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My Therapist Said
My Therapist Said is where therapy, comedy, and the human experience collide. Hosted by Stef, a licensed therapist and advocate with just enough self-awareness left to translate the chaos of being human. Expect honest conversations, uncomfortable truths, and humor. Therapists have boundaries. This therapist has opinions. Because mental health doesn't have to be heavy to be heard. Disclaimer: My Therapist Said is a conversation, not therapy. Stef brings professional and lived experience to the…
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Bad Therapist
What happens when being yourself doesn't quite fit the job description? Welcome back to Season 3 of My Therapist Said! This week, Stef is navigating the fine…
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The Art of Surrender | Featuring Dr. Malaysia Harrell
What if surrender isn't about giving up, but believing in what you can't yet see? Welcome to Season 3 of My Therapist Said! To kick us off, Stef is joined by…
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problem child
What happens when the problem child becomes a therapist? This week on My Therapist Said, Stef gets into the lifelong experience of being the family…
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the new girl is crying!!
What happens when you can accept your life, but you're having a really hard time digesting it? This week, Stef shows up exhausted, makeup-free (eyebrows don't…
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headway: the horror show
Hey, do you want to sit and talk about horror movies? This week, Stef is revisiting her childhood obsession with The Sixth Sense, explaining why The Ring and…
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a sad memoir
What if the support you've been looking for has been surrounding you all along? This week on My Therapist Said, Stef shares an unexpectedly emotional…
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5 feet to the brain
What does support actually look like when you stop speaking in generalities and get specific about what you need? This week, Stef is officially recording…
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SOBER-ISH (pt. 2)
What happens when you realize you’re allowed to become a different version of yourself? Stef is back with the full wedding recap: narrowly avoiding a conga…
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SOBER-ISH (pt.1)
What happens when you realize the version of you that used to work… doesn’t really fit anymore? This week, Stef is coming off her best friend’s wedding weekend…
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ok question asker!!
Hi! Content note: This episode includes conversations about addiction, substance use, and overdose. What if understanding addiction required the rest of us to…
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where is the line??
Where’s the line between talking honestly about drug use and turning it into a moral issue? This week, Stef gets into the way society talks about addicts, why…
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believe in more
What happens when we stop deciding we already know how everything is supposed to work? This week, Stef gets into the snap judgments we make about therapy (with…
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is the jig up?!
What do aliens, cheating, and sending your partner to therapy have in common? Leave it to Stef to connect the dots. This week, Stef recaps surviving a…
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vibes are down
What happens when the people who understand the system best, stop coming for each other and instead focus on greater issues? This week, Stef gets into reality…
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good vibes, allegedly
What if having absolutely no idea what you’re doing is actually part of figuring it out? This week, Stef is thinking about what happens when the people…
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self-awareness: intact, bitch
What happens when you realize your parents were right and your tone actually is the problem? This week, Stef scraps an entire episode, re-records on a Sunday…
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What’s the alternative?
What happens when your life feels like it’s falling apart and coming together at the same time? This week, Stef is in the messy middle—thinking about career…
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Who's Supporting Therapists? ft. Jeanine Russo
What happens when the people supporting everyone else need support, too? This week, Stef is joined by Jeanine Russo, founder of Therapist Resource Network, to…
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Where are the perks!!
What happens when everyone talks about mental health, but the people actually working in it still feel overlooked? This week, Stef is wondering where the perks…
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Be nice to addicts!!
What happens when you start recognizing your own value? This week, Stef is thinking about how therapists can better advocate for themselves at work, the power…
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It wasn't perfect
What if moving forward means letting the past be complicated? This week, Stef is taking chances, revisiting old possibilities, and occasionally making a move…
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Tell me for really
What if accepting that things may not be “all better” is what finally helps us move forward? This week, Stef attempts to release years of frustration through…
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Lack zest
What happens when you’re lacking zest while simuntaneously losing patience with yourself? This week, Stef returns from a much-needed break with limited…
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I’m Shook, I’m Shocked
Ever overshare so deeply that you’re genuinely shocked everyone comes back? Well... welcome back!! This week, Stef is shook, shocked, and deeply opposed to…
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Disorganized & Exhausted
What happens when your mind and body finally hit a wall? This week, Stef talks about therapist burnout, grief, and what it feels like when everything you've…
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hi! i'm stef.
