Validation and toxic positivity

Welcome to the Therapy Thoughts podcast. I’m your host Tiffany Roe, a licensed clinical mental health counselor & award-winning psychology teacher. I’m on a mission to change the mental health game by spreading the message that therapy is cool® &  providing accessible tools to help you feel deal heal®. I’m passionate about empowering people to connect to their most authentic selves. You can expect to hear no BS psychological education, skills, strategies, support, & stories that make therapy tools a little less intimidating & relatable. The Season 4 trailer ... is live! This season will cover a wide range of subjects, including ALS, trauma, ADHD, polyamory, coming out, C-PTSD, spirituality, new topics in mental health & lots more.Follow along on instagram @heytiffanyroeGet your courses & tools on tiffanyroe.comSubscribe, share, follow

Welcome back to the Therapy Thoughts podcast! We've been on hiatus and in 2025, we're back in full swing to bring you no BS mental health related episodes!In this powerful and personal episode, we sit down with Sara, a brilliant mother, former teacher, and fierce advocate with ALS. This conversation is not just about illness; it's about identity, agency, and resilience in the face of a system that often overlooks disabled bodies and voices.Sarah shares her journey from being a high school social studies teacher to navigating life with ALS. The importance of patience, presence, and effort in communication, especially when using assistive technology. Accessibility and inclusion should be mandatory, not optional. Let's create spaces that include everyone and challenge the systems that impact mental health. Sara's wisdom and resilience are a testament to the power of advocacy and the importance of listening and learning from marginalized voices.Follow Sarah on Instagram & share her story to support ALS advocacy and care. @theanandapivotUse the code "Sara" on coping skills or affirmation decks at tiffanyroe.com, with proceeds supporting ALS advocacy and Sara's family.Note from Sara regarding donations: "none of my caregivers costs are covered by insurance, so all direct donations go to me to covering those costs. Venmo is @sara-bennett-10 and/or my kids are raising money in lieu of gifts for their birthdays!"ALS TDI focuses solely on research here#TherapyThoughts #ALSAdvocacy #InclusionMatters

This is a sneak peek into what my ADHD Power subscription podcast will be like here on Spotify. I’ve packed tons of value into these episodes, covering everything from managing finances, relationships, emotional regulation, time management, communication, attention, focus, & more. I’m bringing in guest experts for each topic to give you the best tips & strategies to empower you with your Adult ADHD.This ADHD content was originally part of a course, but due to popular demand from my ADHD Power community, we’re transitioning to Spotify because we know how important easy access & convenience are for those of us with ADHD. So, join me in this new podcast format where you’ll gain practical tools to manage your ADHD, & step into your power! If you love this ADHD content, you can subscribe for only $20 a month for exclusive access to bi-weekly (twice a month) podcast episodes on my new ADHD Power podcast. You will hear from me, guest experts, & get a lot of robust, No BS skills, & get empowered. I will also do Q&A for you here on Spotify!! Click here to subscribeWant even more support & community? Upgrade to the ADHD POWER membership for only $99 a month where you get 2 group coaching calls with me a month, video modules, workbooks, meditations, & our community who gets you. Join the ADHD power subscription podcast hereJoin us for coaching calls here!

Sorry about the audio quality on this one! I’ve found some solutions moving forward! 🖤 This episode was recorded in March 2022, I'm back from hiatus and finally publishing it! Setting boundaries is an essential skill to create healthy relationships and a peaceful life. But like anything new in any domain of life, it takes time to both build and embed into your daily routine. In this episode, Licensed Therapist and sought-after Relationship Expert, Nedra Tawwab, shares her expertise and knowledge on setting healthy boundaries and self care. Nedra helps people create healthy relationships by teaching them how to implement boundaries. Learn how you can create healthy relationships with yourself and others today. Join us in the podcast to find out more. Nedra shares her story and details about her book. How she helps clients learn self-correction and processing through therapy. Reasons behind why we don’t set boundaries. How we build desire and ability. Navigating setting boundaries in your life and relationships. Advice for people who are struggling with setting boundaries. Setting boundaries with your social media use. Links: Nedra Tawwab Website Book: Set Boundaries, Find Peace Workbook: Set Boundaries Workbook Nedra Tawwab Instagram Nedra Tawwab Facebook Skillshare Course: 7 Personal Development Exercises to Build a Life You Love   These Therapy thoughts are for educational purposes only and are not a replacement for a therapeutic relationship or individualized mental health or medical care.

