Psychotherapist and host Jessica Fowler interviews Lisa Gray this week about relationships and chronic illness.  We discuss her book:  Thriving in a Relationship When You Have Chronic Illness: Navigate Challenges and Keep Your Relationship Strong Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.  We explore how chronic illness changes couple dynamics and how acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) can help.

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In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler is speaking with Khara Croswaite Brindle, MA, LPC, ACS, CFT about her book Moving from Alert to Acceptance: Helping Clinicians Heal from Client Suicide. This book covers suicide assessment and safety planning in a way that takes the fear out of asking. In this episode, we explore how Khara writes client stories and therapist stories of healing. We explore how impactful this event is to clinicians and the struggles that can be had while trying to heal.

In this episode, Jessica Fowler interviews April Pulvermacher, LMFT about her book When Avoiding Your Sh*t is No Longer Serving You: Your Emotional Bootcamp Journal for Inner Child and Shadow Work. Take a listen as April shares about her journal, parts work and how she uses some humor in her journal.

Jessica Fowler interviews Nicole Schwartz, LMFT about her book It Starts with You: How Imperfect Parents Can Find Calm and Connection With Their Kids.