Stories are one of the most powerful ways for us to relate and teach others.

In this episode, co-host Tanya lays bare the experiences and events that led to her seeking mental health support. Through adversity such as physical abuse, bullying, racism, and toxic partners, Olivia and Tanya examine and discuss the motivations, and lessons learned. Furthermore, they talk about the process in finding the right therapist, and common pitfalls of how people often approach therapy.

• Somatic Therapy
• Internal Family Systems Therapy

• How corporal punishment is normalised in Asian immigrant families
• Loss of social support and its impact
• Explaining why children are being "manipulative"
• Navigating the social stigma of seeking mental health support, and the driving motivations behind negative reactions from family and friends
• Racism, bullying, and importance of finding safer spaces
• Toxic relationships, both platonic and romantic
• How sexism in psychological diagnoses impacts young women
• Empowering clients

• (0:00) Mic Drop
• (1:31) How do we start?
• (3:34) This feels like an Intake
• (7:49)"Manipulative kids"
• (9:20) Deconstructing the intake
• (10:39) Watershed moment
• (11:33) Crabs in a bucket
• (18:08) Therapist #1
• (19:57) Therapist #2
• (20:06) Borderline BS
• (22:37) Therapist #3-6
• (27:48) Stigma
• (28:26) Closing remarks

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