Finding You: An Evoke Therapy Podcast

Dr. Reedy takes questions from friends and family members of Evoke's clients. He talks about length of stay, trust, the value of educational consultants, and the pros & cons of aftercare placement.

Dr. Dr. Brad Reedy will does a book review of Harriet Lerner’s The Dance of Fear. He discusses how unhappiness is fueled by three key emotions: anxiety, fear, and shame. They are the uninvited guests in our lives. When tragedy or hardship hits, they may become our constant companions. No one signs up for anxiety, fear, and shame, but we can’t avoid them either. As we learn to respond to these three key emotions in new ways, we can live more fully in the present and move into the future with courage, clarity, humor, and hope.

Dr. Reedy explores Evoke's approach to parent and family support. He explains how parent education must go be simple skills and tools and explore underlying motives to be effective. He encourages parents to do their own work for it's own sake: be a better parent means being a better person.

Dr. Reedy talks about divorce, how to navigate blended family issues, and effective co-parenting.

Objectification is to treat another person like an object, because of a lack of empathy, lack of reciprocity or lack of connection. This webinar describes in great detail the objectification cycle that people get stuck in and the effect it has on relationships. The cycle begins with a person experiencing hurt, learning ways not to feel the hurt, and then seeing other people the way one see oneself, and treating them accordingly. With this assumption that others don't feel hurt as well, one begins to treat others like an object. This webinar explores ways to address the objectification of others and gives parents some tools to help interrupt the cycle. This webinar could be helpful for parents with children that lack remorse, empathy, feelings or connection and also for the porn-addicted. This is for parents that have a hard time differentiating between their child's successes and failures and their own. This is for parents that view their child's anger and fear as something they as parents did wrong, and those that struggle to not see their child as a reflection of them. It is for parents that need some help fostering an environment where objectification isn't happening.

Dr. Reedy discusses trauma and the effect it has on our brains and our functioning. He talks about how to treat and respond to those who suffer with PTSD. He also talks about the effect that trauma has on parents as they experience it in the wake of their child's dangerous behaviors.

Dr. Reedy discusses Autism Spectrum Disorders, Non-Verbal Learning Disability and Asperger Syndrome, and how to respond in a helpful way, both as a therapist and as a parent.

Talking about the bullies and the victims of bullies: Dr. Reedy discusses how to foster empathy in your child and how to respond to your child if you think they might be a victim of bullying.

Dr. Reedy talks to parents about dynamics and how to cope with a child who struggles with self-harm and suicidal ideation.

Dr. Brad Reedy discusses Dr. Harriet Lerner's book, "Why Won't You Apologize?" Shame, guilt, and how to offer an apology without messing it up are discussed.

Dr. Reedy takes live questions and talks about a typical day, how primitive living programs work, how we can embrace our imperfections and vulnerabilities, and how a group is chosen for each client.

Dr. Reedy discusses the continuum of care that most families at Evoke traverse and the thinking that goes into the decision making along the way.

Dr. Brad Reedy, Evoke's Co-founder and Clinical Director, answers questions from parents on topics including aftercare, length of stay, parent curriculum and blame, al-anon, and the stigma of therapy.

Dr. Reedy discusses communication theory and some basic communication tools that can help us improve our intimacy and our awareness.

Dr. Reedy explains Family Systems Theory and how it impacts therapy and treatment. Principles such as homeostasis, triangulation, boundaries, differentiation, and punctuation help us to understand how our children operate inside a system and how a family intervention can be more effective than an individual intervention.