{"podcast":{"title":"Therapy Chat","slug":"therapy-chat-215844","podcast_index_feed_id":215844,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/303d5792-3fd7-4731-b268-57d1f542269b","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/therapy-chat","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2023/4/3/17/e3d12496-b0f2-4fab-94b0-fd35ef68d22e_therapy-01_4_2.png","author":"Laura Reagan, LCSW-C","episode_count":539,"summary":"Laura Reagan, LCSW-C, Psychotherapist, Burnout Prevention Consultant and Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator interviews guests to discuss holistic and alternative approaches used in psychotherapy, counseling, coaching and healing sessions. Be a fly on the wall as therapists discuss the practice of psychotherapy and how they implement self care into their own lives to prevent therapist burnout. Conversations about mindfulness, self compassion, The Daring Way™, EMDR, art therapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, other somatic methods, trauma, parenting, attachment will get you thinking deeply about therapy and the universal experience of being human, with all the joy and pain that entails.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T04:18:41.582412+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/therapy-chat-215844"},"episode":{"title":"534: Brainspotting + OCD with Dr. Pie Frey + Thad Frye","slug":"534-brainspotting-ocd-with-dr-pie-frey-thad-frye","published_at":"2026-07-15T00:00:06+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/therapy-chat-215844/534-brainspotting-ocd-with-dr-pie-frey-thad-frye","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/therapy-chat-215844","url":"https://therapychatpodcast.com","audio_url":"https://audio2.redcircle.com/episodes/1ff3ee0c-1eda-47c7-8c09-c37176b5efc4/stream.mp3","summary":"This week I am happy to share my interview with one of the pioneers of Brainspotting, Dr. Pie Frey. Together with Brainspotting consultant and Rocky Mountain Brainspotting Institute (RMBI) board member Thad Frey, we discussed how Pie got started in Brainspotting and how she's been part of bringing it to where it is now; an overview of the benefits of this method; what RMBI offers; and we got into how Brainspotting can be useful with OCD. Pie generously shared her OCD setup and talked about how it helps the neural wiring become \"unstuck,\" potentially relieving OCD symptoms, trauma and so many other mental health challenges. Join us for a fascinating discussion about all things Brainspotting and learn how it can help with OCD symptoms! Pie Frey, PsyD, was in the vanguard of therapists to adopt Brainspotting and is the Senior US and Canadian Trainer. She has assisted Dr. David Grand, the developer of Brainspotting, in many training workshops and Intensive Trainings. Dr. Frey is a psychotherapist in private practice in Boulder, Colorado. She has trained thousands of BSP therapists throughout the United States and Canada in Phase 1 and Phase 2 since 2009. Dr Frey offers 5-day intensive Trainings , small, intensely focused BSP groups limited to 10 therapists at a time. She also facilitates Brainspotting consultation groups and provides individual consultation for BSP therapists. Dr. Frey has developed a Brainspotting setup for relieving obsessive-compulsive symptoms currently in use all around the world.Dr. Frey founded and is the President of the Rocky Mountain Brainspotting Institute in Colorado, a nonprofit organization educating community about Brainspotting and developing a free Brainspotting scholarship program. Thad Frye, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker, Br…","meta_description":"This week I am happy to share my interview with one of the pioneers of Brainspotting, Dr. Pie Frey. Together with Brainspotting consultant and Rocky Mount…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2427,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/therapy-chat-215844/episodes/534-brainspotting-ocd-with-dr-pie-frey-thad-frye/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/therapy-chat-215844/534-brainspotting-ocd-with-dr-pie-frey-thad-frye.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}