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The Thoughtful Counselor

The Thoughtful Counselor

About The Thoughtful Counselor is a podcast that is dedicated to producing great conversations around current topics in counseling and psychotherapy. We view counseling and psychotherapy as...

Episodes

20 of 321 episodes

EP320: A Counselor's Guide to Pediatric Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapist Kristi Harris joins Margaret Lamar to explore how understanding a child's sensory system can transform the way counse...

38:31Sep 7, 2026

EP319: From Collapse to Care: Rebuilding Through Grief

In this heartfelt episode, Desa Karye Daniel sits down with Holly Truhlar to explore the profound themes of grief, liberation, rupture, and...

01:35:50Aug 24, 2026

EP318: Counseling in Mandarin: What professional counselors and mental health providers need to know

In this episode we learn about the first Mandarin language speaking counseling certification program in CACREP accredited counseling program...

42:56Aug 10, 2026

EP317: Psychologists for Justice in Palestine (PJP)

In this enlightening episode, host Dr. Dèsa Karye Daniel engages with Drs. Karen Suyemoto and Diane Jung Gallo from Psychologists for Justic...

01:24:40Jul 13, 2026

EP316: AI Support Between Sessions

In this episode, Dr. Margaret Lamar talks with counselor educator, researcher, and entrepreneur Dr. Carlos Castaneda about the evolving role...

39:25Jun 29, 2026

EP315: Counseling Research and Practice with Nonreligious Clients

In this episode, The Thoughtful Counselor welcomes Dr. Dena Abbott to discuss their newest edited work,Culturally Responsive Mental Health P...

40:12Jun 18, 2026

EP314: Counselors' Roles in Integrated Behavioral Health

In this episode, we explore the growing impact of integrated behavioral healthcare and why embedding mental health counseling into primary c...

51:26May 20, 2026

EP313: AI Client Simulation in Counselor Education: What do we know?

Dr. Rakesh Maurya shares research based practice guidance on how counselor educators can successfully utilize AI in client simulation traini...

51:39Mar 20, 2026

EP312: Umoja Behavioral Health from Mind to Matter

In this episode, Kenneth Winfrey meets with Desa Karye Daniel to discuss his journey with mental health and the evolution of their shared cl...

48:12Feb 20, 2026

EP311: Becoming the Chair: Identity, Influence, and Impact in Counselor Education

Explore what it meant for Dr. Kara Carnes-Holt to step into the role of Department Chair and her leadership journey. How does one transition...

46:17Jan 26, 2026

EP310: Working with Clients who Self-Diagnose

In this episode, we discuss client self diagnosis with Dr. Taylor Falardeau. Taylor shares how and why clients might engage in this process,...

37:08Jan 5, 2026

EP309: The State of Counselor Educators: What Does the Research Tell Us?

Dr. Greg Hatchett shares findings from their research on counselor educator faculty experiences. These findings include where counselor educ...

42:26Jan 5, 2026

EP308: Sexuality and Intimacy After Addiction and Trauma

In this episode, The Thoughtful Counselor welcomes Dr. Vanessa Carlisle to discuss their newest co-authored work, Awaken Your Sexuality: A G...

46:31Dec 19, 2025

EP307: Working Intergenerationally with Gen Z

In this episode, Margaret Lamar and Laura Rea dive into some of their research on Generation Z in classroom and counseling spaces. Learn som...

52:27Dec 15, 2025

EP306: Collective Healing and Community Care

Dr. Roberto L. Abreu met with Dr. Desa Karye Daniel to discuss how his understanding of LGBTQ experiences within Latinx communities has evol...

01:10:28Nov 24, 2025

EP305: Implications of the CACREP Complaint: Boundaries of Academic Freedom

Joined by Drs. Nathaniel Brown, Darius Green, and Frank Gorritz, the panel explores the implications of the civil rights complaint, boundari...

01:14:40Nov 1, 2025

EP304: Remediation in Counselor Education: Changing the Perspective from Punishment to Growth

In this episode Dr. Maddie Clark sits down with Dr. Lena Salpietro to discuss her research regarding remediation in counseling. They discuss...

54:03Oct 13, 2025

EP303: Graduate Admissions in Professional Counseling

In this episode, The Thoughtful Counselor welcomes Dr. Jeanne Stanley to discuss the admissions process for graduate programs in counseling....

44:16Sep 29, 2025

EP302: Decolonization in counselor education and practice

Two counselor educators, professional counselors, and researchers discuss what decolonization is and is not in counselor education. Drs. Smi...

36:52Sep 15, 2025

EP301: Urban Indigenous Collective: For Urban Natives by Urban Natives

In this episode, Dèsa meets with Sutton King and Ariel Richer, the co-founders of the Urban Indigenous Collective, to delve into the interse...

01:23:24Sep 8, 2025