Therapy Rocks! The road to self-discovery is long, winding, and often complicated to navigate alone. Fasten your seat belt and join psychotherapist Signe Darpinian in conversation with a diverse roster of guests as they fearlessly explore all things human. With topics ranging from body image to relationships to the quest for the answers to our constant digital connectedness. This monthly podcast seeks out and celebrates both the humor and pathos encountered as we strive for personal growth i ...
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46: Bald & Beautiful: Redefining Body Image After Hair Loss
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This month's episode explores the physical, mental, and emotional journey Luciana Naldi went on after being diagnosed with a hair disorder: Alopecia Areata. She talks about how it profoundly affected her children (two sets of twins!), her views on body image, society's beauty standards, and how she redefined beauty on her own terms after experienci…
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In this episode, Signe talks to Dr. Linda Shanti about improving grief and death-literacy, as a grief-adjacent person, as well as creating new meaning when traveling with grief after your person dies. Dr. Shanti is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, who specializes in grief, eating disorder recovery, and is a licensed soulcollage(R) facilitator. She…
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44: Digital Wellness in the Age of Social Media
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Join Signe in a conversation with the authority people turn to for empowering tech advice, Dr. Devorah Heitner. They discuss the importance of "mentoring vs. monitoring" kids on tech, Devorah's stance on the call for warning labels on social media, "sexting" and a whole lot more! Devorah is the author of Growing Up in Public and Screenwise. Her wor…
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43: Healthy Relationships in Midlife & Beyond
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We’re back in the studio with renowned psychologist, and best selling author, Dr. Brenda Shaeffer. This time Dr. Brenda walks us through the most common themes she sees in long term relationships, the importance of “finishing the grief” when faced with losing a relationship, and considerations for being single in midlife and beyond. Dr. Schaeffer i…
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42: Understanding Transgender Identity
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Do you want to better understand what it means to be transgender, and how you might provide gender-affirming care? Today we’re talking with someone who knows a lot about it, annnd just happens to be transgender! Nik is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT), co-owner of group therapy practice and crisis intervention service in California. In…
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41: Plate This! Nutrition & Writing with Wendy Sterling
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Signe is joined by her co-author, Wendy Sterling, to talk about her latest book, give some insights into how she makes her writing routine work while raising a family, and working full time, the benefits of writing with co-authors, and more! Wendy is a registered dietitian with a Masters of Science in Nutrition Education from Teachers College, Colu…
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40: Menopause, Nutrition and Diet Culture: Getting the Facts Straight on Midlife Health
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Welcome to Part Three of the Therapy Rocks! “Three Part” menopause series (Episodes 38, 39 & 40). In this episode Signe interviews Val Schonberg about nutrition in midlife and beyond, weight, bone health, and more. Val is dietitian and certified menopause practitioner with The Menopause Society. She is a registered dietitian with a Master of Scienc…
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39: The Wonders of the Changing Female Body-Menopause, Midlife and Beyond
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In this episode Signe interviews Dr. Amy Voedisch for Part Two of the Three Part menopause series navigating the physical aspects of menopause, such as hormone therapy considerations, body changes, sex in midlife, and more. Dr. Voedisch attended Mayo Medical School and completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Kaiser Permanente Santa …
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38: The Menopause Brain and Beyond
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Join Signe for Part One of a Three Part Series on menopause. To start off in Part One, Signe Talks to a doctor who specializes in the brain, and who is always on the cutting edge of scientific research into the female experience, Dr. Louann Brizendine. Dr. Brizedine navigates the stages of menopause, cuts through the controversy around Hormone Ther…
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37: Animal-Assisted Therapy: A Story of One Woman’s Recovery and the Shelter Dogs Who Loved Her Back to Life
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Join Signe for her Therapy Rocks! interview with Shannon Kopp who shared her personal recovery story including the shelter dogs, and how they loved her back to life, the healing benefits of animals, and gave her best tips for grieving the loss of an animal in a society that underestimates the power of the human/animal connection. Shannon Kopp is th…
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36: The Power and Potential of the Father-Daughter Relationship
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Join Signe for an interview with “fathering” expert, Joe Kelly. They talk about overcoming common relationship barriers between fathers and stepfathers and daughters—when they're kids and adults! We also tackled male acculturation, "social" dads, and a whole lot more! Joe Kelly has researched and written about the power and potential of father-daug…
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35: Tripping Through Therapy: How Some People are Using Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