Before we get into the stories, opinions, and occasional spirals... I figured I should probably introduce myself. Welcome to My Therapist Said. I'm so happy…
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A Lot
Why are we so quick to label people instead of getting curious about their story? This week, Stef talks about 90 Day Fiancé, childhood trauma, grief, feeling…
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Forever 34
This week, Stef reflects on what it means to feel different from the very beginning. A conversation about hyper-independence, childhood, authority, trauma, and…
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Baseline anxious
Hi! Content warning: This episode includes conversations about childhood abuse. Please take care of yourself and skip this one if today isn't the right day. ❤️…
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Screaming over my intuition
This week, Stef explores what it means to trust yourself when life feels uncertain. From learning not to rush repair in relationships to realizing that anxiety…
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Sorry, Mom: Reality TV, Tattoos & Bad Dates
This week, Stef spirals from 90 Day Fiancé into a bigger conversation about communication, mixed signals, and why saying what you actually mean seems so much…
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The lives she didn’t live
Do you ever wonder what life would be if you'd made a different decision? Not because you want to go back, but because you're trying to make sense of where you…
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It's Giving: Mental Spiral
This week, Stef reflects on what it feels like to be stuck in the middle of a major life transition—grieving the version of life you expected while trying to…
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The Too Aware Chronicles
Hi! Content warning: This episode includes conversations about grief, addiction recovery, and a past overdose. Some days Stef wonders if self-awareness has…
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Isolated Incident: Post-share shame & second-half feelings
This week, Stef reflects on the strange vulnerability that can come after telling your own story. From navigating Father’s Day and the complicated feelings…
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The Messy Middle: Doing bad, but showing up
Hi! Content warning: drug overdose, suicidal ideation, and cancer. This week, Stef sits in the uncomfortable space between the highs and lows—the place where…
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Canon Events: Zooming out to see it all
For the 100th episode of My Therapist Said, Stef reflects on the moments that quietly change the direction of our lives. From the loss of both her parents to a…
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Honest Hypocrite: Choosing compassion
What if we're all just working with the tools we were given? This week, Stef reflects on generational trauma, mental health, addiction, and the growing divide…
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No Answers, No Problem: Learning to Trust
What if the problem isn't that you don't have the answer yet... it's that you're just asking yourself the question too often? This week, Stef reflects on…
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Let Me Be Mad: Grief, Growth & Uncomfortable Conversations
This week, Stef reflects on anger, grief, and the uncomfortable conversations many people don't have. What starts as an unexpected reminder of both of her…
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The Art of Suffering: Community, Curiosity & Cold Showers
This week, Stef reflects on what happens when you stop letting other people define who you’re supposed to be. From crying on the mic as a therapist to…
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70,000 Emotions
Stef is back on this Friday episode reflecting on a sleepless night, a much-needed therapy session, and what happens when you stop treating every difficult…
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Boundaries in hell
The boundaries are in hell this week. Stef talks about grief, vulnerability, and the strange emotional whiplash that happens when you’re trying to separate…
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Sad about roadkill
Stef is back on this Friday episode to riff on the worldly impacts of mental health provider burnout, emotional exhaustion, and the strange pressure to keep…
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Sometimes I be grievin"!!
We are back baby!! This week Stef talks about losing her mom, transitions, vulnerability, and the strange pressure humans put on themselves to constantly have…
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The Party Within x Evan Cudworth
Stef sits down with "party coach" Evan Cudworth for a conversation about connection, addiction, loneliness, identity, and what it means to actually have fun…
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Life is a horror movie
Life is feeling a little... horror-movie-coded this week. Stef talks about closing her private practice, burnout, risk tolerance, grief, embarrassment, and the…
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Not All Men
Hi! Content warning: this episode includes discussion of stalking and nonconsensual sharing of intimate content. If you’re experiencing something similar…
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Ouch Bubs!
Some episodes feel more like a conversation than a podcast, and this is one of those. Stef gets honest about mental health, shame spirals, addiction, and the…
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Pent-Up Vibes & Poor Communication
This week Stef is talking pent-up vibes, poor communication, and the very real urge to absolutely lose your mind instead of just… sending the text. From a wild…
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Down to Clown
Hi! Content warning: this episode includes discussion of teenage drug use, specific substances, and overdose. Take what you need and skip ahead if it’s not for…
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Don’t Let Kaiser Make You Mad Dude
Welcome back to the circus 🎪 This week we’re talking relationships, mental health, and the very real experience of falling in love with a man you met for 7…
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I’m a silly goose, not an idiot
This week, Stef spirals (lovingly) through a few things that aren’t sitting right—starting with turning 34 and realizing people have a lot to say about it…
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Grief, But Keep It Moving
A very Friday episode. We’re talking trash TV (including Trust Me on Netflix), cult documentaries, life feeling like it’s either falling apart or falling into…
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How Do I Explain This to a Pit Bull?
This week, Stef unpacks the shame and stigma that still surround addiction—and why healing has never been as simple as just “turning it off.” From a yoga class…
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Am I getting soft?!
This week, Stef is back in her Friday energy. After coming off a heavier episode, she checks in with herself—and you—before diving into a realization she…
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If you’re an addict, you’re still a bad bitch
Stef talks navigating addiction, to behaviors she's not proud of, unpacking what it means to feel loved only when you’re doing things “right”—this is a…
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TRAUMA ft. Joe Klocek
Content warning: This episode includes discussions of suicide and addiction. Please listen with care. This week, Stef sits down with comedian Joe Klocek for a…
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What If I Don’t Wanna Know?
Stef spirals from a humbling yoga class (sometimes you’re a bad bitch, other days you’re not) into a bigger conversation about judgment, trauma, and why the…
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Care, Don’t Carry
What does it actually look like to care… without carrying everything? This episode lives in the space between burnout and self-compassion—where being deeply…