A psychotherapy-entertainment podcast featuring licensed therapist, Doug Friedman and a co-host. Episodes include real therapy sessions in sequence with a real client that has agreed to be recorded throughout the process of therapy. After the session, Doug and his co-host break down the session and they give you their clinical insights with personality, humor, and the opportunity to use therapeutic tools in your own life.
Doug and Kenzie continue to process thoughts and feelings after the LA fires that destroyed Doug’s house and devastated his neighborhood of Altadena. After a recent visit to the old neighborhood, a lot of emotion came up about the landscape, nature, and support in the community. Kenzie notes it's the dose that makes the poison because anything in the right or wrong amount can be really good or harmful for you. Applying this to therapy: the emotion is always inside, it’s the trigger that sets it off. Our hosts get existential and psychological – I mean, this is a therapy podcast, right?
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30 Jan 2025TRANSCRIPT
151. Doug #1: The LA Fires Breakdown
Doug and Kenzie are back after the catastrophic LA fires that destroyed the YMB studio along with Doug’s house and entire neighborhood of Altadena. We are all safe… Meredith and her sister were evacuated from the Palisades, but their houses were spared. Kenzie was evacuated and her home is untouched. Doug and his sister were evacuated from Altadena and they both lost their houses in the fire.
For those impacted by the tragedy, our lives are forever changed. We will be processing the devastating loss around us for quite some time, and at YMB we are doing our best to move forward by sharing that process with you. Doug’s home was also home to the YMB recording room including our gear and memory cards. But his voice and resilience are here for you.
This episode focuses on processing loss and rebuilding after such a traumatic event. We will temporarily move away from client sessions and breakdowns while we bring you this process in real time. We are grateful for the support of our community and we appreciate your understanding, compassion, and kindness as we rebuild.
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14 Nov 2024TRANSCRIPT
150. Drew #107: Baby Brain and the Oxytocin Honeymoon
Drew is experiencing the oxytocin honeymoon feeling with his partner as they are now brand new parents. He acknowledges the feelings as well as the triggers for how he was parented. Doug challenges Drew to think through his ideas and ideals of what it means to be “the man of the house.” Drew may have baby brain, but he is expressing his emotions well. He is able to sit with them and process them in session with Doug.
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152. Doug #2: The Dose Makes the Poison
Published 13 Feb 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Yeah. And to have that food again, it's so comforting. That's why I think a lot of people that come from different cultures that have cultural food when they get to eat the food of their culture, of their people. Oh, yeah. Feels incredible. Well, and if I imagine it feels like home. Yeah. There's a taste of home. Yeah. I mean, especially in this context, you don't really have home. Your home is just kind of, I mean, is it just you inside? Is that kind of what what feels like home right now? Does anything? It's wild. I would say the thing that feels most like home to me is when I lie down and Beckett gets on top of me. […]
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