Connection Therapy Podcast

Connection Therapy Podcast

This is a podcast about the craft of psychotherapy. We share research about the science and stories about the art of psychology. Together we explore topics so you can better understand psychology, and if you are a therapist, we share ways you might want to apply these findings to benefit your practice. Listen to the Connection Therapy Podcast today to broaden your skills and community.

Looking for something specific? We cover a wide range of topics, so we’ve created playlists to help you find what interests you.

Recent Episodes

In this episode, Brenda reviews a research framework that is aimed at addressing much of the concerns with the practice of mental health, currently. That is to say, there is a research framework that is attempting to integrate the variety of ways patients report symptoms and the variety of ways clinicians have found helpful interventions....
In the milestone episode, Brenda shares gratitude for listeners as well as her interest in learning and hearing from them about their experiences. She also shares her vision for the field of psychotherapy, and how the podcast topics are specifically designed to support that mission. Attend a Course at Connection Therapy: https://connection-therapy.com/courses-and-events We Want to...
In this episode, Brenda shares more details about how therapists may use their voice in their intentions to set-up a calm and safe environment for patients. There is research that shows therapists intentionally do attempt to modify their voice prosody to this aim. Brenda offers reflections on how this might work, and provides an opportunity...
In today’s episode, Brenda explores a study that documents how adults with different attachment styles do display different emotional variances, as reflected by voice prosody, when reflecting on positive and negative experiences from their childhoods. This experience is likely to be something we all have experienced, but is especially relevant for mental health practitioners. She...
In this episode, Dr. Murrow describes some research to validate the common experience of sensing someone’s emotions even before the words are fully understood in a message. She validates why this knowledge is extremely relevant to the practice of mental health, and provides some reflections for practitioners to consider when they hear it in their...
Brenda breaks down an experience most therapists have and reinforces their intuitions about what to do next. As she describes, when someone begins therapy in a state of hyper-alertness, it is important to know when their non-verbal cues signal that their social engagement system is active. Interventions are most effective when the client is in...
In this episode, Brenda reminds listeners that transitions, particularly at the end of the school year, are difficult. She reviews information from experts, research, and her own experiences to consider how behaviors surrounding transitions can be interpreted and supported. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this episode delivers helpful information that is timely, relevant,...
Good news! There is research, actually a lot of it, that supports therapists in understanding how best to deliver telehealth services. In this episode, Dr. Murrow reviews findings related to eye contact impacts on telehealth services. Brenda often does an episode about eye contact during Mental Health Awareness month each year, and this episode adds...
This year, for Mental Health Awareness, Brenda reviews current statistics for mental health in the US. To support clinicians with skillful interventions that are informed by research, she also shares how her practice is shaped by some research she participated in at an early training site that still resonates. She then invites mental health therapists...
Learning to improve assessment capacity is a continual journey for the practicing mental health practitioner. This episode provides a research article that endorses the clinician’s instincts and highlights ways that what is happening inside for our patient (i.e. nervous system activation, etc.) is displayed in facial movements. Brenda then adds a discussion of interventions she...

Understanding Children Through Erikson’s First Stage of Development – Episode #19

In today’s episode, Brenda introduces Erikson’s first stage of development, Trust vs. Mistrust, and explores how to understand a child’s world beyond direct questions. This foundational stage, typically ranging from 0-18 months old, lays the groundwork for their entire emotional and cognitive development, making it essential to tune into behaviors and subtle cues rather than relying on verbal answers alone.

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