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Join the Awakened Therapist Community at https://www.patreon.com/c/TheAwakenedTherapist

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Join the Awakened Therapist Community at https://www.patreon.com/c/TheAwakenedTherapist

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	<title>S4E10: How to Heal Your Attachment System &#124; Harmony Kwiker and Christopher Arnold</title>
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	<title>S4E9: Therapy Session #5 &#124; Working at the Threshold of Becoming</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[In this episode, I’m sharing another session with the same client we’ve been following this season. He is at a threshold, stepping into a new career as a bodyworker. And as we begin, we start tracking the way he avoids turning toward what’s ahead. As we stay with that, it becomes clear that the avoidance [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<itunes:episode>9</itunes:episode>
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	<title>S4E8: Restoring Humanity in Prisons with Authentic Relating &#124; Laurie Lazar</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[In this episode, I’m joined by Laurie Lazar, founder of the Realness Project, a nonprofit bringing authentic relating practices into prisons. Laurie shares what she discovered when she stepped inside these systems—places where therapy is nearly nonexistent, and where people are often left alone with their pain, their stories, and the patterns that have helped [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Restoring Humanity in Prisons with Authentic Relating | Laurie Lazar]]></itunes:title>
	<itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode>
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	<title>S4E7: Therapy Session #4 &#124; Working with Introjects in Gestalt Therapy</title>
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	<title>S4E6: Financial Health, Burnout, and Secondary Income Streams &#124; Khara Croswaite Brindle, LPC</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Therapists are trained to hold space, track nervous systems, and metabolize complex emotional fields. We are rarely trained to build sustainable businesses. In this episode of The Awakened Therapist Podcast, I sit down with Khara Croswaite Brindle to explore financial health for therapists and why secondary income streams are not just about money, but about [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Therapists are trained to hold space, track nervous systems, and metabolize complex emotional fields. We are rarely trained to build sustainable businesses. In this episode of The Awakened Therapist Podcast, I sit down with Khara Croswaite Brindle to exp]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:title><![CDATA[Financial Health, Burnout, and Secondary Income Streams]]></itunes:title>
	<itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
	<itunes:season>4</itunes:season>
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	<title>S4E5: Therapy Session #3: Facilitating the Deeper Work of Integration</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 16:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[The full demo is streaming for free on Patreon for one week. In this third session of our ongoing therapy series, we begin to track a clear polarity has emerged in his system. On one side, he becomes hyper-focused on his body. Tracking symptoms. Monitoring sensations. Trying to manage or solve the pain. His attention [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
	<itunes:season>4</itunes:season>
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	<title>S4E4: Consciousness in Psychotherapy &#124; Harmony Kwiker</title>
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	<title>S4E2: When a Client Feels Stuck in Powerlessness &#124; Case Consultation</title>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[When Trauma Shapes the Story | Case Consultation]]></itunes:title>
	<itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
	<itunes:season>4</itunes:season>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[In this episode, I offer live case consultation to a newer transpersonal counselor navigating the complexity of depth work. We begin by exploring an essential principle of this approach: before moving into integration or intervention, we must support a shift in levels of awareness. When a client is fused with their narrative, their trauma, or [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<link>https://awakenedtherapist.com/podcast/gestalt-oriented-therapy-demo/</link>
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	<itunes:title><![CDATA[When Pain Overrides Presence: A Gestalt-Oriented Somatic Therapy Session]]></itunes:title>
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