This podcast episode was recorded in early 2022, I’m finally publishing it. I’ve been on hiatus. I took a much needed break, and we're back! Lot's of things to come and things to talk about. :) Enjoy. Over the years, Todd Baratz's sexual journey has led him to a career as an empowered relationship and sex therapist. Through his own life experiences, Todd seeks to help empower others with the tools to lead an empowered sex life by letting go of our sexual fears, experiencing self-exploration, understanding sexual culture and so much more. The journey to sexual wellness can be a difficult one but if you have the right people and tools, you’ll definitely have the chance to improve it. We also discuss: How his own sexual journey led him to this line of work. Balancing mental health medication and sexuality. Identifying and deconstructing common sexual fears that people have. Understanding our view of sexual culture. Todd shares how he leads clients to become sexually empowered. How and why you need to let go of your sexual fears. Learning more about sexuality terms. Making relationship culture safe. Note, explicit & frank sexual language is used in the episode. Todd Baratz Website Todd Baratz Instagram Todd Baratz Online Programs Your Diagnonsense Podcast These Therapy thoughts are for educational purposes only and are not a replacement for a therapeutic relationship or individualized mental health or medical care.

Tiffany Roe Episode 58 - Attachment Styles Attachment styles are hugely influential in our lives as they shape the way we seek relationships with others throughout life. Our styles, secure or insecure, have been greatly influenced by the way we connected to our caregivers in early life. In today’s episode, we talk about the difference between the two styles, their types, and transitioning from an insecure to a secure attachment style. More importantly, I discuss how healing from core attachment wounds can be possible even at a later age. The difference between secure and insecure types of attachment . How you can transition from an insecure to a secure attachment style. Discussing Mary Ainsworth’s and the Strange Situation. How you can heal your core attachment wounds. How insecure attachment can affect your life. Book: Attached Inner Child Course My Therapy thoughts are for educational purposes only and are not a replacement for a therapeutic relationship or individualized mental health or medical care.

Trigger Warning: This episode discusses self-harm and specific means and ways folks may self-harm. This is intended to be an educational and supportive episode. It covers what self-harm is. It covers myths, stigma, statistics, the window of tolerance and how to cope in our individual trauma states. This episode offers suggestions for steps to take if you are struggling with self-harm. It also has suggestions for those of you who love someone struggling with self-harm. Check out my emotional regulation course here —> https://tiffanyroe.com/collections/courses/products/emotional-regulation-course to learn how to better manage emotions and thoughts and develop coping skills. Download my free window of tolerance thermometer sheet here —> https://tiffanyroe.com/pages/freebies (it includes coping skills for different states of dysregulation). My Therapy thoughts are for educational purposes only and are not a replacement for a therapeutic relationship or individualized mental health or medical care. *Note, it’s not March, this is being published a few months after I recorded it (LOL).

Welcome to psych class. We're talking about anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Get my therapy thoughts on these two serious and deadly eating disorders. Let's spread the education, empathy, and mental health support for eating disorders! Get my online eating disorder course here Get my online recovery course bundle here Check out resources from NEDA here Follow me for more on Instagram here Appreciate the podcast? Subscribe and leave a review. Let's change this mental health game. 

Don't miss the necessary communication skills in season 4 episode 2 of the Therapy Thoughts podcast (55th episode). Build your skillset with my two mandatory courses: My communication audio course and the Navigating family relationships during the holidays course. You can get both here Rep the Therapy is cool message with the OG therapy is cool apparel here Follow me on Instagram @heytiffanyroe  Sign up for therapy thoughts straight to your inbox with my newsletter here And make sure to subscribe and give us 5 stars for all the free mental health education that keeps on coming from the Therapy Thoughts pod.  Love, T Roe. 

Welcome to season 4! Let's talk about the Validation CURE! If you're loving the podcast, subscribe and share. You can learn more skills related to validation in my Communication course here and Navigating family relationships mini course here  You can get the OG Therapy Is Cool TM here Are you a therapist who wants to grow and market ethically on Social Media? Get my Therapist to Social Media Pro course here