Posts Tagged ‘CBT’
Checkin’ Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
This week’s episode is brought to you by the letters ACT. What does that stand for? Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Psychotherapist Greg Bodin (who is an absolute delight) joins us this week to talk about this type of Psychotherapy that is getting more attention these days, but is not new in any sense. Acceptance and…
Read MoreCheckin’ OCD in Context
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder where people experience unwanted repeating thoughts, feelings, images, or sensations. Engaging in behaviors or mental acts in response. While we have a lot of misconceptions on Mental Health conditions and disorders, we can bring understanding when we combine knowledge with lived experiences. This week I am joined…
Read MoreCheckin’ The Power of a Voice
A single voice can reach out to all those who sit in silence, and it holds that power. It is sometimes weird to say that when someone uses their voice to break down societal barriers, that it gives others permission to do the same. Afterall, we are all free agents who make the choice to…
Read MoreCheckin’ Religious Trauma Recovery
Religious Trauma Syndrome is a result of chronic abuses of extremist religions and impact of severing one’s connection with one’s faith. Comparable to a combination of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) My guest today, Andrew Jasko, was formerly a Pentecostal Christian minister and missionary to India. Although religious faith was his life’s…
Read MoreCheckin’ Inner Transformation
“The idea of facing myself naked, without the trappings of the world seemed unbearable” – Felipe Zimmer However, that is what Felipe did. What followed was a journey of consciousness and inner transformation. Choosing to face all the judgements, thoughts and feelings that were within him by allowing himself to sit with them, away from…
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