Memory reconsolidation: What makes therapy work
Understanding yourself isn’t enough for change. We explore the corrective emotional experience and the right mix of challenge and safety that makes it possible.
Therapy Podcast
Here are the podcast episodes that explore therapy from the therapist’s perspective, in chronological order, most recent on top.
See also list of ALL podcasts: Chronological and Alphabetical.
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Where do you feel it in your body?
How to practice embodied therapy when the body doesn’t answer. A relational approach to somatic psychotherapy for therapists who want a practical way to stay present without forcing awareness.
Eric Wolterstorff: How transference impacts growth & healing in therapy
We discuss how transference in the context of trauma therapy. Eric shares an experience that illustrates how this can lead to healing.
Steven C. Hayes: A process-based approach to therapy
Steve Hayes is a developer of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Here, we talk about going beyond the specifics of any given therapy
Active imagination: Leslie Ellis & Serge Prengel
I invited my friend and colleague Leslie Ellis to have a conversation about Active Imagination in therapy and in life.
Peter Levine reflects on his life and work
Peter Levine talks with Serge Prengel about his personal journey through trauma and how he came to develop Somatic Experiencing.
Raja Selvam: Embodying emotions
Serge Prengel talks with Raja Selvam about developing the capacity for emotions by making more room for them in the body.
Maia Szalavitz: An inspiring perspective on addiction
Maia Szalavitz blends personal experience and years of investigative research into an inspiring perspective on addiction. Conversation with Serge Prengel about her perspective on addiction.
Kirk Schneider: Life-enhancing anxiety
We do our best to avoid anxiety, and in so doing, risk missing out on the best of the depth and mystery of existence. We also risk compounding the very anxiety we hoped to avoid and becoming destructive as a result.
What is Polyvagal-informed Mindfulness?
How does the Polyvagal Theory affect our understanding of mindfulness? Blake O’Connor, Education Director of the Polyvagal Institute, interviews Serge Prengel.
Ken Benau: Shame, Pride, and Relational Trauma
This conversation with Ken Benau serves as an introduction to shame and pride-informed psychotherapy with adult survivors of relational trauma
Jeffery Smith: How psychotherapy works
Jeffery Smith describes a 5-step pathway to go beyond the fragmentation of the different schools of psychotherapy and define how psychotherapy works.
Jeffery Smith: How therapy works (video #2: Clinical practice)
This is a continuation of Jeffery Smith’s description of how psychotherapy works
Jeffery Smith: How therapy works (video #3: Q & A)
Q & A session on how therapy works with Jeffery Smith and Serge Prengel
Cherionna Menzam-Sills: Exploring pre- and perinatal experiences
This conversation starts with a guided, experiential exploration. Then we talk about early developmental experiences, with a perspective informed by trauma therapy and mindfulness.
Jan Winhall: Treating trauma & addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal model
Jan Winhall describes how therapists can respectfully understand addiction and treat trauma responses with deep embodied listening.
Peter Afford: A neuroscience perspective on the felt sense
Peter Afford & Serge Prengel we discuss the felt sense as the experience of living (i.e., interacting) from a neuroscience perspective.
Mark Schenker on addiction, part 3: A larger context
Mark Schenker puts addiction and its treatment in a larger context, philosophical and spiritual.
Mark Schenker on addiction, part 2: Treatment
Mark Schenker talks about the treatment of addiction, including assessment, defining recovery, and treatment issues.
Mark Schenker on addiction, part 1: What is addiction
Mark Schenker defines addiction and talks about his integrative model