Sad to Savage Shrink Chicks on Normalizing Therapy and How We Enter Relationships with Unconscious Contracts
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Feb 4, 2024 Emmalee Beerley, a licensed marriage and family therapist and co-host of the Shrink Chicks podcast, joins Jennifer to discuss the vital role of therapy in relationships. They highlight how unconscious contracts shape our interactions and emphasize the need for healthy boundaries. With personal anecdotes, they explore the significance of mutual understanding and self-awareness in nurturing connections. They also encourage embracing discomfort and difficult conversations as essential steps toward personal growth and healthier relationships.
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Therapist Authenticity Drives Outcomes
- Emily and Jennifer built a practice that values authentic therapist-client connection over a 'blank slate' stance.
- They argue therapist personality and relatability predict therapeutic success more than psychobabble techniques.
We Don't Learn Healthy Relationships
- Many people lack models for healthy relationships because society rarely teaches relationship skills.
- Media and friends often normalize unhealthy expectations that shape how people behave in relationships.
Trace Boundaries Through Family History
- Examine your family history to see how boundaries were modeled across generations.
- Use that awareness to choose and enact boundaries that serve you, not automatic caretaking or codependency.