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Episode 64 | Foster Care, Adoption, and Attachment Trauma with Jeanette Yoffe, MFT
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Episode 63 | Cultural Humility in Clinical Practice with Dr. Lauren Wadsworth
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Episode 62 | Who Gets to Shape the Future of Mental Health? Therapists, AI, and Innovation with Brandi Herring, LMHC
In this episode of The Affirming Minds Podcast, Shaina Siber, LCSW sits down with Brandi Herring, LMHC — co-founder and CEO of Cymbiose AI, a culturally responsive, HIPAA-compliant AI assistant built by clinicians,...
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Episode 61 | From Survival to Longevity: How Unconscious Patterns Sabotage Habit Change with Laura Elorza Isaza, Clinical Psychologist
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Episode Summary: Why is behavior change so hard—even when we genuinely want to change?
In this episode of The Affirming Minds Podcast, we explore how...
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Episode 60 | How to Start a Podcast: A Guide for Therapists and Clinicians
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Episode 59 | Perinatal OCD on Screen with Little Disasters Author Sarah Vaughan
Perinatal OCD on Screen with Little Disasters Author Sarah Vaughan In this episode of The Mental Health Edit, Shaina Siber, host of The Affirming Minds Podcast, speaks with Sarah Vaughan, bestselling author of Anatomy...
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Episode 58 | The Ethics of Being a Public Therapist: Social Media, Podcasts, and Beyond with Dr. Kiki Fehling
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Episode Summary: As mental health knowledge increasingly moves beyond the therapy room and into public-facing spaces—social media, podcasts, blogs, and...
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Episode 57 | IFS and Attachment Theory: How Early Relationships Shape Our Parts with Alyce Messer, LCSW-S
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Episode Summary: Today we explore how Internal Family Systems (IFS) and attachment theory intersect—and why this integration offers such powerful clinical...
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Episode 56 | The Mental Health Edit with Megan Gallagher, Writer & Creator of All Her Fault
In this special Mental Health Edit episode of The Affirming Minds Podcast, host Shaina Siber, LCSW speaks with the brilliant Megan Gallagher, the Oslo-based, American-born writer behind All Her Fault — the #1 show on...
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Episode 55 | The Asian American Teen Mental Health Crisis and the SPEAK Initiative with Dr. Teresa Hsu
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Episode Summary: In this episode of The Affirming Minds Podcast, host Shaina Siber, LCSW sits down with Dr. Teresa Hsu-Walklet — clinical psychologist,...
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Episode 54 | Infertility, IVF, and Reproductive Grief: Supporting Clients Through Uncertainty with Hilary Hovis, LCSW
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Episode Summary: Infertility affects an estimated 1 in 6 people worldwide, yet remains one of the least explored topics in clinical education. In this...
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Episode 53 | Generational Trauma: How Family Pain Moves Through Relationships with Alyssa Scarano, LPC
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Episode Summary: In this episode of The Affirming Minds Podcast, host Shaina Siber, LCSW sits down with Alyssa Scarano, LPC, NCC, founder and Clinical...
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