Dec 2024

Lessons in Love and Closure from JP Saxe (Part 2)

We are back for round 2 with JP Saxe! Kat has Grammy nominated singer/songwriter JP Saxe on the show to talk about relationships from a slightly different perspective for a second week in a row. This week, Kat and JP dive more into masculinity and how to embrace the parts that fi ... Show More

44m 9s

Dec 2024

Couch Talks: Your Guide to Your First Therapy Session

Couch Talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy where Kat answers questions that listeners send to kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com. This week, Kat talks about how to prepare and what to expect for your first therapy session with a new therapist. Follow Kat on Instagram: ... Show More

15m 28s

Dec 2024

Lessons in Love and Closure from JP Saxe (Part 1)

This week, Kat has Grammy nominated singer/songwriter JP Saxe on the show to talk about relationships from a slightly different perspective. Can love still be meaningful after a something ends? According to JP... it most definitely can. He shares with us what he has learned about ... Show More

34m 36s

Mar 2020

Defense Mechanisms

<p>This week we are talking about defense mechanisms. We will be going over exactly what defense mechanisms are, what some of the most common ones are, why we do them and what we can do to fix what they're covering up.</p> <p><strong>Questions and Feedback : psychedconvos@gmail.c ... Show More

25m 3s

Jul 2025

Understanding your defense mechanisms (rebroadcast)

Send us Fan MailIn today’s episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison explore defense mechanisms. They discuss what defense mechanisms are, how they can be adaptive and/or maladaptive, the utility of understanding your defensive psy ... Show More

54m 32s

Jun 2024

Psychological Defenses: How to Understand (and change) Your Mind and Behavior

Psychological defenses are subconscious strategies we use to protect ourselves from uncomfortable emotions, and they exert a hidden power over our behavior. From denial and repression to projection and rationalization, Dr. Rick and Forrest explore how these defenses shape our act ... Show More

1h 22m

Apr 2024

Have you heard of this psychological defence mechanism? Unpacking "projection".

One of the most powerful things I have EVER learned about in therapy is the concept of Projection. It's a psychological (and subconscious) defense mechanism- but what is it protecting? Can we know if we are projecting? What does it look like if someone is projecting on to us? How ... Show More

29m 17s

Aug 2024

Dealing with Other People’s Defenses

Forrest and Dr. Rick tackle the tricky topic of dealing with other people’s psychological defenses. It’s often easier to see other people’s defenses than to see our own, which can make them particularly frustrating to deal with. In this episode, Rick and Forrest explore the psych ... Show More

1h 13m

Aug 2016

009 Theory of Mind, Mature & Neurotic Defense Mechanisms with Dr. Michael Casher

Episode 009 Theory of Mind, Mature & Neurotic Defense Mechanisms with Dr. Michael Casher Today's show explores Freud's "Theory of Mind" the id, ego, super-ego, the conscious, pre-conscious, and unconscious And we tie in what the theory of mind has to do with defense mechanism ... Show More

42m 52s

Jun 2024

208. Let's talk about coping mechanisms

Very few of us ever receive an education on coping. We are taught bad things happen, we are taught pointless math equations, we are taught to grin and bear it, but not effective psychological ways of integrating stressful, painful, frustrating experiences. In this episode, we bre ... Show More

43m 3s

Dec 2024

487: Protective Moves

In this episode we sit down with licensed therapists and our incoming Relationship Advice hosts Colter, Cayla, and Lauren to talk about the "protective moves," or behaviors people exhibit during conflict to shield themselves emotionally or regain a sense of control in relationshi ... Show More

49m 32s

Sep 2016

010 Immature Defense Mechanisms with Dr. Michael Casher

Today's episode is about immature defense mechanisms. We are back again with Dr. Michael Casher from the University of Michigan. Immature Defense Mechanisms covered in this episode: Acting out Denial Regression Projection Pasive aggression Dissociation Splitting Somatization Conv ... Show More

42m 20s

May 2023

The 4 F's: Fight, Flight, Freeze, & Fawn

In this episode, we discuss the various "defense systems" we have access to when we feeling unsafe and threatened. We look at these through an evolutionary lens, but more specifically, how they show can show up in an unhealthy way in our day-to-day life. Most of us are familiar w ... Show More

11m 10s

The Ego Defense Mechanisms