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Adult Child

152 - Unpacking the Therapist-Client Relationship: A Candid Conversation w/ Mike Pinkston and Kenny Weiss

Adult Child

Andrea

Relationships, Health & Fitness, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Kenny’s healing journey began 20 years ago when he first stepped foot into Mike’s office. The two recount their therapeutic relationship the importance of feeling seen and heard by your therapist.

Prepare to journey into the heart of therapy, growth, and the brain's remarkable capacity to heal.

Key Takeaways –

  • The importance of selecting a mental health professional who is emotionally invested, has personal therapeutic experience, and makes you feel understood
  • The profound effects of neurofeedback therapy in treating complex trauma
  • Why past traumas play such a pivotal role in parenting and the importance of personal healing is crucial for raising kids

Mike Pinkston is licensed professional counselor and executive director of Heart Matters Counseling who specializes sexual and emotional trauma, men’s issues, couples therapy and parenting skill. He is board certified by the International QEEG Certification Board (IQCB), which puts him among the elite neurofeedback QEEG analysts in the country.

Kenny Weiss is coach, YouTuber, and creator of the Emotional Authenticity Method. His most recent book Your Journey To Being Yourself: How to Overcome the Worst Day Cycle & Reclaim Your Authentic Self with Emotional Authenticity which provides several advanced processes that go beyond elevating your EQ and self-awareness.

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0:00.0

If you say shit to yourself, you'd never say to others, second-guess yourself and never had a healthy romantic relationship

0:08.3

where you feel cherished and loved, I've got just the thing for you.

0:12.1

Hi, I'm Barb Nangel, Boundaries Coach, and three-time guest on the pod.

0:16.0

If that's you, you have got to apply for your empowered life.

0:21.0

This is my eight-week transformational semi-private program for women so you can learn how to show up as the woman you've always wanted to be.

0:29.2

You'll get tools to create healthy communication and relationships,

0:32.8

feel like a sturdier woman who can say no without a flood of guilt and shame,

0:38.0

you'll learn how to create satisfying healthy relationships

0:41.0

with yourself and others others and trust yourself.

0:45.2

If you want to be authentic with yourself and others and no longer worry about what others think of

0:49.8

you, this program is for you. Apply by March 20th at higher power CC.com slash empowered life or at the link in the show notes.

0:58.6

Success as a therapist is not found in doing something for the client, but rather in being

1:04.4

someone for the client. My name is Andrea and this is adult child. Well, Welcome back to Adult Child, where we take a deep dive into the impact of growing up in a dysfunctional family.

1:30.0

A hoi my dear shit shows.

1:33.0

Shit Show Naysan!

1:35.0

For any new listeners, my name is Andrea, I am a total shit show,

1:39.0

and if you're wondering whether or not you're an adult child,

1:42.0

let's see if any of these are applicable to you.

1:45.5

You stay in toxic relationships way past their due date.

1:48.8

You have a hard time setting boundaries.

1:51.0

You feel guilty when you say no you feel a sense of responsibility for others at

1:56.7

the expense of your own well-being you are constantly seeking praise and

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