You Need Therapy

You Need Therapy

Kathryn DeFatta, who has earned her Masters of Education from Vanderbilt University in Human Development Counseling, is inviting you into conversations around what it’s like to live fully in a world where we’ve become accustomed to shut parts of ourselves off. Here you will find a space that welcomes in discomfort, tough questions, and hard truths, all while showing how to find joy through it all.

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March 27, 2024 17 mins

Couch Talks is the bonus episode of You need Therapy where Kat answers questions that listeners send to Kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com. This week, a listener asks Kat for input on navigating the relationship she has with her mom. Creating boundaries as an adult when you leave your family of origin and begin to create your own adult family can be one of the most confusing experiences that sends messages that we are doing things w...

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This week, Ally Fallon is back for round two of YNT, right ahead of the release of her new book, Write Your Story. Her core message for readers is that they already have the magic to be the hero in their own lives – and the number one way to harness your main character energy is to write down your stories. Using her proven 8-step framework, Ally expertly guides readers to tell a more interesting story and begin to make meaning and ...

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Couch Talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy where Kat answers questions that listeners send to kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com. This week, Kat shares her favorite and least favorite parts of being a therapist and what advice she would have given herself before she decided to go into this field!

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This week Kat has her friend and licensed aesthetician, Hannah Ellis, back again to dive into the confusing world of skin care, anti aging, and the beauty industry. Have you heard of Frownies? Well, Kat had not and was surprised to find out it wasn’t a nickname for the wrinkles you get when you frown. They are in fact, one more of the products being marketed to us to “slow down the aging process” and Hannah gives us the 411 on if t...

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Couch Talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy where Kat answers questions that listeners send to kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com. 

This week Kat shares a FUN announcement and then tells a personal story (plus a lesson she learned from said story) from her honeymoon. 

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This week Kat has one of the Three Cords Therapy therapists, Julia Langer, to teach us about something that applies to all of us! During this episode Julia talks about the universal needs of a child (that apply to all humans!) and what happens when these needs do not get met. 

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Couch Talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy where Kat answered questions that listeners send to kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com. This week, Kat talks about ways to respond to friends and family when they want to talk about things you no longer want to talk about in recovery. 

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This week we are back talking about one of our favorite topics with the help of fellow licensed mental health counselor, Jessica Baum. Jessica is the founder of The Relationship Institute of Palm Beach and her work is focused on developing a meaningful connection with oneself and in understanding our own core patterns so that we can better understand how we relate in our relationships. She recently came out with a new book Anxiousl...

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February 28, 2024 15 mins

Couch Talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy that comes out every Wednesday where Kat answers questions that listeners send to kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com.

 

This week, however, Kat is taking time to celebrate National Eating Disorder Awareness (NEDA) Week by talking about a form of disordered eating that gets overlooked very easily. Orthorexia is a type of disordered eating where someone becomes obsessed with the h...

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This week Kat is joined by not one but two guests, Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer. Jolenta and Kristen both consider themselves advice critics. They spent years living by and critiquing advice from self-help books for their podcast By The Book and now they’re ready to discuss wellness-related questions and help debunk all the self-help myths and promises in their new podcast, How To Be Fine which premiered on February 23rd. ...

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Couch Talks is the special bonus episode of You Need Therapy that comes out every Wednesday where Kat answers questions that listeners send to Kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com. This week Kat gives some quick things to consider to help differentiate between what things that are being sold to us on social media are legit and what ones are not as necessary as they look.

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    This week, Tara Booker is back for another installment of “The Difference Between,” a series where we break down the difference between a mental health related topic and how it shows up in pop culture. This week we rolled it back to the basics and talked about what therapy really is versuses how some popular tv shows portray it. Spoiler: It isn’t just us nodding our heads and asking you how you feel and it also isn’t us ...

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    Couch Talks is the special bonus episode of You Need Therapy that comes out every Wednesday where Kat answers questions that listeners send to Kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com. This week a listener writes in about the triggering content around diet and exercise that is constantly being brought up in her family’s group chat. Kat talks about ways to confront or “carefront” the issue and things to consider when struggling to feel con...

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    The conversation that has been living rent free in Kat's head for months is now here. And she is THRILLED to have Registered Dietitian AND Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, Caroline Shermer, here to process it all with her. In this episode Kat and Caroline talk about their frustration felt while watching vulnerable populations who are desperate for help be taken advantage of by creative social media marketing tactics. You'll al...

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    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 the importance of allowing individuals to identify and describe their own experiences, especially when it comes to trauma.

     

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    This week Kat is diving into the type of trauma that tends to get lost, ignored, and easily overlooked. There is a kind of trauma often labeled as "little t" that doesn't look like the typical large scale events you can easily pin point. When this type of trauma is experienced, usually, you'll be able to see the effects of the experience before you recognize the significance. Which is why so many people walk into therapy for the fi...

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    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 ways to address comments from friends, co-workers etc. that feel hurtful or passive aggressive. 

     

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    This week Kat invites her friend and registered dietitian, Crystal Lunenshloss, back to the show. In this episode you will find both Crystal and Kat differentiating between diet culture and the truth of health. 

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    January 24, 2024 16 mins

    Couch Talks is the bonus episode of You Need Therapy that comes out every Wednesday where Kat answers questions that listeners send to kathryn@youneedtherapypodcast.com. This week Kat reads a listener e-mail responding to a recent episode about culture norms around women and marriage. This episode serves as a reminder that we all can experience life in our own unique way without needing to invalidate someone else's beliefs, experie...

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    January 22, 2024 39 mins

    This week, Kat is talking about something that she has become more acutely aware of in the recent years-- her age. The process of growing up and "getting old" can be a weird one- and feel like a sudden one. In this episode, Kat takes listeners through the journey she has found herself on as she realizes that millennials are no longer the future and also no longer the problem child of a generation. We hope this conversation can serv...

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