Judith Belmont, MS is a psychotherapist and author who offers practical approaches to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Through examples, she translates CBT principles into user-friendly tools for personal growth, emotional wellness, and mental health education. Her work focuses on helping people identify and challenge negative thought patterns, build healthier habits, and improve self-esteem. With actionable strategies her approach helps to manage anxiety, stress, and everyday challenges. www...
Aug 12, 2025•50 min•Season 1Ep. 118
Mary Anne Cohen, Director of the New York Center for Eating Disorders, coined the term "emotional eating". In this episode, she offers a nuanced perspective on Ozempic acknowledging its potential to provide relief from compulsive eating yet cautions that this benefit is only part of the story: the need to adress the deep emotional wounds at the heart of many eating disorders. She warns that Ozempic can feed dangerous cultural narratives that equate thinness with moral or emotional worthiness—rei...
Jul 29, 2025•55 min•Season 1Ep. 117
There's a lot we can understand about the sibling abuse experience and outcome for the survivor through a theoretical lens. Dr. Meyers presents the theories in a digestible manner that helps anyone seeking to learn more about themselves or survivors and how relationships can be challenging. There is a bright side: resiliency is addressed as is therapy as an imperative measure to leading a more satisying life and a sense of self-worth.
Jul 15, 2025•34 min•Season 1Ep. 116
One of many anxieties about working with people and their emotional lives is contending with suicidal gestures. This case presentation of a 16 year old with depression and anxiety and a history of child abuse uncovers the importance of accurate diagnoses and highlights the need for collaborative efforts to intervene appropriately. Further, rectifying one's own capabilities as a therapist based on needed expertise with particular populations must be prioritized over the desire to handle all....
Jul 01, 2025•37 min•Season 1Ep. 115
<!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}-->After ten years of sexual abuse by her stepfather, Nicole Braddock Bromley found the courage to disclose to her mother at 14 years old. Though she encountered a receptive and supportive response from her mother, the trauma of abuse and subsequent events created deep wounds. Speaker/author/survivor and internationally recognized advocate for sexual abuse and trafficking victims, Nicole shares how she has turned her woun...
Jun 17, 2025•50 min•Season 1Ep. 114
<!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}-->How do we undertand the trauma immigrants have experienced in their home country and now our own? A professor, community social worker, and BSW student share personal and professional experiences that fuel their passion and compassion for the immigrant population. Join us as we dispel the notion that immigration is a new issue and confront this administration's conflation of terrorism and immigration and the need for b...
Jun 03, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 113
<!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}-->The stigma of mental illness is reflected in Regina, a social worker who contends with her own mental illness diagnosis and its implications for working in the field. Having been let go from a few jobs, she raises the ethical dilemma of disclosure: the pathologizing impact vs. the potential for accomodations. Where is the boundary or adaptation in the social work profession regarding embracing employees who may be stru...
May 20, 2025•48 min•Season 1Ep. 112
<!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}-->Making the move to private practice requires several considerations: When is the right time? Will I be financially stable? What is the cost/benefit ratio? Am I prepared personally and professionally? What is needed to be successful? Barbara Murphy, a seasoned professional, discusses her own trajectory to private practice and along the way, answers some common questions and anxieties about making the transition. She als...
May 06, 2025•35 min•Season 1Ep. 111
<!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}-->A sibling sexual abuse survivor and a mother of a SSA survivor and perpetrator share their experiences in the hope of coming to terms with "how did this happen?!". Their stories help each other try to make sense of each other's lens and what evolves is an empathic development for each other's plight. A very enlightening conversation ensues about how to disclose this assault to parents and what victims and survivors wan...
Apr 22, 2025•54 min•Season 1Ep. 110
<!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}-->It may be challenging to consider how there is joy in working with ill youth, and even chronically and terminally medically ill children. To her own surprise, Cloe Southard, LMSW has certainly found that joy. She gives us a new perspective about this work and engages in conversation about ethical dilemmas including the debateable issue of sustaining life vs. quality of life. She also is quite transparent about her coun...
