Episode 89:  Couples Counseling:  Understanding the “Workaholic”

Episode 89: Couples Counseling: Understanding the “Workaholic”

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Episode 89: Couples Counseling: Understanding the "Workaholic"
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Join Valerie in this interview that might touch many of us…as we all know or possibly struggle with work/rest balance. In this interview Valerie and former clients Trent and Ashley unpack how Trent was able to overcome his insatiable appetite for achievement by better understanding himself. In a nutshell: when we do not understand our pasts, we often act in unconscious ways that hurt ourselves and others. When we become aware of these things–we make better choices and live in our own integrity.

Episode 83:  Adolescents and Depression–Anger and Sadness Intermixed

Episode 83: Adolescents and Depression–Anger and Sadness Intermixed

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Episode 83: Adolescents and Depression--Anger and Sadness Intermixed
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Join Valerie and her former client Jeffrey as he walks us all through the twists and turns of adolescent depression, which doesn’t necessarily “look like” classic depression.

Episode 51: Series 10 [Part 4 of 4] When a US Marine Learns the Power of Tears

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Episode 51: Series 10 [Part 4 of 4] When a US Marine Learns the Power of Tears
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Join Val and co-host Todd as they unpack the struggle that many men have in pushing up against our culture’s mandate for men to be “tough” and how they in many ways have been socialized to manage in ways that ultimately bring anxiety, emptiness, and relational struggle. This epidode highlights how Val’s client Garrick is a role model for all men as he shows that an extremely “tough” former marine and physician in training can also be tender, sensitive, loving, and emotionally self aware.