Light Up The Couch

Light Up The Couch


Latest Episodes

Age-Related Memory Loss: Essential Knowledge and Tools for Therapists, Ep. 207
May 01, 2024

Best practices for navigating age-related memory loss when it presents in mental health care

FREE CE Course: Shaping a Secure Sense of Self Using EFIT, Ep. 206
April 17, 2024

Dr. Sue Johnson explains how Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy evokes, contains, and uses emotion in specific empirically-supported ways to help individual clients grow and thrive. Interview with

Assessing and Addressing Intimate Partner Violence, Legally and Ethically, Ep. 205
April 03, 2024

A meaningful overview of the prevalence of intimate partner violence within couples/families and describes strategies for handling these situations

Mastering the Art of Online Group Therapy, Ep. 204
March 27, 2024

Strategies for structuring group sessions, fostering engagement, and managing group dynamics; with discussion about law and ethics

Conditioned Emotional Suppression: The Emotional Experiences of the Marginalized, Ep. 203
March 06, 2024

How the emotional experience of marginalized populations differs drastically from those who have more emotional privilege

Looking Out for Long COVID & Similar Illnesses in Clients: Symptoms, Research, and Developing Treatments, Ep. 202
February 28, 2024

Recognizing key signs of Long COVID and similar conditions to aid in referral and management

The Little-Known Bully on the Block: Eating Disorders and the Impact of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Ep. 201
February 21, 2024

Learn about the co-occuring disorder experienced by 20% of people with eating disorders like anorexia

Painful Sex & Penetration: A Clinical Overview of Vaginismus for Mental Health Professionals, Ep. 200
February 14, 2024

Clinical approaches for vaginismus, a condition characterized by involuntary muscle contractions that make vaginal penetration painful or impossible

Correcting Myths about Suicidal Ideation and Self-Injurious Behaviors and Providing Responsive Treatment, Ep. 199
February 07, 2024

How to effectively manage a disclosure of suicidal ideation or urges to self-harm, as well as how to assess risk immediately and in subsequent sessions

Adult Siblings as a Hidden Resource in Therapy, Ep. 198
January 30, 2024

Helpful framework for integrating siblings in individual and couple therapy