Apr 08, 2025•46 min•Season 1Ep. 109
<!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}-->There are many ways to treat trauma from psychotherapy to CBT, Ketamine, and EMDR. Dr. Meyers is interested in exploring it all. This week she is joined by Dr. Kammer, an expert on EMDR who discusses the use of it as a method to reprocess painful memories by reformulationg negative beliefs. She explains how eye movement desensitization and reprocessing works. Both complicated and fascinating, we delve into how trauma i...
Mar 25, 2025•44 min•Season 1Ep. 107
Kellyanne Brady, PhD is pregnant. How might this impact her treatment? Transference is likely to occur. How might her clients' feelings be overtly or subtly communicated, or not revealed at all? How does Dr. Brady's countertransference come into play? What happens when a therapist is going through their own major life transition? These are questions anyone can relate to regarding how to remain present and how much to share or self-disclose.
Mar 11, 2025•43 min
<!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}-->From the last podcast episode on sibling abuse, my guest, Lorene Stanwick wanted to ensure that she communicated specific aspects of her experience. In a follow-up conversation, she focuses on the insidious nature of abuse and her road towards healing. She discusses the catharctic aspect of writing a play on sibling abuse and her desire to be the voice for others. Many folks can relate to feeling you may have left out ...
Feb 25, 2025•44 min•Season 1Ep. 106
Not being believed when someone has been abused magnifies the experience of trauma. What happens when ones own family doesn't acknowledge the abuse from parents to siblings to perpetrators? Lorene Stanwick, an adult survivor of sibling abuse talks about these implications and the profound impact this has had on her. In this episode, Lorene shares her truth and shares her processing the change speaking out created in her family, and her ultimate decision to choose herself.
Feb 11, 2025•44 min
Meet Alma, a BSW student who is just beginning her social work education. In spite of how astute, insightful, and self-aware she is, she still contends with feelings of insecurity and finding her voice. Dr. Meyers strives to normalize Alma's feelings and in doing so, addresses areas of anxiety and concerns most practicing professionals grapple with. Along the way, they have some important lessons to ease the discomfort of doing the work.
Jan 28, 2025•38 min•Season 1Ep. 104
In this episode you are sure to gain a better understanding of what is at the root of most couple conflict; the need to focus on the underlying feelings that are raised for each member of the pair; and the path towards empathy for the other's perspective. Dr. Meyers' guest, Sindee Gozansky emphasizes the discord and upset found in couples conflict that usually originates in historical, early and familial relationships. She offers her own challenges in working with couples, and the necessity of b...
Jan 14, 2025•45 min•Ep. 103
Many of us have some form of body dysmorphia, and so we can all relate to this episode. Societal pressures make it almost impossible not to contend with a disorted perspective of our personal appearance. Ruth Kalai, LCSW works with young professionals whose bodily perceptions often indicate a representation of some other aspect of unhappiness, anxiety, or failure. Learn a cognitive-behavioral technique that can ease the suffering that comes with this disorder. Ruth also shares her personal strug...
Dec 31, 2024•45 min•Ep. 102
Dr. Meyers has a pointed, open and honest conversation with two racially different professors who co-teach a course on diversity. As they engage in processing their differences and making decisions about how to navigate the course, they and their student model how to optimize discussions on racial differences and positions of power, privilege, and oppression. In the midst of this socially and politically stressful time, let's accept discomfort as we pave a path towards self-awareness, openness t...
Dec 17, 2024•50 min•Ep. 101
Join Dr. Meyers as she celebrates her 100th episode with some reflections on her favorite episodes, responses to listener's questions about therapy and podcasting, and banter with her guest on topics of self-care and of all things, cursing.
