Self Careapist Therapist Podcast
How do you actually use EMDR, CBT, or IFS in session, not the textbook version, but with a real client sitting across from you? Self Careapist Therapist is a therapist-to-therapist podcast where licensed clinicians break down the
clinical skills, modalities, and hard conversations that training programs skim over.
Hosted by Lorain Moorehead, LCSW, PMH-C, EMDR Certified Approved Consultant, Clinical Supervisor, and graduate school faculty associate. Each week features expert guests, including researchers, authors, and practicing clinicians, sharing
evidence-based interventions you can take straight into your next session.
Topics include:
• EMDR therapy, trauma processing, and advanced EMDR applications
• Internal Family Systems (IFS), parts work, and integrative trauma approaches
• CBT, DBT, RO-DBT, ACT, and third-wave cognitive behavioral therapies
• Clinical supervision, therapist training, and professional development
• Trauma, complex trauma, PTSD, CPTSD, and nervous system regulation
• ADHD, autism, neurodiversity-affirming assessment and treatment
• Therapist burnout, perfectionism, compassion fatigue, and sustainable self-care
• Couples therapy, attachment theory, and relational wounds
• Anxiety, OCD, and exposure-based interventions
• Grief, prolonged grief disorder, and meaning-making
• Suicide risk assessment, CAMS, and crisis intervention
• Parent-child therapy, adolescent anxiety, and family systems
• Perinatal mental health
• Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and emerging modalities
• Clinical ethics, risk management, and culturally responsive practice
• Private practice development, insurance, and building a sustainable career
Questions we answer:
• How do I use EMDR, CBT, DBT, or ACT in real-life sessions, not just textbook examples?
• How do I choose which therapy modality to learn next?
• How do other therapists handle burnout and compassion fatigue?
• How do I integrate different modalities instead of feeling like I'm doing them wrong?
• When should I use IFS parts work versus EMDR reprocessing?
• How do I grow as a therapist after grad school or licensure?
• How do I make my practice more trauma-informed and culturally responsive?
• How do I find my niche or specialty as a clinician?
• What does evidence-based therapy actually look like in practice?
• How do therapists cope with imposter syndrome and self-doubt?
• How do I explain complex therapy concepts to clients in simple language?
• What is the best podcast by therapists, for therapists?
Whether you are a seasoned clinician or a graduate student, every episode is designed to sharpen your clinical thinking and reconnect you with the curiosity that makes therapy meaningful. Conference-level education and psych journal-quality conversations delivered while you drive, walk, or decompress between sessions.
Many episodes offer a free CEU for licensure in Arizona through the Board of Behavioral Health Examiners. Content is relevant for continuing education across LCSW, LMHC, LPC, LMFT, NCC, NBCC, and psychology licensure.
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Self Careapist Therapist Podcast
Identification, Prevention, and Care for Sex Trafficking Survivors with Dr. Dominique Roe Sepowitz
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Human trafficking is often hidden in plain sight. In this episode of The Self Careapist Podcast, Dr. Dominique Roe-Sepowitz, professor at Arizona State University and director of multiple anti-trafficking programs, stops by to speak with Lorain about about identification, prevention, and care for sex trafficking victims and survivors.
Content Warning: This episode discusses human trafficking, sexual violence, and exploitation. Please listen with care.
This conversation explores the full arc of identification, prevention, and trauma-informed care for human trafficking victims. From validating survivor experiences and creating prevention programs with law enforcement, to treatment models designed for healing, Dominique shares both research and real-world strategies for working with this population.
You’ll learn:
- How to identify human trafficking victims using accurate, client-driven language
- Prevention strategies involving law enforcement, housing programs, and community partners
- Treatment approaches for sex trafficking victims, including the STAR Group, a CBT-based model for recovery
- Why clinicians should seek expertise beyond client sessions to avoid harm
- Strategies for therapist self-care and managing burnout when working with highly traumatized survivors
Why this matters
Supporting human trafficking survivors requires more than compassion—it demands knowledge, collaboration, and trauma-informed care. By focusing on identification, prevention, and treatment, clinicians and advocates can play a critical role in helping victims reclaim safety and dignity.
Resources:
Sex Trafficking Training Materials
Listen now for expert insights on human trafficking identification, prevention, and care plus practical tools you can use to support survivors.
Continuing Education: Many episodes offer a free CEU for licensure in Arizona through the Board of Behavioral Health Examiners. Content is relevant for continuing education across LCSW, LMHC, LPC, LMFT, NCC, NBCC, and psychology licensure.
Subscribe and leave a review — it helps other therapists find the show.
The Self Careapist Therapist Podcast is a biweekly conversation with Lorain Moorehead, LCSW a therapist in private practice. With guests ranging from expert psychologists, therapists, researchers and authors, each episode offers a deep dive and keeps listeners from intern to advanced supervisor in mind while dropping gems and aha moments for everyone who loves to learn! If you love learning and want to keep track of some future learning opportunities, grab your personal curriculum here!
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