Episode 112. It’s official. It is here. This week’s episode is all about the new podcast, The Innovative Therapist Podcast. This name and shifting of the podcast reflects my internal shifts, and who I am becoming and permission for all of us to think more creatively with regards to how we think about healing. In this episode, I will tell you what to expect in the new podcast. What will be different and what will be the same. I will also share how I am different, and some of the experiences and people that led to those shifts.

I cannot wait to share it with you!

What to Expect in this episode:

• My reason for changing the name of the podcast to The Innovative Therapist Podcast
  
• Who it is geared towards (FYI: it isn’t just for therapists, but for anyone interested in thinking deeply and creatively about innovative approaches to healing)
  
• Why I am probably not going to be recording in the same space anymore, and why
  
• How the shifts you see in this podcast and other aspects of my business reflect internal shifts happening in me, and me learning to listen to and trust my body more and more (aka “walking the walk,” if you will)
  
• What to expect in the future (e.g., more interviews with therapists who have paved their way and began doing meaningful work outside of the traditional 1 on 1 client work, among other creative guests and solo topics), more interviews with therapists and other professionals willing to challenge the status quo and question our traditional way of doing things (e.g., like my conversation with Dr. Adia Gooden a long time ago where we talked about sharing about ourselves as psychologists and how it’s so different than what we learned to do in training)
  
• The book I’m reading right now, Decolonizing Therapy by Dr. Jennifer Mullan, and what I’m learning from it so far and how it’s helping me think creatively about our role as helping professionals and some of the reasons the traditional therapy model never felt quite right to me (and how this book is adding to the learning I got from reading Decolonizing Wellness by Dalia Kinsey, Check out my conversation with Dalia Kinsey to explore this)
  
• How and why I’ll be continuing to explore evidence-based approaches as well as other “alternative” healing modalities (with less official research backing, but equally as important explore with an open mind)
  
• What I’m thinking in terms of the motivation questions at the end, and the music for the podcast, and how I’m letting a lot of this evolve naturally (and how incredibly different that is from my prior approaches)
  
• Things coming up in my world that I’m excited about! The Innovative Therapist Retreat Oct 7-10th in Norton Shores, Michigan, Local Outdoor Therapist Meetups in West Michigan, sign up for updates here! DrHondorp.com/Meetups, and other community building online offerings coming soon!
  

• Natalie Miller and The Mind Witchery podcast
  
• Randi Rubenstein and Mastermind Parenting
  

• The Innovative Therapist podcast is for you if you want honest conversations about what works and what doesn’t for learning to trust our bodies and doing deeply healing work (for our clients and ourselves)
  
• It’s about having honest conversations with therapists and other professionals about their journeys and how they learned to listen to themselves and pursue work that felt deeply meaningful and energizing to them
  

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