My Therapist Friends
Bring your cafecito and tune in as your favorite therapists from all walks of life have honest and open conversations.
Episodes
36 episodes
Farewell...
This week we say goodbye with a special message from Dr. Leslie. Tune in as they reflect on the ending of the season and their decision to make it final for now. Thank you all for taking time out of your days to connect with us. We will always ...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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8:33
Episode Fourteen: Community
On our last episode of the season, we get to start a new friendship and welcome Dra. Ivonne from @drivonnemejia to our little community. Join us while we explore what community means to us and what keeps us all connected. We hope this can...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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48:14
Episode Thirteen: Bodily Autonomy
On this week's episode, we get to start a new friendship and welcome Alo from @thetranstherapist to our little community. Join us while we talk through the overturning of Roe V. Wade and the intersection of what it means to have bodily au...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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56:08
Episode Twelve: Trauma
On this week's episode, we welcome back our beloved Samantha Funes, LMFT. Join us as we share our thoughts and reflections about our experiences with Trauma. We believe that it's important to consider the impact of history and all that we carry...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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52:51
Episode Eleven: Storytelling
On this week's episode, we get to start a new friendship and welcome Mirna from @oaxacalitherapist and @jefascolibros to our little community. Join us while we talk through our relationships with storytelling and ways to reclaim this spec...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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47:50
Episode Ten: Money
On this week's episode, we get to start a new friendship and welcome Lindsay from @mindmoneybalance to our little community. Lets talk moneyyyyy. Join us while we talk through the experiences of first-gen folks and the potential barriers ...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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48:33
Episode Nine: Alcohol
On this week's episode, we welcome back our beloved Dr. Keith Hermanstyne. Join us as we get curious about alcohol use and the social acceptance of it. We believe that it's important to consider what could be behind the use of alcohol and how e...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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51:48
Episode Eight: Love & Relationships Pt. 2
On this week's episode, we get to start a new friendship and welcome Samantha Funes, LMFT to our little community. Together, we come together to discuss what makes relationships so challenging and also so fruitful. Join us as we talk about how ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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53:45
Episode Seven: Suicide
On this week's episode, we welcome back Dra. Kimberly Rios-Lam from @dr.rioslam to our little community. Together, we hold space to talk about our relationships with suicide. We believe that suicide prevention awareness is something that should...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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51:37
Episode Six: To All the Single Folx Out There
Deniss Pleiner returns for this episode to talk about the difficulties and freedoms of being single. By recognizing that-- like all things in life-- it can be a wonderful and yet not-so-great experience, we can learn to manage and make th...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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41:14
Episode Five: Intuition
On this week's episode, we get to start a new friendship and welcome Tiffany Renee from @luvbluehealing to our little community. Together, we try our best to put words to the complicated experience of intuition. Join us as we talk about why int...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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50:20
Episode Four: Professionalism
On this week's episode, we get to start a new friendship and welcome Dra. Kimberly Rios-Lam from @dr.rioslam to our little community. Together, we explore and redefine what professionalism means for our communities of color in the work force.&n...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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51:28
Episode Three: Gender
On this week's episode, we get to start a new friendship and welcome Luis Cornejo, LMFT from @psychosocial_media to our little community. Our topic of discussion is one that is near and dear to Leslie's heart and influenced by the work of...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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47:08
Episode Two: Change
In this week's episode, @denisspleiner and @drlesliecelis sit down and reflect on the journey of this podcast and the changes that have come in the past year and a half. You'll also hear the an...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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31:07
Episode One: The Oscar Slap
Welcome back to season 2! On this week's episode, we get to start a new friendship and welcome Dr. Keith Hermanstyne to our little community. Our topic of discussion is the ever so controversial Oscar Slap incident of 2022. Join us while we tal...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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50:31
Episode Twenty-One: COVID Reprise
Welcome back and thank you for celebrating our anniversary with us! In this single standing episode, your therapist friends talk about COVID...again. We share some updates and talk COVID burnout. Hoping y'all find solace in this episode...we se...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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42:53
Episode Twenty: Gratitude
Welcome to the last episode of our first season! In this episode, your therapist friends talk about gratitude. We explore what gratitude means to us and ways to use it to strengthen relationships and shift emotional experiences. At the end, we ...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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48:34
Episode Nineteen: What is Self-Care?
In this second-to-last episode of the first season of My Therapist Friends, your friends talk about what self-care really is and what we do for self-care. As always, we love hearing from you so please comment and engage with ...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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44:14
Episode Eighteen: Self-Esteem
This week's episode features a conversation about self-esteem. Listen along as we share some of our ideas about what it is, what influences it and what can help make it grow. As with anything, things take time and practice, but we believe...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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44:22
Episode Seventeen: Why Therapy is Not (always) the Answer
talk therapy can be cathartic, healing, life changing. But it's not always the answer. In today's episode, your therapist friends talk about when and why therapy might either have to wait.
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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34:55
Episode Sixteen: Sleep
This week we discuss why sleep can be so hard to get and why it's more than just an individual's issue. We just wanna put it out there.... lack of sleep is a social justice issue. We believe that there are some real world barriers to catc...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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44:46
Episode Fifteen: Feminism
Today we talk about the "F" word. Your therapist friends share their journeys with Feminism and what it means to them. What does it mean to you?
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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43:05
Episode Fourteen: Am I still Latinx if I don't speak Spanish?
This week we discuss if people should be able to claim their Latinx heritage if they aren't Spanish speakers. I mean, hate to spoil the episode, but we know you know what we think that answer is. We share some of our personal experiences ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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39:06
Episode Thirteen: Female Friendships
We often hear about female friendships being competitive, catty, and destructive and in today's episode we take on the many facets of a female friendship and share our experiences with our female friends. As always, we love to hear...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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38:09
Episode Twelve: On being a "good" Latina..
***Trigger warning- content regarding violence against womxn is discussed. This week your therapist friends ask... what the heck does is mean to be a "good" Latina? We talk about what being a good womxn means and how some of these ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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41:32