Pop Psych 101

 This month, Ryan and Hayley are deep diving into season 4 of In Treatment. Each week they will focus on one of the 4 main characters and discuss their overall case.  This week, they focus on Dr. Brooke Taylor's work with Eladio.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poppsych101/message

Hayley hops into your speakers to quickly update you on PopPsych's break and her and Ryan's plans for the podcast. Be sure to follow on Instagram and Twitter: @PopPsych101 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poppsych101/message

This week Ryan and Hayley discuss how Ted Lasso's approach of curiosity rather than judgement looks across various circumstances; masculinity as it shows up and is reframed during season 1; as well as relentless optimism and anxiety.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poppsych101/message

(This version is not connected to Spotify - please listen on Spotify if you would like the songs built into the episode for you!) This week, Ryan and Hayley take a look at how the songs of Frozen II  represent various experiences within mental health (hallucinations,  depression, grief, attachment). They also take a look at a song that was  removed from the movie and how it would have changed a huge part of the  movie itself. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poppsych101/message

This week Hayley and Ryan delve into agoraphobia and anxiety as it is portrayed in the movie Woman in the Window, starring Amy Adams. They also talk about the unique presentation of a therapist receiving therapy and the tricky situation of having an unreliable narrator.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poppsych101/message

This week Ryan and Hayley are joined by the cohosts of the Novel Feelings podcast to discuss Bridgerton - the show AND the book. They discuss how mental health discourse looks in Australia, as well as the topics of consent, gender, and gossip as it is portrayed by the Bridgerton series.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poppsych101/message

This week Ryan and Hayley discuss intentionality, the difference between goals and values, and Hayley gets on a soap box about passion.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poppsych101/message

This week Ryan and Hayley invite guest Dr. Shane Saenz (PsyD, CMPC: Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Sport Psychologist; https://www.drshanesaenz.com) to explore with them HBO's original documentary The Weight of Gold. Shane explains how sport is often the "first love" for many competitive athletes and the role that human development plays in their focus of their sport. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poppsych101/message

In this episode Ryan and Hayley break done the Netflix movie Marriage story. We break down the emotional toll of the divorce process and what kind of support the characters could benefit from. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poppsych101/message

This week Ryan and Hayley discuss intergenerational trauma in HBO's Mare of Easttown. We look at Mare's therapist and how Mare was able to work through her grief. We also answer the question "Why do therapists ask 'How did/does that make you feel?'" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poppsych101/message

This week, Ryan and Hayley discuss the movie Memento. They play with the idea of how structure and order effect how memory is created and stored, as well as lost - particularly with regard to Anterograde Amnesia/Memory Loss.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poppsych101/message

Hayley and Ryan break down the crisis experienced by therapist Grace Fraser, played by Nicole Kidman, and her family in this HBO series. We discuss the differences between psychopathy, sociopathy, and narcissism and why so many people are intrigued by true crime and mystery stories. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poppsych101/message

In this episode, therapists Ryan Englestad and Hayley Roberts discuss characters from the Disney+ series, Marvel's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. They explore personal identities that the characters desire and grow into, as well as those that they want to escape, avoid, and change. We also look into social dynamics including privilege, power, and race and how those play into how the characters are perceived and perceive others. Ryan shares a fear of his own that he faced, and Hayley doesn't even try to hide her disgust for one of the show's characters. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poppsych101/message

Therapist Ryan Engelstad and psychologist Dr. Hayley Roberts discuss the themes of abuse and breaking abuse cycles in the Disney movie Tangled. We also break down our favorite (and surprisingly deep) songs from the movie. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poppsych101/message

Dr. Hayley Roberts and therapist Ryan Engelstad talk about existential dread in the movie (on Hulu) Palm Springs.  We break down the mental health implications of being stuck in a time loop, and what we can learn from these characters that we can apply to being stuck in our own quarantine time loop. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/poppsych101/message