Hey friends, Sue here!
Just sending a note of encouragement if you are exploring the dashboard -- we really do read every question or discussion request. Right now, while it's slow, we can answer pretty much anything! You just let us know what you are liking, what you want to hear about, a discussion point, constructive criticism, pod love... it's all welcome and we will see every single one of your notes. Uncensor yourself friends - our ears and hearts are open!
BEST WAY TO CONNECT - Join the TU Patron and Supercast Private FB Page
Me again, thinking of things you may want to know. The best way to hook up with like-minded people in this community is to use the Facebook pages. There is the MAIN public page, the private discussion page and the "secret" community page. I'll share links for each below. You'll need. a code to get into the group that is only for this community - see below.
Neurodivergence and Trauma
I have been wondering if anyone has studied the impact of having either autism or ADHD and a traumatic childhood since these neurodivergences increase emotional impact. Further, my ex is an avoidant person who also has ADHD and experiences RSD but is unaware of it. How would I talk to them about RSD without upsetting them and how would we navigate healing shame together if they interpret responses as negative when they aren't?
Couples Therapy for Male BPD
Hi There, I listened to your podcast yesterday about BPD and appreciated your approach. I have someone in my life who demonstrates BPD tendencies, and is open to getting support individually and together. Thoughts on locating an appropriate clinician who shares your humanistic approach to this issue?
Connected Whole Brain Living & The 1619 Project
I am a retired LCSW, with an MSW from the UNC School of Social Work, the university where the Board of Trustees sabotaged one of the greatest feminist/antiracist journalists Nikole Hannah-Jones. My daughter Marie (21) and I have started a women's alliance for shifting society more effectively toward a multicultural, collaborative, health-centered one. We believe the Dr Jill Bolte Taylor work and your Therapist Uncensored way of persuasively teaching the public to take ownership of our mental health and relationship/community health is a phenomenal path for progress. And that the national attack on the movement for The 1619 Project, and centering Black lives and the lives of marginalized populations creates a teaching/change opportunity that could help really move the social justice world to more seriously COLLABORATE to counteract the antiscience/antivax/conspiratorial people who are buying into Trumpism. We have had great success for the last 18months bringing people together with this message: None of us are free, unless all of us are free--Fannie Lou Hamer. Can you address the necessity of intersectional, compassion/curiosity centered, women-led work such as ours: The SisterScene Creative Justice Community, that we co-lead, with a Black mother, MBA and her daughter who is a professioal women's soccer player? They are not traditionally mental-health centered (Pinto Family and they are still Christian), and yet our two families (across faith/race/personality differences) are SOLIDLY in agreement that both Dr. Jill
Savior complex and avoidant attachment
Hi! Given that avoidant attachment can arise from having an abusive parent, does this often go hand in hand with savior complex - where a person greatly compromises their boundaries to do for others. How can a person with this condition be made to realize that they must put their oxygen mask on first?
Fun question: what's your sign?
Water signs--cancer, scorpio, pisces--are known for being emotional signs. I'm wondering if a pattern can be identified of which signs are invested in therapy, attachment, psychological theories, etc. either by leading the work or being curious about it. But there often isn't information about birth dates for a lot of researchers/therapists/etc. involved in this work. Fun facts: Brene Brown is a scorpio. Liz Gilbert is a cancer. Peter Levine and Glennon Doyle are pisces. Similarly I'm curious about whether there is a pattern of attachment styles for the folks interested in these fields. I lean towards red (anxious), but suspect a lot of the work is led by avoidant attachments, which is very interesting considering avoidance!
End-of-life counseling
Hello! I've recently been curious about end-of-life counseling and what clinical material might be out there that is trauma- and attachment-informed. Do you have any books/podcasts/articles/videos/etc. you recommend to read more on this subject? Thank you in advance! Anything you recommend would be greatly appreciated. :)
Macho made attachment
Do you think that an avoidant attachment can be developed by society? Mainly thinking men here. And if so, then 1) how can we spot that in treatment and 2) is treatment different 3) is treatment more likely successful and faster recovery into secure. And heck, does it matter?