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Good Neighbor Podcast: TN-WNC-SWVA
EP# 285: Beyond Breakups: Lindsey Brock on Modern Therapy
What makes Lindsey Brock with The Breakup Therapist a good neighbor?
Ever wondered what drives someone to become a therapist? In our latest episode, we sit down with Lindsay Brock, LCSW, owner of Lindsey Brock Counseling PLLC (better known online as "The Breakup Therapist"), who reveals it was her own transformative experience as a therapy client during college that sparked her career path—just two weeks before finishing an entirely different undergraduate degree!
Lindsey leads us through the reality of modern therapy practice, where her team of nine clinicians serves adults across the Carolinas through an even mix of in-person and telehealth sessions. She tackles the biggest misconception about therapy head-on: therapists aren't there to fix anyone or dispense constant advice. "We're not driving the show," Lindsay explains, "You are." This client-centered philosophy forms the backbone of her practice, creating space for genuine healing rather than quick fixes.
The conversation takes a vulnerable turn when Lindsey shares how the COVID pandemic nearly ended her therapy career. "It was the first time I didn't love being a therapist," she admits, describing the unique burnout that comes from simultaneously experiencing the same crisis as your clients. Yet this challenging period ultimately strengthened her practice and personal resilience. Between professional insights, we glimpse Lindsey's renewed passion for soccer and her commitment to finding joy alongside her nine-year-old daughter. And her most important message? "You don't have to be going through a breakup to come see us!" Connect with Lindsey and her team at thebreakuptherapist.com and discover if therapy might be the support you need, relationship troubles or not.
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https://www.thebreakuptherapist.com/
The Breakup Therapist
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This is the Good Neighbor Podcast, the place where local businesses and neighbors come together. Here's your host, Skip Monty.
Speaker 2:Hello everyone and welcome to the Good Neighbor Podcast Live. So I am thrilled today to have a very special guest in our studios for the first time. And I'm sure you'll be just as excited because today I have the pleasure of introducing your good neighbor, ms Lindsay Brock, who is with Lindsay Brock Counseling PLLC. Lindsay, welcome to the show.
Speaker 3:Hi thanks. Thanks for having me.
Speaker 2:Well, we're thrilled to have you, like I said, excited to learn all about you and your counseling practice. So, if you don't mind, why don't you kick us off by telling us about what you do?
Speaker 3:Sure, well, I am a licensed clinical social worker and I am the owner and operator of Lindsay Brock Counseling. A lot of people know us by our website URL, which is thebreakuptherapistcom, but technically Lindsay Brock Counseling PLLC a little more formal, and I work with a great group of like-minded clinicians. There's nine of us here at the practice that provide outpatient psychotherapy to folks 18 and up all across North Carolina, and some of us are licensed in South Carolina as well, where we can provide telehealth services Very cool, very cool.
Speaker 2:Do you do a lot of telehealth type visits?
Speaker 3:I would do. I would say it's about 50-50. Like everyone, we learned how to go online real quick during COVID and some people never really came back to the office, just a matter of convenience and not having to find parking and being able to have therapy on your lunch break. So it's about a 50-50 split of folks we see in person and folks we see online. Very cool, very cool.
Speaker 3:So how did you get into the counseling business? It was about two weeks before I graduated my undergrad degree and I realized that I wanted to be a therapist. So I had to take a year off to regroup and make a new plan. But it was my own experience, my personal experience in therapy as a college student, that really opened my eyes to how helpful this resource of therapy can be to folks. And so, um, it was my own, my own path, my own journey of healing that really kind of pointed me in this direction of, um, being being in the chair instead of on the couch, gotcha, very good.
Speaker 3:Well, think, what first comes to mind is that a therapist is trying to fix you, or that we know better, or that we have all the answers. We don't have all the answers and we are certainly not trying to fix anybody. I think a lot of folks maybe expect to show up and just get a lot of advice and, while there's a time and place for that, that's not the kind of backbone or foundation of what good therapy looks like. So I think that's probably the biggest one. We're not driving the show. You are.
Speaker 2:Well, I've kind of always been of the opinion, and I've had several counselors before and because I needed it, and I always felt like if, if, if somebody started giving me advice that I'm not in the right place. I think you know, yeah it's good I've learned that. I've learned that from good therapists. But anyway. So outside of work, what do you like to do for fun? Well, I Is there time for fun.
