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  A Therapist Walks Into a Bar Podcast

Episode 2

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The Burning Spear in My Eye is all about relationships - why we're in them (or not), what goes wrong, and what can help. This episode features relationship expert:

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Dr. Robert Solley, PhD


A licensed clinical psychologist specializing in neuropsychology and couples therapy in San Francisco, Robert earned his PhD from the California School of Professional Psychology in Berkeley. He has been licensed for over 20 years. He has trained and worked in such diverse settings as Children's Hospital in Oakland, California-Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, and is a Staff Therapist with the Couples Institute in Menlo Park. Robert has taught masters and doctoral students as an adjunct faculty member at Alliant University, The Wright Institute, and the University of San Francisco.

Resources

International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (includes therapist directories)
Hold Me Tight by Dr. Sue Johnson
Wired for Love by Stan Tatkin
Attached by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller

References

Divorce Statistics (American Psychological Association)
Ainsworth and Attachment Part 1 (with clip of John Bowlby, YouTube)
WWII The Blitz - Scenes From London During The Blitz 1940/41 (YouTube)
Mary Ainsworth, Attachment Theory, and the Strange Experiment 
Social rejection shares somatosensory representations with physical pain (National Academy of Sciences)

Credits

Produced by: Lily Sloane
Theme Song by: Topher M. Lewis
"Friends Till the End" by: Derailed Freight Train
"The End of Love" Excerpt Written and Read by: Pilar Dellano, LMFT
(Click the link for the full article in The Huffington Post)

Special Thanks to The Little Shamrock and Zeitgeist in SF, The White Horse Bar in Oakland, and Three Dots and a Dash in Chicago for letting me harass your costumers. And of course, thank you to my partner who both supports me and sticks the burning spear in my eye.

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  • Home
  • About
    • FAQ's
    • Release Form
  • Listen
    • Lily Isn't Gonna Ghost (Finále)
    • An Untakebackable Choice
    • The Presence of Past
    • Be Someone Else
    • The Unknown
    • The Best Defense
    • Check Your Emotional Baggage Here
    • Ghosts! (again)
    • Seeing White II
    • Two Therapists Walk Into a Gay Bar
    • The Unconscious
    • Seriously, F#ck Dating
    • Man-ish AKA There's no crying in politics!
    • Why the Resistance Needs Therapy
    • Ending the War
    • Very Dark Very Appropriate
    • Ghosts!
    • Beneath the Dome
    • How Does That Make You Feel?
    • We All Use Something
    • The Burning Spear in My Eye
    • Seeing White
  • Contact