Prepare to have your mind blown with the interview of Tamara Powell – maybe the most unique private practice I’ve ever come across. She has an approach rooted in faith based counseling – which include Christian Counseling – but really working with several faiths. She works with those damaged by spiritual abuse. She also specializes in the LGBT community, Polyamorous community and kink community. She offers sex therapy and she works with those with gender identity issues. She is a faculty adjunct instructor in psychology at the University of West Florida and the founder of Arya Therapy Services in Pensacola, Florida – seeing clients face to face and online. She is one of the most interesting, kind and funny guests I’ve ever brought on the podcast and I can see why she has a thriving practice. She even offers Walk and Talk therapy – so we were bound to be fast friends!
https://www.aryatherapy.com/
Want to learn about email therapy? Think it’s not REAL therapy? Today’s podcast is for you. Carole Francis Smith is a counseling psychologist in Bristol, England. She is a chartered psychologist with the British Psychological Society and a member of the Association for Counseling and Therapy Online. She is also working with our friend Geoff Simons to develop The Online Therapy Hub. She is actually doing the reviews for the Hub – on all the different platforms that we can use to connect online – very valuable! She knows the ins and outs of online therapy – particularly therapy via email. She gives training to other therapists on email therapy and completed her dissertation on this topic. So you have questions? She has answers!
http://www.carolefrancissmith.co.uk/
Life Works Counseling is a massive (4 locations and 30+ therapists) in Texas that offers face to face and online therapy. Founded by Melanie Wells, they are incredibly collaborative and innovative in their approach – impacting their community by providing excellent mental health care, but also impacting the profession by providing training in excellence - from interns to master professionals. They give back to the world by being an example of good and keeping their standards extremely high. Fascinating most of all, for me, is their concept of franchising. They have honed the skill of running a private practice and now are allowing others to learn from them. You can have a private practice in a box – leaning on them to get it right! Today we get to talk to Deanne Moore and learn first hand how online counseling enhances Life Works’ services. She’s a fascinating person that really lets us get to know her.
http://www.wefixbrains.com