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Pod Therapy
An explicit comedy and mental health question & answer show with real therapists. Balanced with equal parts irreverent humor and compassionate sincerity, Pod Therapy answers real people's questions about life, love, mental health, health and everything else every week. Ask your questions anonymously and read our show disclaimers at www.PodTherapy.net.
Episodes
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#460: Generational Perspectives, Anxiety Dreams
Nick is gone and we've got questions about how the generation you come from influences your therapy and handling anxiety dreams. Listen to the show on our…
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#459: Neurdivergent Grief, Taking Banter Personally
This week we discuss Neurdivergent Grief andTaking Banter Personally Listen to the show on our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@podtherapyguys Join…
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#458: Gut vs Friends, Explanations vs Excuses
This week's questions are whether to listen to your inner voice or your friends when dating, and when the expalanations we have for our behavior become…
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#457: AI Job Loss, Meta Cognitive Therapy, Divorce Defamation
This week we have questions on managing anxiety related to AI job loss, meta cognitive therapy vs traditional CBT, and how to handle divorce when you ex tells…
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#456: Internal Locus of Control, Fawning
This week the crew answers questions about how to inspire an internal ability to control ones life, and explores the trauma response of fawning. Listen to the…
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#455: Touch Trauma, Sister's Love Triangle, Listening Skills
This week's questions are about managing touch trauma while dating, how to confront a sister's love triangle, and developing your listening skills in a…
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#454: Compulsive Sexualizing, Job Hunting, Reaching out to dead friends family
This week we have questions about how we manage our lives while being so busy, when to graduate therapy, and how to get over an ex relationship. Listen to the…
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#453: Afterwork Activities, Tenure in Therapy, Can't Get Over an Ex
This week we have questions about how we manage our lives while being so busy, when to graduate therapy, and how to get over an ex relationship. Listen to the…
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#452: Mid Life Crisis, Generational Trauma, Enmeshed Boyfriend
This week we have questions about the difference between a mid life crisis and depression, the effect on generational trauma, and how to manage a boyfriend who…
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#451: Choosing Attitudes, Trusting the Gut, Premarital Counseling
This week's questions come on whether a person can really choose their attitutde, whether we should trust our gut, and how to front load marriage skills in…
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#450: Stagnant Therapy, Heartbreak in Open Relationships, Mourning a Pet
This week we have questions on what to do when therapy gets stagnant, how to help your spouse through heartbreak in open relationships, and mourning the loss…
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#449: Non Judgmental Therapists, Partner Won't Grow, Arguments vs Compatibility
We have special guest Brian Brushwood (https://www.shwood.com/) join us as we discuss questions on whether therapists are always non judgmental, how to live…
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#448: Science vs Therapy, AuDHD Assessment, Routines
Everybody is back together, and we've got questions on neuroscience vs psychotherapy, identify as and being assessed for autism and adhd, and developing…
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#447: Therapist Fit, Chronic Illness, Pregnancy Brain
Jim is back from Cancun, and we have questions on how to find the right Therapist Fit, managing your life with Chronic Illness, and whether Pregnancy Brain is…
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#446: Self-Compassion, Feeling Attacked, Struggling with Loneliness
This week we answer questions from listeners trying to be more compassionate to themselves, feeling attacked by "I feel" statements, and struggling with…
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#445: Switching Careers, Schizophrenia, Travel Anxiety
This week we answer questions from a writer who is considering quitting a lucrative tech job to work in mental health, a wrtier whose entire family struggles…
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#444: Beefing with a Podcast, Gambling Addiction, New Job Anxiety
The band is back together, and we've got questions on a listener with beef, whether gambling addiction excuses bad behavior and managing anxiety at a new job…
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#443: Public Speaking, Supporting a Spouse, Come to Jesus
Its a Jim-free episode, so probably not worth listening. Join our patreon! Listen ad-free, get the show a day early and enjoy the pre-show hang out on the same…
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#442: Childhood Sexual Abuse, ADHD FOMO
We continue our abbreviated summer show schedule with an episode with a writer who experienced sexual abuse as a teen from an older friend, and a writer who…
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#441: Emotional Frailty, GLP 1s for Addiction
We are on an abbreviated summer show schedule and this week we have questions from a person recovering from a break up and feeling emotionally fragile and…
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#440: Burned out Social Worker, Dismissive Therapist
We are on an abbreviated summer show schedule. This week we answer questions from a social worker burned out working with trauma, and a writer whose therapist…
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#439: Parents New Band, Social Cue Blindness, Husband's Work Stress
