In this weeks episode of What Your Therapist is Reading, Jessica Fowler speaks with Raeanne Lacatena about her book The Integrated Entrepreneur: Actualize Your Potential and Fulfill Your Purpose.  We cover a lot in this weeks episode, far beyond being an entrepreneur. 

 Highlights:

 4:43: Raeanne shares about how the book is about helping people understand that business is about doing the internal work to get the external results.

 6:45: Raeanne shares about the decision to include client stories but also her own.

11:04: Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

17:19 Exploring our own beliefs about money.

In this weeks episode, Anna Gazmarian shares about her memoir, Devout: A Memoir of Doubt.  Anna shares how traditional views of faith and mental illness can be at odds, and explains how she redefined her spirituality to see God in moments of safety and love.

The podcast episode, hosted by Jessica Fowler on What Your Therapist is Reading, features a conversation with Laura Belgray, an award-winning copywriter, founder of Talking Shrimp, and author of Tough Titties: On Living Your Best Life When You're the F’ing Worst. The discussion covers Laura’s unconventional journey to success, the themes in her book, and relatable personal stories.

Key Highlights:

 -We discuss how Tough Titties explores Laura’s coming-of-age story and her winding path she took to find herself and her career through chapters that chronicle her life in NYC in a vulnerable, yet relatable way.

 -Laura shares about a bully in 6^th grade and lessons learned.

 -Laura shares about having a father as a therapist and what that experience was like for her.

 -Laura touches on different life experiences as she tried to find herself and her career and being okay with the choices she made.

 -Laura shares how she wants this book to help readers feel less alone.

*Trigger warning for this episode as we are discussing trauma.

*Information shared on this podcast is for informational and educational purposes only.

 This episode is for those in the helping professions.

 In this episode of What Your Therapist Is Reading, Jessica Fowler is speaking with Jessica Stone, Ph.D., RPT-S, and Clair Mellenthin, LCSW, RPT-S, two of the authors of the book, Trauma Impacts: Repercussions of Individual and Collective Trauma. The episode focuses on the multifaceted effects of trauma, both on individuals and communities, and how these impacts ripple through generations.

 Highlights include:

 10:04 Shares how the book is set up including the 3 sections which include the impacts of trauma, trauma impacts with specific populations, and future implications.

 13:01 Exploring relationships within the systems and need for healing.

 18:19 Generational Trauma

 20:15 When the helper is in crisis too

 21:01 Trauma and neurodiversity 

27:03 Who this book is for

In this episode of What Your Therapist Is Reading, Jessica Fowler is joined by Katie K. May, LPC, to discuss her book You're on Fire, It's Fine: Effective Strategies for Parenting Teens with Self-Destructive Behaviors. Katie, a therapist specializing in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and one of only 11 Linehan Board Certified DBT Clinicians in Pennsylvania, offers deep insights into managing emotional sensitivity in teens. Katie shares valuable strategies for parents to support their teens dealing with self-harm, depression, and suicidal thoughts.

In this conversation, Katie highlights the importance of emotional regulation for parents, strategies for reconnecting with teens, and ways to create a safe environment where open communication can thrive.

In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler is speaking with Emily Mark-Griffin about her book, EMDR Workbook for Kids. 

Highlights:

Christine describes EMDR therapy.

Christine shares how the book aligns with the 8 phases of EMDR therapy.

Christine describes how she involves parents in the book and how parents can be a part of the process including what to expect from your child who is receiving EMDR therapy.

We explore how play can be involved in EMDR therapy and it isn't just for kids.

In the episode Emily Souder shares about her book Birth Story Held for Loss. She explores how there are a variety of chapters that explore different experiences related to perinatal loss. Emily identifies how she is partner with you through this journey and this book is meant to hold that experience for you.

In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler is speaking with Kelli Sandman-Hurley, Ed.D, about her book Advocate! How to Advocate for a Child with Dyslexia within the Public Education System.  

