Keeping Secrets Pod

Video Update & Happy Holidays from co-hosts, Julia & Sabrina at Keeping Secrets Pod! Listen to a quick message from Sabrina, who has a tiny request of you: SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS for the next video update featuring answers from yours truly, a licensed therapist. Drop your question in the comments or...

▶️In this clip from our full episode, Therapy in a Divided World: How Current Events Affect Us All, we’re diving into what it really looks like when hate, hurt, or intolerance shows up in the therapy room. As therapists, our job isn’t to police beliefs or “fix” someone’s worldview. It’s to help clie...

In this clip from our full episode, Therapy in a Divided World, Sabrina shares a moment in her training that fundamentally shifted how she understood people who commit harm. Learning that most registered sex offenders were once victims themselves didn’t excuse their actions—but it challenged the ins...

In this clip from our episode Therapy in a Divided World, Sabrina & Julia unpack what actually happens when a client’s political beliefs clash with the therapist’s. Sabrina shares how she prepares for these sessions, stays grounded, and keeps the focus on the client’s emotional experience—not valida...

When the world feels divided, the therapy room feels it too. In this episode, Sabrina and Julia explore how real-world issues affect both clients and therapists, shaping emotions, conversations, and the overall therapeutic dynamic. From political tension to global stressors, they unpack how these in...

Returning to in-person work after years of virtual sessions can feel both familiar and foreign, like riding a bike but realizing the road has changed. In this clip from: From Virtual to Reality, Part 2 of Keeping Secrets Podcast, Julia and Sabrina unpack what it’s been like to navigate that transiti...

Ever wondered what happens when the connection drops in a virtual therapy session? What goes through the therapist’s mind and how might this affect the client on the receiving end? Watch this clip to hear this therapist’s reaction when the connection drops in the middle of her session.  🎙️ Listen t...

Part two of From Virtual to Reality continues the conversation on how therapy has evolved since the pandemic. After five years of providing therapy exclusively online, Sabrina steps back into the office for the first time. Julia, who has been working in a hybrid format for the past few years, joins ...

Connectivity issues in Virtual therapy - as therapists and people receiving therapy, we’ve all had them. But what happens when the connection drops in the middle of a really emotional moment? Or in the middle of an intensive trauma session where your therapist is using EMDR or exposure therapy? In t...

Reflecting on our experiences working with therapy clients online, we recognize that telehealth as a setting for therapy can mitigate social anxiety some clients might feel when meeting with their therapist, especially early on. Even though we were previously apt to devalue virtual therapy, we can a...