Are you kidding me? I'm LOVING it! You MUST check out the Therapist Uncensored Podcast ! If you, like me, are always looking to do better as a clinician, have I got a great reference for you. The Therapist Uncensored Podcast is hosted by Ann Kelley Ph.D. and Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP, highly-experienced licensed therapists who provide candid and focused education to help you bring awareness to the unconscious patterns in your life that get in your way. Two women who vibe with each other and, I'M SURE OF IT, would vibe with me too. Ann Kelley Ph.D. and Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP As an Old New therapist, I'm finding myself becoming better prepared, up-to-date, and more well-versed in the information that I'm learning. Besides the many other training opportunities that I'm taking advantage of, doses of this podcast are also incredible for my efforts to get up-to-date in this field. I think I'm becoming a better clinician through my listening (and re-listening to and re...

We secular clinicians are all working hard to both understand Religious Trauma Syndrome and working hard to know just what to do with each client. We have the tremendous advantage of having far better understanding these days of how to work with clients who have experienced trauma of many sorts. Myself, I've been working hard to learn, best, how to treat clients who've experienced trauma, my ultimate goal being to be a to go person for religious trauma syndrome symptoms in my area, with the many varieties of approaches needed for recovery and healing. My goal is to be as effective and sensitive as I possibly can be when working with the people who seek help for all issues related to religious deconversion and trauma. I've called and emailed other clinicians around the country who work specifically with this population, looking for the keys to the castle. I think that the training I've been getting for myself is the right stuff. I plan on writing more and more on this b...

 Sometimes I find memes that are far more elegant than any words I could use:           Take what you need

For this post, I went to the website of the woman who created the phrase Religious Trauma Syndrome, Marlene Winell PhD. On her website, Dr. Winell describes Religious Trauma Syndrome at: Religious Trauma Syndrome is the condition experienced by people who are struggling with leaving an authoritarian, dogmatic religion and coping with the damage of indoctrination. They may be going through the shattering of a personally meaningful faith and/or breaking away from a controlling community and lifestyle.  RTS is a function of both the chronic abuses of harmful religion and the impact of severing one’s connection with one’s faith.  It can be compared to a combination of PTSD and Complex PTSD (C-PTSD). I can explain nor discuss RTS better than she does; here is the website .   But I can tell you a little bit more. If you are a client looking for deconversion help or for help with what you think might be Religious Trauma Syndrome, make sure to look for a therapist who is a...

G reta Christina is a woman who has written a couple of "atheist books" and who is a regular speaker on the atheist convention circuit. I'm delighted that I've had time to speak with she and her partner over several meals shared at the conventions. (though I seriously doubt she remembers me at all. ) Her book Why Are You Atheists So Angry?: 99 Things That Piss Off the Godless is a book that I've read several times and have, even, plagiarized the idea of on my other blog. This morning a video of her doing the talk came across my FB feed through two friend of mine, Pam and Scott. Listening to this talk again today brought up some other reasons why I, a totally kind and nice and positive atheist, am pissed off at religion. Strap yourself in. Today, a cousin of mine posted THIS DRIVEL; and she means it unironically: This crap is religious rhetoric that is ACTIVELY keeping us all trapped in our homes for fear of continued outbreaks and infection of this hid...

If you're looking for a fairly decent relaxation, progressive relaxation, affirmations video, here's a nice one, done by moi. Relaxation Video