A Therapist Can't Say That

Therapy is full of cliches. There are things we’ve all been taught as therapists not to question, even when we get that feeling deep down in our guts that the truth might be a bit more complicated than that. Riva Stoudt wants to talk about it. Each episode dives into a cliche, truism, or best practice of therapy to look at how it really plays out in practice. Whether you agree or not, you’ll appreciate a candid look at the things therapists don’t normally talk about.

A Therapist Can't Say That is a health podcast hosted by Riva Stoudt, with 46 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Riva Stoudt hosts A Therapist Can't Say That, a health show with 46 episodes published.

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  Introducing The Kiln Podcast!

  Jan 29, 20254 minS3

  <p>Dr. Kae Hixson and I started a new podcast! I wanted to give you a peek into what we’re up to.</p><p>Welcome to The Kiln, where postgraduate education meets brave, bold, and imperfect therapy.</p><p>We’re here to shake up professional culture—to make it braver and to help therapists rediscover their excitement for this work.</p><p>At The Kiln, it’s okay to be imperfect. We’re building a learning community where practicing trauma therapy with courage is just as important as doing it with competence.</p><p>On this podcast, we’ll share wha...

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  MBNET: Confronting Interpersonal Trauma with Courage

  Dec 4, 202450 minS3

  <p>Over the course of three seasons, we have talked plenty about trauma. And yet, somehow, I have never explicitly described or discussed the modality I use with clients, Mentalization-Based Narrative Exposure Therapy (MBNET).</p><p><br></p><p>MBNET is a methodology that Dr. Kae Hixson and I synthesized from two different approaches that we were independently trained in, and it’s what we teach at The Kiln.</p><p><br></p><p>On today’s bonus episode, Dr. Hixson joins me to get into how we arrived at this blended model for treating patients struggling with complex interpersonal trau...

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  Ep 3.12 - Into the Hall of Mirrors: Deciding What (and When) to Pathologize

  Nov 20, 202426 minS3

  <p>As I’ve been trying to wrap up this season of the podcast, I’ve been reflecting, in particular on my conversations about psychiatric diagnosis with Dr. Awais Aftab and Dr. Miri Forbes.</p><p><br></p><p>I keep coming back to this question: How do we decide what human traits, behaviors, and subjective experiences to pathologize? What makes something about a person a problem that we try to fix?</p><p><br></p><p>It’s a deeply complicated question, with few, if any, absolute answers. Yet I still think we have to wander that hall of mirror...

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  Ep 3.11 - Redefining Psychiatric Constructs with Dr. Miri Forbes

  Oct 2, 20241h 2mS3

  <p>Everyone who has a foot in the world of psychiatric diagnosis seems to agree that our diagnostic system could, at the very least, use some updating, if not burning it down and starting over.</p><p><br></p><p>So how do we approach developing constructs of psychiatric diagnoses that are more complex, more accurate, more flexible, and more context-specific than what we’ve been taught or what exists in the DSM-V?</p><p><br></p><p>Today, I’m excited to share my conversation with Dr. Miri Forbes, an expert in psychopathology and one of the authors of the...

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  Ep 3.10 - What We Talk About When We Talk About Diagnosis

  Sep 18, 202434 minS3

  <p>In my last episode, Dr. Awais Aftab and I explored the controversial nature of Borderline Personality Disorder as a diagnosis.</p><p><br></p><p>One of the reasons I wanted to discuss BPD is that it opens the door for digging into psychiatric diagnosis itself, and that’s part of what I want to discuss more today.</p><p><br></p><p>What is our purpose in using diagnosis? How does it benefit us as clinicians and the clients who receive that label?</p><p><br></p><p>Getting more clear about the constellation of things we may be...

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