Hey friends! Have you ever been in a session where a client shares a conflict, and something about their story feels deeply familiar—as though it is touching a part of your own? In this episode of From Both Sides Of The Couch, we explore one of the most challenging aspects of therapy: how our unresolved experiences can shape the way we listen and respond to our clients, and the strategies that can help us gently bring our attention back to the client’s work.

Join me, Dr. Laurie Bruce, clinical psychologist and mindfulness coach, as we acknowledge that therapists carry their own struggles even as we hold space and compassion for others. We’ll explore what happens when our personal world intersects with our role as therapists, and how to recognize the warning signs that we may be feeling triggered.

A good therapy session requires the ability to discern what belongs to us and what belongs to our clients. Compassion is most effective when it is grounded in clarity.

Listen to this week’s episode of From Both Sides Of The Couch: When Empathy Becomes a Blind Spot: Understanding Therapist–Client Overlap

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Dr. Laurie Bruce is a clinical psychologist and mindfulness coach. She received her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 2000. Her expertise is in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), which is a treatment that combines both traditional cognitive and behavioral strategies with Eastern Mindfulness practices. She is also a Certified Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapist and completed a year-long intensive training through the Integrative Psychiatry Institute. She’s passionate about the safe, legal, and ethical use of psychedelic medicines to help address trauma, mood, and anxiety disorders and for personal and spiritual development.

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