The Upside of Bipolar: Conversations on the Road to Wellness
Living with bipolar disorder sucks! Each week Michelle Reittinger and her guests explore tools and resources that help you learn how to live well with your bipolar. If you are tired of suffering and want to live a healthy, balanced, productive life with your bipolar, this podcast was designed with you in mind.
The Upside of Bipolar: Conversations on the Road to Wellness
EP 26: Healing Through Therapy with Counselor and TEDx Speaker Tanisha Shedden
In this empowering conversation LMSW counselor and TEDx speaker Tanisha Shedden shares:
- Her personal story as a transracial adoptee and trauma survivor,
- How her personal experience led her to becoming a counselor and social worker to help others who have been hurt by trauma,
- The healing power in processing trauma,
- What trauma processing looks like and how to navigate it,
- How learning about what therapy is and how to use it can make it more effective,
- Tips for beginning therapy and being effective with the tool,
- What to expect from an effective therapist,
- Learning to recognize what you need to heal,
- The importance of allowing yourself to feel emotions and express them safely,
- How to recognize trauma in your life, and
- Her number one tip for setting yourself up to be successful in beginning therapy.
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Bio:
Tanisha Shedden is a counselor, educator, and speaker guided by her passion to help people heal. Tanisha advocates and educates about trauma, healing, and mental health. As she fosters community through her work, Tanisha uses her voice to create meaningful understanding around the issues that affect us all. Guided by her own experience as a trauma survivor, transracial adoptee, and social worker, Tanisha leverages real life to create healing tools that really work. Tanisha is a Tedx speaker, an advocate for change, and a creator focused on the healing power that lies within us all.
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