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In our “Interviews with Experiential Practitioners” series: EPI interviews experts from different schools, exploring the theory of their experiential work, examples of what this actually looks like with clients, and how this compares and contrasts to other schools of experiential therapy.

Interviewers:

 

Sam Robinson LCSW, Austin TX

 
 

Vincent Ryan, Integrative Psychotherapist (IACP), Cork, Ireland

Rachel Newton, Master Therapeutic Counselor (ACCT), Vancouver, Canada

 

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Featured Interview: Richard Hill on Memory Reconsolidation

Sam Robinson LCSW interviews Richard Hill, MA, Med, MBMSc, DPC, Clinical Science Director of TheScienceOfPsychotherapy.net, about the science of Memory Reconsolidation in psychotherapy,  the role of timing, neuroplasticity, the “6 hour window”, and more!


 

Episode 1: Tori Olds, Ph.D. on Integrating Experiential Therapies

Vincent Ryan interviews Tori Olds, Ph.D. on how she integrates AEDP, IFS, Coherence Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, PACT and other mindfulness-based experiential forms of therapy in her practice and in her trainings for therapy practitioners. (Feb 19, 2022)

Episode 2: Lane Arye, Ph.D. on Arnold Mindell's Process Work Therapy

Vincent Ryan interviews Lane Arye, Ph.D. about how he uses Arnold Mindell’s Process Work Therapy with individuals, couples, families, groups, communities and organizations.

(Feb 26, 2022)


Episode 3: Gail Noppe-Brandon LCSW, MPA, MA on Coherent Narrative Therapy

Vincent Ryan interviews Gail Noppe-Brandon, LCSW, MPA, MA on how Coherent Narrative Therapy helps clients discover the answers they already hold through the process of dramaturgical questioning.

Episode 4: James Alexander, PhD on EMDR, Trauma and Memory Reconsolidation

Vincent Ryan, Integrative Pyschotherapist (IACP) interviews James Alexander, Ph.D. about how he uses EMDR to activate Memory Reconsolidation in the treatment of trauma and the publication of his recently published book: “Tendrils of Trauma”.


Episode 5: Ken Benau, Ph.D. on Shame, Pride and Relational Trauma

Vincent Ryan, Integrative Pyschotherapist (IACP) interviews Ken Benau, Ph.D. author of the recently published “Shame, Pride and Relational Trauma: Concepts and Psychotherapy” (Routledge, 2022) on integrating AEDP, Focusing, Coherence Therapy and other schools of experiential therapy in his work with shame.

Episode 6: David Grand, Ph.D. on Brainspotting

Vincent Ryan, Integrative Pyschotherapist (IACP) interviews David Grand, Ph.D., founder of the Brainspotting Technique on concepts including the uncertainty principle, complete openness, the dual attunement frame, Brainspotting’s grounding in EMDR and Somatic Experiencing, Gazespotting (spontaneous spotting), and more!


Episode 7: Patricia Coughlin, Ph.D. on ISTDP and Experiential Psychotherapy

Niall Geoghegan, Psy.D. interviews Patricia Coughlin, Ph.D. about the roles of experience, emotion, interpretation, confronting defenses, core unconscious conflict, and working in the moment in ISTDP, and her forthcoming book: Working Through in Psychotherapy— Mastering the Middle Game

Episode 8: Liz Phillips, Registered Therapist on IFIO couples therapy and IFS

Rachel Newton, MTC, interviews Liz Phillips about Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO), the Internal Family Systems-based couples therapy developed by Toni Herbine-Blank. Liz explains how the IFIO therapist gives couples a novel experience by bringing them into the moment in the therapy room.


Episode 9: Pierre Cousineau, Ph.D. on Memory Reconsolidation in Coherence Therapy and Schema Therapy

Vincent Ryan interviews Pierre Cousineau, Ph.D. about how Memory Reconsolidation can be achieved to transform, rather than simply cope with schemas in Schema Therapy and Coherence Therapy. He also discusses his new book on Memory Reconsolidation and Coherence Therapy with Sophie Coté, Ph.D.

Ep 10: Susan Warren-Warshow, LCSW, LMFT on Dynamic Emotion Focused Therapy (DEFT)

Vincent Ryan interviews Susan Warren-Warshow, founder of the Dynamic Emotion Focused Therapy (DEFT) Institute and author of A Therapist’s Handbook to Dissolve Shame and Defense: Master the Moment (Routledge, 2022), covering topics including Compassion, the Healing Triad, the “Parasitic Vine”, and more!


Episode 11: Juliane Taylor Shore on Integrating Experiential Psychotherapies

Sam Robinson LCSW interviews Jules Taylor Shore. LMFT about how she integrates multiple experiential therapies into her work, including Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB), Relational Life Therapy (RLT), Somatic Experiencing (SE), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Coherence Therapy (CT), Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) and more!

Episode 12: Bonnie Weiss, LCSW on Internal Family Systems

Sam Robinson LCSW interviews Bonnie Weiss, LCSW author of The Self-Therapy WorkbookThe Illustrated Workbook for Freedom from Your Inner CriticActivating Your Inner Champion, and with Jay Earley, Freedom from Your Inner Critica Self Therapy Approach on Dick Schwartz’s Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy!


Episode 13: Ann Weiser Cornell on Inner Relationship Focusing

Sam Robinson LCSW interviews Ann Weiser Cornell. Mentored in Focusing by Eugene Gendlin for decades, Ann became co-developer of Inner Relationship Focusing with Barbara McGavin. In this interview she explains advanced aspects of the process including: the role of parts work in Focusing, “stoppages”, “supplying the inner relationship”, “nested relationships”, and more!

Episode 14: Lisa Schwarz on the Comprehensive Resource Model

Sam Robinson LCSW interviews Lisa Schwarz, M.Ed. Lisa explains her Comprehensive Resource Model (CRM)™, a trauma therapy system of healing that bridges neuroscience and multi-dimensional consciousness in trauma healing through a combination of traditional psychotherapy, indigenous healing methods, and an attachment-based conceptualization.


 Episode 15: Donna Martin on Hakomi and Psoma Yoga Therapy

Sam Robinson LCSW interviews Donna Martin, MA . Designated as a Hakomi Legacy Holder by Ron Kurtz, Donna speaks about how Psoma was inspired by both Hakomi and Feldenkrais and how it focuses on somatic indicators of how clients organize in response to stress.  Psoma activates Memory Reconsolidation by contrasting old somatic patterns with new experiences that feel more resourced.

Richard Hill on Memory Reconsolidation

Sam Robinson LCSW interviews Richard Hill, MA, Med, MBMSc, DPC, Clinical Science Director of TheScienceOfPsychotherapy.net, about the science of Memory Reconsolidation in psychotherapy,  the role of timing, neuroplasticity, the “6 hour window”, and more!


Stay tuned… Coming up next:

  • Georgia Marvin (Hakomi)

  • Sophie Côté (deliberate practice in experiential therapies)

  • Michal Jasiński (Memory Reconsolidation in psychedelic assisted therapy)

… and others!

Keep checking back for more soon-to-be released interviews!