It's our painful pleasure to welcome Jonnie Frederick, owner of Electric Empire Tattoo in Butler, Pennsylvania--and chosen family of The Swearapist. Jonnie and Lisa talk about their history, the deeper-than-skin culture of tattoo, "ink therapy," marriage counseling, and a bunch of other random shit while Jonnie tattoos our host.

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Ed, aka Squidward, shares the story of his journey to the chair, including experience as a military veteran, with substance use and the judicial system, and as a client himself at times. Lisa and Squiddy talk about the ties that bind us as therapists and friends in the field together. Get ready for more episodes with Ed!

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***NOT CLINICAL ADVICE*** Please listen to our first episode, "Informed Consent," for more information; by proceeding past the first episode, we are assuming you are operating under your right to self-determination and joining the Swearapy community! The opinions expressed in this podcast are strictly those of the person who gave them. Take what works for you, leave the rest.

The Swearapist makes a new friend! Meet Dino from Watchwise on YouTube! We hear the therapeutic rapport at work in real time without edits--and we talk about watches, Pulp Fiction, and human development and attachment as it surprisingly relates to watches! We hope you enjoy this cross-over of creators!

Check out Watchwise: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchWiseUS

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Lisa explores the fever dream that is the conduct of Jerome Oziel, therapist to Lyle and Erik Menendez. There are no words, and hell cannot burn hot enough.

For resources for survivors of childhood sexual abuse, please visit enoughabuse.org

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***NOT CLINICAL ADVICE*** Please listen to our first episode, "Informed Consent," for more information; by proceeding past the first episode, we are assuming you are operating under your right to self-determination and joining the Swearapy community! The opinions expressed in this podcast are strictly those of the person who gave them. Take what works for you, leave the rest.

Old classmates talk about being aware of our biases, our own cultural factors that impact our practice, and the ways in which the therapist avoids therapy. Amber shares on her religious upbringing and how this has helped her grow as a practitioner. We also yap about burnout and the things we would do if we were not therapists.

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Lee and Lisa share on military trauma, recovery, identity, and vulnerability in this deep-dive look into mental health from a male perspective. Lee describes his journey through various therapists and treatment modalities, medications, and 12 Step service.

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***NOT CLINICAL ADVICE*** Please listen to our first episode, "Informed Consent," for more information; by proceeding past the first episode, we are assuming you are operating under your right to self-determination and joining the Swearapy community! The opinions expressed in this podcast are strictly those of the person who gave them. Take what works for you, leave the rest.

Hang out with Lisa and Rashonda--a mom, a school Social Worker, a helper, and the author of her own survival story. We talk about why we come into a job that can be so demanding and draining, what keeps us in the field, and how and why we share parts of ourselves with our clients (or not). This episode is filled with real BDE, to be honest.

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Ride out a severe storm warning with Lisa, as she takes a look at more posts from r/therapists, including criticisms of CBT and evaluation of the ethics of delivery of services in public spaces. Like, follow, share, and rate us 5 stars, wherever you get your podcasts!

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***NOT CLINICAL ADVICE*** Please listen to our first episode, "Informed Consent," for more information; by proceeding past the first episode, we are assuming you are operating under your right to self-determination and joining the Swearapy community! The opinions expressed in this podcast are strictly those of the person who gave them. Take what works for you, leave the rest.