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Have you heard of Ketamine-assisted therapy? Interested in hearing more about what it is, and how it’s being received? Join Signe for an interview with Suzannah Neufeld, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Ketamine-assisted Therapy provider, and author of “Awake at 3 a.m.: Yoga Therapy for Anxiety and Depression in Pregnancy and Early Motherhoo…
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34: From the Fiji Islands to Facebook: The Impact of Westernized Media on the Island of Fiji
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Interested in hearing about body image and eating in a subsistence agriculture, before and after exposure to television? Join Signe for a conversation with Dr. Anne Becker about her groundbreaking study in 1995 in Fiji, when she said, “television arrived like it was being parachuted from nowhere,” her follow up study in 2007 (pre-social media), and…
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33: The Black Enneagram: Making the Enneagram Accessible for Communities of Color
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If you are looking for tools to increase self-discovery, and deepen your compassion for yourself and others, tune into this Therapy Rocks! interview with guest Dayo Ajanaku, founder of The Black Enneagram—making the Enneagram accessible for communities of color. Dayo is a lifelong student focused on bringing joy and justice to the world. She offers…
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32: Cults, Conspiracy Theories, and Psychological Manipulation
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If you’ve ever wondered about things like “mind control” and how to lower the vulnerability to it, you’ll want to tune into this Therapy Rocks! episode with cult expert and exit counselor, Diane Benscoter. Diane draws from her own experience inside a religious cult, known as the “Moonies.” As a result, she recognized the need for an organization th…
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Join Signe for a second interview with Dr. Dan Tomasulo about a new science of hope and hopefulness that has the capacity to change the trend of anxiety and depression we are seeing around the globe. Dr. Dan talks about the habits of high hope individuals, ways to start adding a little bit of hope into our lives, “not-so random acts of kindness,” a…
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30: Using Music to Enhance Performance
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Dr. Derek Vigon, joins Signe to talk about what goes into our musical taste, how music and audio tracks can enhance performance with athletes, performers, and organizations, music as catharsis and more. Dr. Vigon is a licensed clinical and sport psychologist in private practice in Maryland and Virginia, and a staff psychologist and the Coordinator …
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Therapeutic Sex and Relationship Coach, LMFT, and Certified Body Trust® Provider, Dawn Serra, joins Signe to discuss what our relationship to food has to do with sex, why “safety” is a prerequisite to pleasure, sex and changing bodies, as well as the best advice for a couple with different libidos. Dawn Serra specializes in pleasure, body trust, an…
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Signe talks to Emma Goswell about one of the most important moments in many LGBTQ+ people's lives, “coming out." They cover off on the importance of pronouns, how to be a better ally, and Emma gives her best advice for individuals thinking about coming out. Emma has interviewed over 90 LGBTQ+ people from around the world in the last couple of years…
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27: Raising Body Positive Teens
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Signe is joined by her two co-authors, Dr. Shelley Aggarwal and Wendy Sterling to talk about their newly released book Raising Body Positive Teens: A Parent's Guide to Diet-Free Living, Exercise and Body Image. They talk about the importance of taking the morality out of movement, morality attached to weight, and how it seeps into medical care, wha…
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26: Jiggling and Journaling: A Pathway to Body Positivity
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Signe talks to Virgie Tovar about why anger is an integral part of self-acceptance, boundaries are the most powerful B-word, tips for bad body image days (BBIDs), body positivity as a relationship value, and more! Virgie Tovar is an author, activist and one of the nation's leading experts and lecturers on weight-based discrimination and body image.…
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25: The Science of Making Friends
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Signe talks to Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson, who demystifies the “art form” that is social skills and gives insight on how to be better friends, partners, and colleagues. Dr. Laugeson is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, and is a lice…
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Join Signe for a Therapy Rocks! conversation with Jessie Susannah Karnatz, author of Money Magic: Practical Wisdom and Empowering Rituals to Heal Your Finances. Jessie Susannah walks through the importance of a self awareness audit to get a clearer picture of where we “currently” are in regards to our relationship to money, identifying your true fi…
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23: "Mom, Am I Fat?" Explaining Diet Culture and Fatphobia to Kids
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Join Signe for a conversation with anti-diet journalist, Virginia Sole-Smith, to explore questions (and some answers) about body image, fatphobia, and diet culture. Virginia is the author of Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture. Her reporting on diet culture, health and parenting has appeared in the New York Times, Scientific American, an…
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22: Yoga Therapy, Asking for Help, and Avoiding the “All Natural” Mandate
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Join Signe for a conversation with Certified Yoga Therapist, Suzannah Neufeld, on low pressure healing—yoga therapy, asking for help, and avoiding the “all natural” mandate. Suzannah (Tipermas) Neufeld is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), Certified Advanced Emotion-Focused Family Therapist, as well as a Ce…
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