Dec 03, 2024•56 min•Ep. 100
There are some challenges facing the field of social work and education. COVID exacerbated issues already plaguing the field in terms of staffing and burnout; staff and supervisors are overwhelmed with caseloads and supervisors vary in their ability to provide quality supervision. As gatekeepers, three field directors chat about the state of the social work field and its impact on the provision of educational experiences for students. They also discuss the shifts that needs to happen for student...
Nov 19, 2024•54 min
Whether you enjoy the holidays or not, they can still be a source of expectation, stress, and pressure. Dr. Meyers identifies some of those challenging aspects and offers a few tips on successful navigation.
Nov 05, 2024•13 min•Ep. 98
Join my guest, Lilach Koch, LMSW a professional and personal expert on autism spectrum disorder and intellectual and developmental disabilities as she genuinely discusses her journey with her own daughter. Her patience and commitment has also come u with challenges as she strives to facilitate her daughter's social-emotional development and advocate for community awareness and resources. Email Lilach at kotchlmsw2022@gmail.com
Oct 22, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 97
In the second part of Diane's story of sibling sexual abuse, Diane shares more about her sibling dynamics, generational abuse, and her relationship with her abusive brother throughout the years. https://dianetarantini.com/ facebook.com/DianeTarantiniAuthor diane@dianetarantini.com
Oct 08, 2024•46 min•Ep. 96
A passionate advocate for child safety education and a sibling sexual abuse surivor, Diane Tarantini shares her family dynamics and experience on which her memoir is based. She discusses her parents' ineffective intervention and how she forgave them and her brother. She models reilience and hope through her wisdom, work, and vibrant personality. Site: https://www.dianetarantini.com/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/DianeTarantiniAuthor Email: diane@dianetarantini.com...
Sep 24, 2024•48 min•Ep. 95
Transitioning from student to practitioner is challenging and raises questions about one's capability. It is disarming and scary. Seasoned clinicians claim these feelings as well. Newbie Montana Aquino, LCSW shares when her anxiety is activated and how her personal boundaries have been tested. She shares her work and management of one client who crosses the therapeutic boundary with his sexualized behavior.
Sep 10, 2024•44 min•Ep. 94
We can all identify with the feeling of not feeling capable in the workplace. Maybe you even experience fear that you will be "found out". Those who experience imposter syndrome are very capable, intelligent people. It's the perfectionism or fear of failure that create unrealistic self-imposed expectations. Dr. Meyers speaks with Dr. Gabriella McBride, a seasoned professional who works in higher education and shares her vulnerability with imposter syndrome. She shares her emerging and shifting r...
Aug 27, 2024•49 min•Ep. 93
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder creates an intrusion on thoughts and actions. Join Lauren Wolfe, MS, LPC as she discusses the ways in which OCD shows up. We may be able to identify ourselves with some aspects of this anxiety-driven obsession. In a very relatable manner, Lauren shares her experiences with clients and offers cognitive-behavioral and calming techniques to to help ease its intensity and provide a sense of safety.
Aug 13, 2024•51 min•Ep. 92
Dr. Meyers shares her experience with a friend battling catatonic depression and reflects about the societal perception of mental illness and challenges us to consider the stereotypes as to whom it effects. Depression doesn't discriminate.
Jul 30, 2024•21 min•Ep. 91
<!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}-->In the first sibling abuse series focused on sibling sexual abuse, learn about its prevalence, characteristics, signs, family context and the short and long-term impacts. Dr. Whitworth guests in an informative episode offering important information and a resource bringing awareness and policy needs to protect children. https://www.unh.edu/ccrc/saara UNH.SAARA@unh.edu Phone: (603) 862-0936 Facebook: SAARA Initiative Ins...
Jul 16, 2024•37 min•Ep. 90
How do our relational styles of attachment get programmed from earlier caregiver figures? What is healthy attachment? We tend to repeat what is familiar despite wanting something better or different. Join Dr. Meyers and Dr. Bott as they offer their perspectives and banter on fears, desires, and needs that create challenges in relationships. Knowing your own pattern and needs is essential towards obtaining it.
Jul 02, 2024•56 min•Ep. 89