Speaker 3:Right when I've got a nine-year-old and she's in a fun age where she's starting to do a lot of things for fun. So I am working extra hard right now to make sure that I am also doing things for fun. This spring I played on an adult soccer league and that was very humbling and very fun. But that that has kicked off. I've reconnected with my love for the sport and so I'm playing, signing up for summer league and fall league as well, and I'm excited about that yeah.
Speaker 2:Wow, did you play soccer as a kid?
Speaker 3:I did. I threw high school and it was a great part of my life. And you know, as my daughter started playing soccer, I thought you know I wouldn't hate it if she didn't choose a you know travel team where we're gone. You know I'm very grateful for my parents giving up all their weekends. So I played a lot of soccer and I think I was probably pretty burnt out on it too. So it's fun to retire.
Speaker 2:All right, very cool. Well, let's switch gears for a second. Lindsay, can you describe a hardship or a life challenge that you've overcome and how it made you stronger on the other side? Anything come to mind.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I was what comes to mind. You know, at first it seems a little silly because everyone experienced this, but I think that's the nature of this hardship. But during COVID, that was the first time that I didn't love being a therapist and that I really considered leaving the field, really considered leaving the field and reason being. It's really hard to be a therapist and be to be going through something, exactly something that your clients are going through as well, and that was the first time something like that had happened to me as a therapist, of just the parallel processing and the familiar stories. And then you go home and you're living, I'm living it and it was just a level of burnout that made me want to go in a different direction and I'm really glad that I didn't and I'm really happy in my work and it was, you know, personally I, by kind of sticking through that and figuring out how, how, how do I do this job and still love it, while I'm going through something that all of my clients are talking about too.
Speaker 1:You know that made me a better clinician and it made me a more resilient human.
Speaker 3:So I'm really glad that I didn't throw in the towel.
Speaker 2:Me too. Me too. It sounds like you're good at what you do.
Speaker 3:Thanks.
Speaker 2:Awesome. Well, if, um, if you could think of one thing that you would like our listeners to remember about uh, you, and about Lindsay Brock counseling what would that be?
Speaker 3:you and about Lindsay Brock counseling. What would that be? One thing I would say you don't have to be going through a breakup to come see us. A lot of I can't tell you the well I can tell you. Probably about twice a week I get an email that says, hi, I'm not going through a breakup, but I found your website online. Get an email that says, hi, I'm not going through a breakup, but I found your website online. Will you still see me? And the answer is yes. Yes, that's. That is not a prerequisite for getting support in your life. That's yeah. So I hope folks will remember that.
Speaker 2:You don't have to be breaking up to get therapy.
Speaker 3:Right right.
Speaker 2:Very good thing to remember. Awesome. Well, for those of us who may or may not be going through a breakup and are interested in need your help, how can we learn more?
Speaker 3:Sure. Well, the website is thebreakuptherapistcom and there you'll see the profiles of all of our different clinicians, who all bring something unique and different. I think the best way to know if it's a good fit clinically and professionally is just kind of a vibe check, which I know is not very clinical but there's, you know, a therapist. I'm not for everyone and that's okay, and so folks can go on the website and just see who do I, who kind of feels like a good fit, or who is somebody that maybe I feel like I can talk to just by reading their bio. You cannot really find us on social media. I broke up with social media a few years ago and I don't regret it, but it does feel a little weird to say yeah.
Speaker 2:Thank you.
Speaker 3:Thank you, yeah, but yeah that's the best place to find us.
Speaker 2:Awesome, and can you make appointments on your website?
Speaker 3:Not through our website, but there are clear instructions on how to reach out to a clinician to make an appointment on the contact page of our website. Once a client is established, there is automatic booking, so we can kind of streamline the process, which is helpful.
Speaker 2:Awesome, awesome, and that is wwwtheTheBreakupTherapistcom. Awesome.
Speaker 1:Correct, make sure it's clear.
Speaker 2:You heard it here guys and gals don't have to be breaking up to see a therapist there. Very cool. Well, lindsay, I can't tell you how much I appreciate your time today and spending time with our listeners and telling us all about what you do and how you're benefiting the community. We appreciate that very much and wish you and your family your nine-year-old and your husband and your practice all the best moving forward.
Speaker 3:Thank you so much, really appreciate it.
Speaker 2:Thank you. Maybe we can have you back sometime.
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