Its our live show to wrap up mental health awareness month! In this episode we answer questions from a writer whose 70-something parents are pouring money into…
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#438: Slow Progress, Human Crack, Atheist in AA
This weeks questions are about the slow but steady progress of life change, a person who fears they are so wonderful they are a drug to others, and a writer…
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#437: No Contact Family, Disrespectful Husband, Depressed Employee
This week we have questions from a writer who went no contact with her parents but wants a relationship with the family, a writer whose husband openly…
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#436: Rageful Resentment, Genetic Psych Meds, Work in Masters Program
Its Mental Health Awareness Month! This week we've got questions from Tess whose tenants burned her apartment, a writer asking about genetic testing for psych…
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#435: Highly Sensitive Person, Surface Level Friendships, Wins and Losses as Therapists
Its Mental Health Awareness Month! This week we've got questions on Highly Sensitive People, Surface Level Friendships and Wins and Losses as Therapists Join…
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#434: Breakup Emotional Fatigue, Grief Drama, Sex Cure for Crazy
The band is back together and we've got questions on the general emotional fatigue after a breakup, the drama of multiple people grieving death, and a person…
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#433: AI in Grad School, Karate Trauma, Dad Makes Me Sad
Its boys night and we've got questions on whether AI is ruining grad school for therapists, a question about experiencing trauma in a karate dojo, and a…
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#432: Flirting Friends, Treating Boyfriend's Nemesis, Sex Addiction
This week we have questions from a writer who shares the drama of two friends flirting with one another, another writer with a hypothetical dilemma of a…
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#431: Award Winning Imposter Syndrome, Ignoring the News
This week we discuss feeling imposter syndrome when winning awards and whether it is ethical to ignore the news. Also a bonus segment: whats in Whitney's…
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#430: AuDHD vs Health, Pooping Anxiety, SSRIs Sexual Side Effects
This week we've got questions on ADHD's effects on health, pooping anxiety and SSRI's and sexual side effects. Check out Nick's "Fitness Challenge"…
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#429: Dad Cyber Stalker, Adult ADHD vs School, Mediating Work Conflict
The band is back together and we have questions from a writer whose father is cyber stalking them, another who is returning to school with adult adhd, and a…
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#428: Therapy Maxing, Dating in 40s, Fearing a Wife
its a boys only episode and we've got questions on how to maximize therapy, how to date in your 40s, and how to deal with an angry and intimidating spouse…
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#427: Inheritance Drama, Breakup Timing, Factitious Disorder
We've got questions about inheritance drama, breakup timing and factitious disorder Check out Nick's "Fitness Challenge"…
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#426: Hiring a Dominatrix Again, Depression Action Plans, Inviting Ex to the Wedding
The gangs all here and we've got a follow up story/question from the husband who hired a dominatrix, a question on creating depression action plans and a…
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#425: Testicular Health, Condolence Fatigue, Motivation
Whitney is gone and the boys are talking about their balls. We also have questions about the difficulty of hearing everybody say "Im sorry" when somebody dies…
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#424: Perpetual stress, Audhd Burnout, Gender Identity Changes
Jim is back from a trip to Orlando. Also we have questions from a person living in real perpetual stress, a person whose autism and adhd comingle to produce…
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#423: Therapy vs ICE, Anxiety Heart Rate, Father's End of Life
Nick is gone but the crew discusses how we view therapy in the age of ICE, the effect of an elevated heart rate on anxiety, and dealing with the end of life of…
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#422: Daddy Issues, Political Anxiety, Punishing Austism
This week we answer questions from a female wondering if she should treat her daddy issues with a male therapist, a wife who's husband has political anxiety…
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#421: Friends Hurting Friends, What is Trauma, Grieving Absentee Father
This week we discuss a person who's friend has hurt their other friends, we discuss what trauma is (trigger warning: childhood sexual trauma) and we hear a…
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#420: Therapist Ex Girlfriend, Therapists Husband is Cheating
We've got questions from a writer who's Therapist ex girlfriend broke up with him and another who knows her Therapist's husband is cheating on her. Check out…
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#419: Resenting a Teenage Frenemy, Pathological Demand Avoidance, Smoking cessation
This week the hosts answer questions from a writer who resents a frenemy from their youth, a parent who's child appears to have pathological demand avoidance…
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#418: Moving Away from Fiancé, Chronic Illness Isolation
Nick hates screen doors, Jacob, Whitney and Jim went to a football game. We've got questions about moving away from a fiance for a new job and the isolation of…
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417: Responding to online haters, Returning to post conflict baseline
Kicking off season 9 with a question from a content creator who is catching hate and writer who feels escalated long after a conflict has been resolved Check…
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#416: Season 8 Finale!
