Gretchen shares more vulnerably this week about throwing water in her son's face in a stressful family moment and how her family is working on it.  She hopes to provide insight into how tolerating your shame about your darkest moments/parts of yourself allows for healing and movement for anyone you may have hurt, including yourself.

Learn more about Gretchen via her website www.gretchenwinterkorn.com

Gretchen questions her role as a therapist, as what makes her good at her job was born out of her early childhood trauma.  She wonders - Does providing therapy re-create the conditions of her relational trauma? AND - Why don't we talk about the mental health of mental health practitioners?  

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REAL LIVE HUMAN THERAPIST premieres today Thursday, March 30!

Introducing REAL LIVE HUMAN THERAPIST with Gretchen Winterkorn!  I’m Gretchen Winterkorn, Psychotherapist with over 15 years of experience and real live human being with 41 years of struggle.  Welcome to my anti-advice column podcast where I share my own personal struggles and how I work with them every week.  My intention with this podcast is to:

• Heal the myth of the split between mentally healthy and mentally ill people
• Reduce shame in seeking mental health support by sharing my mental health challenges as a mental health professional
• Inspire you with ways to work on/consider your own challenges
• Get curious about/question this role of therapist I occupy and all the benefits and challenges associated with it

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Learn more about Gretchen via her website www.gretchenwinterkorn.com

In this short introduction to REAL LIVE HUMAN THERAPIST, Gretchen talks about why it’s
important for therapists to talk about their challenges, what we need from our public figures (and friends on social media) – an entry into their pain so we can all feel less alone.

Learn more about Gretchen via her website www.gretchenwinterkorn.com