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.

In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler speaks with Dr. Tian Dayton about her book The ACoA Trauma Syndrome. Dr. Dayton shares about how addiction impacts children and its reach continues into adulthood. We explore the treatment of ACoA’s and what is in her book.

In this episode, Dr. Joy Malik-Hasbrook shares about her book A Kids Book About Nervous System Regulation. Highlights include discussing the nervous system, how to regulate it and talking to kids about their nervous system.

In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler interviews Ruth Fearnow, LMHC about her book Therapeutic Mindfulness: A Healing Skill, Not a Coping Skill. Ruth shares about her experience teaching others to help themselves heal.

Highlights from this episode include:

-Ruth shares about the difference between mindfulness and therapeutic mindfulness.

-Ruth shares an example of practicing therapeutic mindfulness.

-Ruth shares about EMDR. You can learn mor about EMDR here.

-Ruth shares about Internal Family Systems (IFS). You can learn more here.

Ruth shares who this book is for.

Ruth shares about how although coping skills are important, she explores why healing skills are necessary.

On this week’s episode, Michelle Moore, PhD. shares about her book “Not Your Mom’s Divorce: The Savvy Woman’s Guide. Michelle shares about how she started writing about her experience while getting a divorce and found that there wasn’t a guide to help you navigate the changes to life when getting divorced. While providing a lot of knowledge and resources, Michelle also uses humor to shares about her experience. Listen in as we discuss all this and more.

In this episode for therapists, Amy Marlow-MaCoy, LPC shares about her book The Clinician's Guide to Treating Adult Children of Narcissists: Pulling Back the Curtain on Manipulation, Gaslighting, and Emotional Abuse in Narcissistic Families. We discuss what narcissism is, how it presents, and how to support our clients.

In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler interviews Lisa Gray, LMFT about her book Healthy Conflict Happy Couple: How to Let Go of Blame and Grow Stronger Together.

Highlights from this episode include:

2:34: Discussing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

3:43: What happens in arguments that do not work and how to start thinking about goals for an argument.

4:43: Exploring where you conflict style comes from and working on your own calming skills.

7:20: Lisa shares her one piece of advice she shares with everyone.

8:09: Lisa shares the steps that she outlines in the book.

In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler interviews Maureen Kane, LMHC, LPCP about her book A Guide Back to You: A Workbook Exploring Who You Are and Staying True to Yourself.  Maureen shares about her book which includes how her clients kept asking "Who am I"?  So she wrote this book to help others discover themselves, their wants, values, and likes.

Kate Kincaid, LPC shares about her book Polyamory Journal A Relationship Book: Prompts and Practices for Navigating Non-Monogamy. During the episode, Kate shares about polyamory, what it is and who would benefit from this book. Kate shares about the exercises that can be helpful for a person to explore by themselves if they are interested in a non-monogamy relationship. This book explores topics such as exploring your own values, boundaries, jealousy and self-care.

This one is for the therapists! In this week's episode, Jessica Fowler interviews Robert Rice, Ph.D. about his book Video Games in Psychotherapy. Robert shares how important it is to be aware of video games and their potential for use in sessions. This can range from drawing avatars to playing video games in session and using biofeedback. Listen for ways you might be able to learn about video game use for your practice.

Mayra Diaz, LMFT shares about her book The Anxiety Relief Workbook. In this episode Mayra shares about panic, where is comes from and what is happening in the body. She shares that when we learn to have compassion and try to understand the panic we can make more progress.

Jessica Fowler interviews Dr. Tanya S. Crabb about her book Living the Dream: A Military Coming of Age Story. Living the Dream provides a women’s view of life in the military, and in particularly, tells the story of one Jamaican-American woman as she tries to overcome personal and emotional challenges (from the book). This book covers topics such as family dynamics, trauma and relationships. There is a trigger warning.

Elizabeth Gillette, LCSW shares about her book Attachment Theory Workbook for Couples: Exercises to Strengthen and Grow Your Relationship. During this weeks episode, Elizabeth Gillette, LCSW shares about the various attachment styles including anxious, avoidant, disorganized and secure attachment style. Elizabeth shares why no one type of attachment is “bad” and there are ways either individually or together to move toward a secure attachment.

Jessica Fowler interviews Kim McLaughlin M.A about her book Feed Your Soul; Nourish Your Life: A Six Step System to Peace with Food.

Jessica Fowler interviews Jessica Helmka, LADC/MH about her two workbooks the 360 Building a Perimeter of Support: A Mindful Plan for Life and Recovery. One is the Addiction Recovery Workbook and is the Addiction Recovery Workbook for Family. Jessica shares about her experience and why she wrote these workbooks that are not only for clients but for clinicians to use with their clients.

Jessica Fowler chats with Carrie Leaf, MS, LMFT about her book Therapize Yourself: Choose to Heal and Find Your Truth. A Step by Step Program to Bring Our the Best Version of You by Integrating the Mind, Body and Spirit. Carrie shares in her book what she shares with all her clients.