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Saying the Unsaid
2 friends discussing the surprising invitations, terrors, replications, possibilities and intimacy of process groups.
Episodes
64 episodes
THE WILD BOAR OF BOREDOM (Boredom, PART I)
Vanessa + Sarah discuss the Wild Boar of Boredom, its potentially aggressive undertones, and the scary but vitalizing prospect of naming it.
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ONE YEAR INTO THE PODCAST; WHAT IS A PROCESS GROUP?
Sarah + Vanessa use Sarah Simpson's description of a process group to help clarify what it is that they're trying to do. www.sarahsimpsoncounseling.com
GROUP AS MOTHER + RECONSTRUCTIVE LIP SURGERY
Vanessa + Sarah discuss an article by Dr. Nancy McWilliams about the maternal and paternal aspects of analytic work, and Vanessa shares about her reconstructive lip surgery the day before the recording.
AMPLIFYING THE ABSURDITY; OUR TAKE ON PROVOCATIVE THERAPY
Sarah + Vanessa talk about some of the ideas of Provocative Therapy, as coined by Frank Farrelly, and the invitations of the unexpected.
HOLDING ONTO YOUR HOT POTATO
Vanessa and Sarah talk about the utility of paying attention to negative or disavowed thoughts/feelings as a way to hold onto one's hot potatoes.
WHY GROUP: EXPAND YOUR RANGE, BE A TEENAGER
Vanessa shares three recent experiences of jealousy and the two of them share the invitation of expanding ones range of thoughts, feelings and relational impulses.
SECOND ARROWS, NAMING AMBIVALENCE, AND BEING A THREE YEAR OLD
Sarah + Vanessa catch up about recent experiences of getting tattooed, telling the truth, and witnessing children on airplanes.
A PSYCHODRAMA APPROACH TO GROUP
Vanessa + Sarah talk about an article on using psychodrama in group work and their associations with acting things out.
BONUS EPISODE: WHY WE LOATHE THE IDEA OF MARKETING
Sarah + Vanessa discuss their resistance to the idea of marketing while simultaneously wanting to promote Process Groups.
AN INTERPERSONAL APPROACH TO GROUP; FOLLOWING THE REPLICATIONS
Vanessa + Sarah have a conversation about an interpersonal approach to group, noticing and following replications, and being the canary.
CALLING A SPADE A SPADE
Vanessa + Sarah talk about the art of Joining and the invitation to call a spade a spade in process groups.
THE VENN DIAGRAM OF PARENTING AND LEADING GROUPS
Vanessa + Sarah share some reflections on the similarities of good parenting and good group leading.
PROCESS GROUP AS MID-CALF-BIRTH AND/OR MID-TATTOO
Vanessa + Sarah check in about their personal current experiences as members of process groups.
ON MENDING: VANESSA'S SURGEON'S UPDATE AND GROUP
Sarah + Vanessa talk about the idea of mending as it pertains to group, and Vanessa gives an update on her recovery from her accident.
PLAYDOUGH, LENT, CHOCOLATE-COVERED STRAWBERRIES AND OTHER WAYS TO STAND ON YOUR HEAD
Vanessa + Sarah talk about group process as playing with play-dough, and share some imaginations around the invitations of Lent.
WE CAN DO EASY THINGS, aka FOLLOW THE GRAIN OF OUR WOOD, PART II
Sarah + Vanessa talk more about the permission to be ourselves and to follow the grain of our wood, professionally and personally.
WE CAN DO EASY THINGS, PART I
Sarah + Vanessa talk about the how sometimes choosing pleasure and ease is just what the doctor ordered.
AGGRESSION AS A SOURCE OF ENERGY
Vanessa and Sarah talk about the energizing quality of aggression.
AGGRESSION IN GROUPS: BETTER OUT(WARD) THAN IN(WARD)
Vanessa + Sarah discuss the Aaron Black's 2017 article "On Attacking and Being Attacked in Group Psychotherapy" and the utility of expressed aggression in groups.
ON WORKING WITH DREAMS
Sarah + Vanessa talk about one of many approaches to working with dreams, and gratitude for the composting/metabolizing function of the unconscious.
THE HIGHEST FORM OF PSYCHOANALYTIC WORK IS PLAY
Sarah shares with Vanessa some of the impact of psychoanalyst Dr. David Ramirez on the psychoanalytic community; David was the first to teach her that the highest form of psychoanalysis is Play.
BEGINNING LIKE AN OTTER
Vanessa and Sarah discuss maxims for a New Year.
ENDINGS: POSSIBLE INVITATIONS, POSSIBLE REGRETS
At the close of the year, Vanessa + Sarah talk about group in relation to endings, and variations of ending well.