Today’s episode is about one of the most frequently requested topics: self-care. It may be in short supply, especially for our student listeners at the end of the semester, so in this episode, you'll find some strategies to borrow and different ways of thinking about self-care! And hold the phone, are those student voices I hear!? They sure are! On today’s show, we welcome our first guests, Abigail Logan and Phillip Spisak, both students at the University of Iowa. We think they have a lot of...

Sometimes, therapists go to therapy.  Several of the therapists on this show have been, because, you know, we're people(!?).  On today's episode, how we felt about our experiences in therapy, why we decided to go, and how it changed us as therapists and people.

At the end of 2020, the Therapists Are People team sat down to talk about all kinds of endings.  How we felt about the end of the year.  How tough (and sometimes necessary) ending relationships can be.  How the end of therapy looks.   This episode is packed with lots of other goodies, too!  We touch on coping with burnout, healing from trauma, and losing traditions.  And what happens when your therapist is going through something you're going through? In today’s episode, we also say...

The winter months are filled with changes.  Changes to our moods, changes to our activity levels, and with the COVID-19 pandemic still raging, changes to our holiday traditions.  Many of us experiences changes in our mood, but what's normal?  Do light boxes help?  The Therapists are People team shares their thoughts in today's episode.  We also cover returning home after the semester, having difficult conversations with family, and accepting changes to holiday traditions. In this episode,...

Feeling anxious and uncertain?  With the U.S. presidential election on the horizon and COVID-19 cases surging, plenty of folx are trying to figure out how to make their way through a time without clear answers.  In this episode, the TAP team focuses on managing uncertainty and ambiguity.

Mental health tropes, stereotypes, and misinformation abound!  Today's episode focuses on breaking down the mental health and therapy myths that people (yes, therapists too) inadvertently buy into. Check out these other resources related to this episode's...

Get to know our team in the first episode of Therapists are People!? A question came up during the podcast asking whether the Power Rangers show was racist, in part due to the Black Ranger being played by Black actor Walter Jones and the Yellow Ranger being played by Vietnamese American actress Thuy Trang. Walter Jones has responded to this question in numerous interviews. In an interview with Afterbuzz, he stated: “…there’s that slight confusion everybody wants to talk about, ‘You were the...