off 2024 The Therapy Sisters are doing a "Best Of" Series. Today's episode, Coming Home To Our Physical Selves is the third most played episode of 2023. We hope you enjoy revisiting what it means to understand what our bodies are telling us and how we can begin to listen. Our bodies are powerful communications but too often we shut out their voices, for a myriad or reasons. Today's rerun episode explores: Our personal stories about our physical health journeys- h...
Jan 16, 2024•47 min
Happy New Year! To kick off 2024 The Therapy Sisters are doing a "Best Of" Series. Today's episode, Coming Home To Our Emotional Selves is the fourth most played episode of 2023. We hope you enjoy revisiting what it means to identify, acknowledge and honor our emotional selves. We can ALL use this reminder and is such a beautiful focus going into a new year. Today's rerun episode explores: Charis and Rachel’s personal stories about their journey surrounding recognition of their emotional needs. ...
Jan 09, 2024•42 min
Happy New from the Therapy Sisters! After a short break we are back! In this episode we review our first year of podcasting, share some struggles and triumphs and discuss some focuses for 2024.
Jan 01, 2024•25 min
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Dec 05, 2023•26 min
Today is a minisode and Charis walks us through how to use the DEAR MAN tool from Dialectical Behavioral Therapy to approach conversations where you need to assertively ask for something or say no to something. Deciding on a boundary is one thing. Communicating it is quite another. It can be challenging to know how to broach these conversations, but this tool provides a helpful framework from which to do so. To grab a copy of the tool go here . Connect with us! Facebook: facebook.com/therapysist...
Nov 28, 2023•11 min
Welcome to the Therapy Sisters Podcast! We are so glad you are here!! This week, The Therapy Sisters continue on in their series around boundaries. As we head into the holidays, we thought it would be important to discuss time boundaries. Listen as we discuss what time boundaries are and some examples of poor time boundaries. Listen as we discuss some signs or symptoms of a need for boundaries. Listen as we share some small avenues to create self awareness and begin implementing time boundaries....
Nov 14, 2023•31 min
Welcome to the Therapy Sisters Podcast! We are so glad you are here!! This week, The Therapy Sisters begin a new series on boundaries. This is such an important conversation. As the holidays are approaching, we thought there would be no better time to begin this conversation. Listen as we discuss our dreams when we retire. :) Listen as we define what boundaries are, how boundaries impact your mood, and barriers to implementing boundaries. Listen as we discuss why they are important and the four ...
Nov 07, 2023•11 min
Today Charis discussed what a reactive self care toolbox is and why we should all have one! But we don't want to leave you empty handed! Download our worksheet to help you create your whole toolbox so you have a plan the next time you are feeling overwhelmed and dysregulated. Grab your copy here. To connect with us, you can find us on Instagram or Facebook or you are always welcome to email us at: thetherapysisters@gmail.com Tune back in next Tuesday as we kick off our final series for 2023!...
Nov 02, 2023•6 min
Welcome to the Therapy Sisters Podcast! We are so glad you are here!! This week, The Therapy Sisters break our episodes up into two mini-sodes to wrap up our series! Listen as Rachel walks us through what exactly reactive self care is and how to know you need it. Listen as Rachel discusses what reactive self care is. Listen as Rachel reviews the window of tolerance and hypo and hyper arousal. Listen as Rachel shares some avenues to practice reactive self care in the moment and avenues to practic...
Oct 31, 2023•6 min
Welcome to the Therapy Sisters Podcast! We are so glad you are here!! On today’s show, The Therapy Sisters continue their series on self care. Listen as we discuss reactive self care and the importance of caring for yourself in this way. Listen as discuss what reactive self care is and situations that require our need for reactive self care. Listen as we discuss how to recognize the need for reactive self care and different avenues of how to implement in a difficult moment and avenues to process...
Oct 24, 2023•24 min
That's right--we are airing an episode from earlier in the year. With all the craziness of fall, the Therapy Sisters have to take a week off from releasing a new episode. But we don't want to leave you hanging. This episode got great feedback and really explores some of the obstacles to giving ourselves the care we need, so we thought it was worth sharing again. Please enjoy and join us back here next Tuesday for a fresh, new episode! In the meantime, if you'd like to connect you can find us at ...
Oct 17, 2023•45 min
Welcome to the Therapy Sisters Podcast! We are so glad you are here!! Get comfy as we continue our conversation about self care. This week we broke up our episodes into two minisodes. On Tuesday, Charis shared more about preventative self care and discussed a preventative self care care plan. In this episode, Rachel reviews the four areas of need and what preventative self care is and walks through how to create a preventative self care plan. She shares some examples and then personally walks th...
Oct 12, 2023•7 min
Welcome back to the Therapy Sisters podcast! So glad you're with us today. In today's minisode Charis walks us through what the four areas are (our physical, emotional, spiritual and relational lives) and how to leverage them to build a preventative self care plan. On Thursday Rachel will take it a step further and teach us how to build this plan, including a free downloadable worksheet. If you don't know what we mean when we say "preventative self care" go back and take a listen to our full len...
Oct 10, 2023•14 min
Today the Therapy Sisters take listeners through a case conceptualization of a mock client who presents with a need for self care interventions. They walk through considerations from her history and what she is struggling with and how they would approach work with someone coming in overwhelmed, exhausted, with poor boundaries and unable to ask for help. Walk away with points of consideration in your own life and practical places to start addressing some of the similar concerns that are showing u...
Oct 03, 2023•26 min
Welcome to the Therapy Sisters Podcast! We are so glad you are here!! Get comfy as we continue our conversation about self care with our guest, Josnelly. Josnelly has a powerful story of recognizing difficulty with alcoholism in her own life and coming into a place of sobriety, self compassion and self care. Josnelly is a child of God who identifies with the 8 style in the Enneagram. As an Enneagram Type 8, centered in the gut, she is strong, independent, and straightforward. She's a natural pro...
Sep 26, 2023•38 min
