Toni Talks Therapy

Today we are talking IFS! Internal Family Systems therapy. Tyndal Schreiner, MA, LPC is a licensed counselor, a writer, and an advocate who spends her days supporting women in therapeutic work and taking to Instagram to fight mental health stigma with some wit, humor, and a lot of compassion. She is unpolished, validating, and here to get real about the things we as a society don't want to talk about. Her goal is to support women in unlearning the shame that we have been conditioned to believe and in rediscovering and loving all parts of ourselves. She has advanced training in multiple modalities but has a true love for the IFS model. She believes the self-love trend needs some revolutionizing and she is here to lead the way. She ditched agency life to become her own boss and live out her trauma-informed ways in her little telehealth office in TX with her plants and two big pups. Thousands tune in to her social media to read "dear little me" letters on Sundays and to follow along with her work. Join in on the movement and connect with her on Instagram @tyndalelizabeth or sign up for her monthly mental health email at www.tyndalelizabeth.com. You can find more about IFS through Derek Scott, Sue McConnel and PESI.  Sign up for consultation and mentorship with Toni! Groups for graduate students, new therapists, and therapist adding somatic work to their practice. Snag your spot at riverbanktherapy.com/tonitalkstherapyshop

Today we are talking with Sana Powell! She is an Indian-American licensed professional counselor who is passionate about holistic and culturally-affirming mental health.  She enjoys creating inclusive psychoeducational resources and writing about diverse mental health topics. You can find her on Instagram and Twitter @curly_therapist, and at her blog curlytherapist.com

Today we are talking EMDR with Melissa Parks! Melissa is a licensed therapist in private practice in the state of South Carolina.  She has been practicing for 17 years this year and she specializes in working with adults with complex trauma and with couples.  She is certified in EMDR and can provide consultation for therapists pursuing EMDR certification.  She has had several advanced trainings that inform her work and some of her favorites include Attachment Focused EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, and Emotionally Focused Therapy, to name a few.  She can be found on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @melissaparkssays Find an EMDR therapist or training at EMDRIA.org

Today we are talking with Dr. Nicole Ayers Thaxton. She is is the Co-Founder of Atlanta Wellness Collective, a Licensed Professional Counselor, Online Educator & Speaker. She is passionate about findings in the fields of psychology, mental health, high performance, developmental and generational trauma and patterns, and exercise and nutrition. She uses that knowledge to help people find freedom from anxiety, overachievement, perfectionism, generational patterns, and people pleasing so they can grow in self-awareness and enjoy a fulfilled life. IG: @cocothax & @atlwell TikTok: @drnicolethaxton Website: atlwell.com

We're talking Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (RO-DBT) today! Lauren Ruth Martin is a licensed therapist and owner of Novel Counseling in Tennessee. She is a woo girl gone mild who roots for underdogs and perfectionists. Lauren specializes in chronic depression, unhelpful perfectionism, and burnout. Her goal is to help people declutter their lives with compassion in order to get unstuck. This year, Lauren plans to launch her second podcast and is currently booking keynotes and workshops for companies and organizations. You can find her current podcast "A Novel Life" on Apple and Spotify. Her IG is @laurenruthmartin where you can also get links to all the things. Find Lauren online at novelcounseling.com and her podcast A Novel Life. Head to radicallyopen.net for more information on RO-DBT and to find a provider in your area.

Today we are talking with Jake Ernst (Pronounciation "Earn-st") about the Routes of Safety model, the differences between feeling unsafe and feeling uncomfortable, and how the 5 Love Languages need a trauma-informed reframe. Jake is a writer, educator, and therapist in Toronto, Canada. Jake writes about relationships, unprocessed feelings, and unmet attachment needs as catalysts for unhealth and unwellness. Jake is the creator of the Routes of Safety model which is a roadmap people can use to help nourish their nervous system to increase safety and connection with themselves and others. You can find Jake on social media @mswjake and his website mswjake.com. You can also listen to his podcast This Isn't Therapy, which is a great listen! Don't forget to subscribe and share on social media! Tag me @tonitalkstherapy, much appreciated!

Today we are talking trauma healing with Danica Harris!  Danica is a therapist in Dallas, TX who co-owns Empowered Healing Dallas, a private practice where she provides trauma-informed therapy using an interpersonal, social justice, and attachment-based approach. Danica specializes in attachment and family-of-origin wounds, trauma related to sexual assault and intimate partner violence, vicarious trauma, and healing from oppression. Danica is passionate about training and provides education to other mental health providers in the areas of building an advocate identity, social class, size-based discrimination, and trauma-informed strategies in clinical practice. She is deeply invested in equity, social justice efforts, and destigmatizing mental health treatment, and utilizes her Instagram platform, @theempoweredtherapist to provide education and support to the broader community.

Today we are talking with Tiffany Roe! Tiffany is a Clinical Mental Health Counselor, CEO, entrepreneur, award-winning psychology teacher, & speaker on a mission to make therapy cool. She’s known as the "OG IG" therapist and is out to change the mental health game. Tiffany is revolutionizing modern mental health by sharing her Therapy Thoughts on instagram, offering courses on TiffanyRoe.com, and spreading education and real psychological tools on the Therapy Thoughts Podcast. You can expect no BS empowering help from this queen of mental health. She will help you make peace with mind, body, and food, and in her words, "feel, deal, heal." We discussed how to feel, deal, heal, showing up authentically on social media as a human therapist, and more.  Follow Tiffany on IF @heytiffanyroe, and don't miss merch, courses and more at tiffanyroe.com!

We're back with Season 2! Today's episode features Ashley McGirt, the founder and President of the WA Therapy Fund. She is a psychotherapist, Tedx international speaker, and author. Ashley offers presentations, workshops, group facilitation, and consultation specializing in racial trauma, mental health, crisis response, social justice and racial equity. In this episode we talk about what racial trauma is, how it impacts Black people and people of color, and how to work through racial trauma. You can find her on Instagram @TherapyWithAsh You can order her ebook here A mental health survival kit for anti-racist advocates! — Ashley McGirt, MSW and get involved in the WA Therapy Fund here: WA Therapy Fund Foundation You can sign up for her Racial Trauma 102 workshop for therapists here Racial Trauma 102 Tickets, Wed, May 19, 2021 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite

366 days! we're almost there! This episode we're talking about my commitment to meditate every single day this year. What a freakin' year to do it! I talk about why I decided to do this, how I stayed motivated, and what impacts I noticed. We also talk about what meditation is and how to get started if you're interested! Meditation apps: Ten Percent Happier; Headspace; Calm; Insight Timer. Sign up for Yoga for Trauma and Stress here: Yoga for Trauma and Stress — Riverbank Therapy, PLLC Find me on Instagram @tonitalkstherapy or at my practice website riverbanktherapy.com Directly support this podcast at: anchor.fm/tonitalkstherapy/support