The crew reflects on their favorite memories from season 8, exchanges christmas gifts and has a PhD trivia showdown! Check out Nick's "Fitness Challenge"…
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#415: Wife No Longer Wants Children, Weightloss Shame Spiral
This week's questions are from a husband whose wife has changed her mind on wanting children, and a writer who experiences shame spirals because they've lost…
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#414: Overwhelmed Care Giver, Another Woman in Love with My Boyfriend
This week the crew answers questions from a writer who is overwhelmed caring for her elderly father, and another writer who's boyfriend's ex girlfriend is…
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#413: Returning to Previous Therapist, Workaholic, Sex and Chronic Pain
Jim is leaving his 30s behind and we are nearing the end of season 8. This week we have questions from a person unsure whether to return to their previous…
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#412: Hiring a Dominatrix, Giving Kids Alcohol, Discouraged Doctoral Student
Happy Thanksgiving! To help get you through turkey day and the long weekend we've got questions from a listener who wants to hire a professional dominatrix…
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#411: Self compassion, Stuck in a Slump, Ethical Therapy in Spanish
This week we have questions from a writer who struggles with accountability vs self compassion, another who has felt stuck in a slump for a long time, and…
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#410: Feeling constant shame, Flirting with a Friend, Perfectionism
Jim's closing in on his birthday as we answer questions from a writer who is always feeling shame, another who flirts with their friend annually, and then a…
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#409: Learning to Study, Teaching Common Sense, Ending Self Pity
This week the crew answers questions from a writer who wants advice on studying, another who wonders how you teach common sense to somebody who lacks it, and…
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#408: Virtue Signaling, Brain Zaps on SSRIs, Financial Secrets in Marriage
Its Halloween week! We have questions from a writer whose friends moved out of their purple state to a blue state and won't shut up about it, a writer who got…
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#407: Breaking up with Dorm Room Boyfriend, ADHD ASD OCD Comorbidity
This week we answer a question from a 19 year old college student rooming with her boyfriend but needing to breakup with him, and a person with ADHD, ASD and…
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#406: SSRI Orgasmia, Drunken Shame, Polyamory Imposter Syndrome
This week the team answers questions from a person who notices they cannot orgasm on SSRIs, another person reckoning with a drunken night of regrets, and a…
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#405: Therapist's Only Fans, Grieving a Pet, Hugging a Client
This week the crew answers questions from a patient who found (and enjoyed) his therapist's only fans, another writer who is grieving the loss of a pet, and a…
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#404: Scoopfest '25, Social Depression, Autistic Dehumanization
The team is fresh off the heels of scoopfest 2025 and has stories to tell. Also we have questions from a person who became depressed watching Jim dance and…
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#403: Attracted to Mentors, Podcasting Post Charlie Kirk Assassination
The crew is gearing up for scoopfest and we've got questions from a listener who is attracted to her mentors and another who asks the crew to reflect on being…
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#402: Recovery from ADHD, Dog and Husband's Cancer, Helpless Mother in Law
This week the crew answers questions on whether taking medicine for ADHD prevents a person from "recovering" from it, a question from a writer who's husband…
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#401: Daddy's Girl Divorce, Teenage Depression, Laid Off Job Searching
This week the team launches the "Save Peter" campaign - check our store, www.PodTherapyBaitShop.com for incoming designs. Also we have questions from a…