Highlights include:

Discussing what dyslexia is and the signs.

Supports for middle and high school students.

Exploring some of the myths about dyslexia.

The mental health impacts of dyslexia.

In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler is speaking with Dr. Kimber Shelton about her book A Handbook on Counseling African American Women: Psychological Symptoms, Treatment and Case Studies by Kimber Shelton, Michelle King Lyn and Mahlet Endale (Editors).

 Highlights from this episode include:

Kimber Shelton shares about the intention of the book.

Kimber Shelton shares about the 2 other editors of the book and how they came together to write this book.

Kimber Shelton shares how the book is organized including intersectionality, cultural competency and treatment interventions.

Kimber shares who this book is for.

Kimber shares how she wanted to write this book as more black women were coming to therapy then before and wanted therapist to be culturally competent.

In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler is speaking with Heather Browne, PsyD, LMFT about her book Speaking with the Heart: Transforming Your Relationship and Communication with Compassion and Connection. Dr. Heather shares how you go from roommates to being in a loving relationships again. She also shares her wisdom of how to show love in all your relationships. Dr. heather also shares her personal examples from her life and changes she has made.

In this episode, Lauren Chava Rose shares about her memoir, The Heart Word: How I Lost it All and Found Myself.  Lauren shares about her experience of exploring the need to estrange herself from her family and the healing journey that she took.  Lauren not only shares about her journey with her therapist, but with her energy healers and the family that she created along the way.

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.

In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler interviews Dylan Zambrano, MSW about his book the DBT Skills Daily Journal: 10 Minutes a Day to Soothe Your Emotions with Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.

During this episode we discuss what DBT is and who could benefit from this therapy. In addition to talking about what is in the journal, Dylan shares some examples and highlights from the book. We also discuss the benefits of journaling and why he wrote the book.

Jessica Fowler interviews Phil Lane, LCSW about his book , Understanding and Coping with Illness Anxiety. During this episode we talk about what is illness anxiety and various types of modalities to treat it.

Christina Kantzavelos, LCSW shares about her journal Begin Within - A Daily Healing Journey. Christina shares a bit about her history with chronic illness and being very sick, to being able to advocate and help heal herself. Through her journal she was able to track symptoms that helped with her healing journey but also found healing in journaling itself. Listen as she shares about the journal.

In this episode, Jessica Fowler interviews Cara Fairfax about her children's book Island Hopper. Island Hopper is about a young penguin, Hoppy, who lives with two special grownups. Cara shares how this story sharing what it can be like for a young person to go from two different homes when one adult struggles with a personality disorder.

“What I really tried to do is  drop down into the suffering that they experience and speak to the suffering, not the disorder so much”-Kimberley Quinlan.

In this episode, Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT shares about her book The Self-Compassion Workbook for OCD: Lean into Your Fear, Manage Difficult Emotions and Focus on Recovery. We discuss all things self-compassion, obsessive compulsive disorder and exposure and response therapy. Take a listen to how self-compassion can really be the key to working through your OCD.

In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler, interviews Jennifer Mullan, PsyD about her book Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma & Politicizing Your Practice. We cover so much in this episode including what decolonizing therapy is and how to apply that to your own practice. We explore the struggles of therapists and what can be done differently.

In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler interviews Arielle Jordan, LCPC about her book Holding Space: My Story of Grief, Remembering, and Thriving After Traumatic Loss.

*There is a trigger warning for the book because it does talk about parental loss, child loss and divorce.

Highlights from this episode include:

3:23 Although Arielle shares about pain in her book, she shares about resilience.

5:03 Arielle shares about types of therapies she discusses in the book including DBT, EMDR and IFS.

7:02 Arielle shares what holding space means and how we can hold space for ourselves.

10:19 We discuss part of the book that shares Arielle's experience in the military.

13:22 Types of loss discussed in the book include parental loss, child loss, divorce and more.