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The Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE41. Living and Learning the EFFT Model with Colette Mrazek, RCCWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT where our destination is resilient and connected families. Our guest today is Colette Mrazek, BA(CYC), MEd, RCC-ACS in Vancouver, Canada. Colette shares with us and you about her parallel process of living and learning the EFFT model including self of the person work and self of the therapist work. She speaks about attuning to her emotional process and by doing so attuning to and meeting her emotional needs as she was a new EFT learner while she was...2025-07-2931 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE40. Redefining the Bell Curve and Developing your Systemic, Attachment-Based Framework with Katie Humilde, RPWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT where our destination is resilient and connected families. Our guest today is Katie Humilde, MEd, Registered Psychologist in Edmonton, Canada. Our conversation traverses related topics of her journey into EFFT, the humanistic part of this humanistic therapy, and developing a systemic, attachment-based framework.Kathryn de Bruin is an ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer. Kathryn and Ronda are both licensed marriage and family therapists, EFT supervisors and therapists, and AAMFT Approved Supervisors.Katie Humilde can be reached...2025-07-0136 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE39. Attachment in Action Series: 4-5 Year Olds with a Systemic, Attachment LensWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT where our destination is resilient and connected families.Today, Kathryn and Ronda continue the Attachment in Action Series. This episode we focus on the world of the 4-5 year old (up until turning 6 year old). This conversation is taken from the chapter of the same name from the book "Attachment in Family Therapy" written by Patricia Crittenden et al. This conversation includes shifting a viewpoint of individual bhaviors or symptoms in an child to placing those behaviors...2025-06-1735 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE38. Supporting People with Disabilities Starts with Access with Joey Tapia, PhDWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT where our destination is resilient and connected families. Our guest speaker is Joey Tapia PhD, CRC, LPC-S, RPT, NCC. Joey specializes in therapy for individuals, couples and families where at at least one person has a disability.Kathryn de Bruin is an ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer. Kathryn and Ronda are both licensed marriage and family therapists, EFT supervisors and therapists, and AAMFT Approved Supervisors.joey@vandacounseling.orgYou can follow...2025-06-0334 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE37. Expressive Arts in the EFT Tango with Kids and Teens with Dennis EamesWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT where our destination is resilient and connected families. Our guest speaker is Dennis Eames, LMFT, Certified EFT Supervisor and Therapist located in Washington State. Today our conversation centers around the use of expressive arts in the EFT Tango with kids and teens.Kathryn de Bruin is an ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer. Kathryn and Ronda are both licensed marriage and family therapists, EFT supervisors and therapists, and AAMFT Approved Supervisors.You can follow Kathryn de Bruin...2025-05-2038 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE36. A Family Systems Frame versus a Diagnostic FrameWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT where our destination is resilient and connected families.In this episode, Kathryn and Ronda talk about making the shift conceptually, and in practice, from a diagnostic frame to a family systems frame.2025-05-0640 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE35. About our Book "A Jumble of Thoughts and a Tangle of Feelings"Welcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT. Today Kathryn and Ronda speak about their book, co-authored with Katie Stefano, "A Jumble of Thoughts and a Tangle of Feelings".Kathryn de Bruin is an ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer. Kathryn and Ronda are both licensed marriage and family therapists, EFT supervisors and therapists, and AAMFT Approved Supervisors.You can follow Kathryn de Bruin, LMFTFacebook  YouTube  IG  Yelp  Google +  Twitter  WebsiteYou can follow Ronda Evans, LMFT Facebook...2025-04-2218 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE34. Self of the Therapist in Learning EFFT with Rikki Kumar, MA, RP, RCC, CCCWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT where our destination is resilient and connected families. Our guest speaker is Rikki Kumar, MA, RP, RCC, CCC whose life traverses India and Vancouver. He is a certified EFIT, EFCT and EFFT Therapist. He works at the Vancouver EFT Centre.Kathryn de Bruin is an ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer. Kathryn and Ronda are both licensed marriage and family therapists, EFT supervisors and therapists, and AAMFT Approved Supervisors.You can follow Kathryn de...2025-04-0840 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE33. Impacting Culture and Context One Person at a Time with Arthur MensahWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT where our destination is resilient and connected families. Our guest speaker is Arthur Mensah, MA, an African therapist in Southern California by way of New York who shares his personal philosophy and passion for the field with us today. Thank you for listening! Kathryn de Bruin is an ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer. Kathryn and Ronda are both licensed marriage and family therapists, EFT supervisors and therapists, and AAMFT Approved Supervisors.You can f...2025-03-2538 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE32. Play as an Attachment Need with Clair Mellenthin, LCSW, RPT-SWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT where our destination is resilient and connected families. Our guest speaker is Clair Mellenthin, a licensed clinical social worker and registered play therapist supervisor in Utah. Today we are talking with Clair about play as an attachment need and attachment based play therapy integrated with EFFT. Thank you for listening! Kathryn de Bruin is an ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer. Kathryn and Ronda are both licensed marriage and family therapists, EFT supervisors and therapists, and A...2025-03-1142 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE31. EFFT with Parents who have adult children. Conversations with Shenny Karmali, a Kenyan-Canadian family therapist.Welcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT where our destination is resilient and connected families. Our guest speaker is Shenny Karmali, MSW, RSW who is sought out for her work with parents and their adult children, and even grandparents.Thank you for listening! Kathryn de Bruin is an ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer. Kathryn and Ronda are both licensed marriage and family therapists, EFT supervisors and therapists, and AAMFT Approved Supervisors.You can follow Kathryn d...2025-02-2541 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE30. The Use of Structure in EFFT with Jussi Light, LMFTWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT where our destination is resilient and connected families. Our guest speaker is Jussi Light, LMFT who has an abundance of experience in working with families in family therapy using an integrated therapy approach and today our conversation focuses on the use of structure in EFFT.Thank you for listening! Kathryn de Bruin is an ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer. Kathryn and Ronda are both licensed marriage and family therapists, EFT s...2025-02-1136 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE29. EFFT with Adult Children with Rachel Thomas, LMFTWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT where our destination is resilient and connected families. Our guest speaker is Rachel Thomas. All Aboard !Thank you for listening! Kathryn de Bruin is an ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer. Kathryn and Ronda are both licensed marriage and family therapists, EFT supervisors and therapists, and AAMFT Approved Supervisors.You can follow Kathryn de BruinFacebook  YouTube  IG  Yelp  Google +  Twitter  WebsiteYou can follow Ronda EvansFacebook   F...2025-01-2833 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE28. Helping Families with Youth with Screen Time with Laurie Branch, LPCWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT where our destination is resilient and connected families. Our guest speaker is Laurie Branch.All Aboard !Thank you for listening! Kathryn de Bruin is an ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer. Kathryn and Ronda are both licensed marriage and family therapists, EFT supervisors and therapists, and AAMFT Approved Supervisors.You can follow Kathryn de BruinFacebook  YouTube  IG  Yelp  Google +  ...2025-01-1438 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE27 Families with Children who have Disabilities and Illnesses with Wendy Gage, MSW, RSW, CC-PMHWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT where our destination is resilient and connected families. Today we speak with Wendy Gage about her speciality of working with families who have children with disabilities and illnesses. All Aboard !Thank you for listening! Kathryn de Bruin is an ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer. Kathryn and Ronda are both licensed marriage and family therapists, EFT supervisors and therapists, and AAMFT Approved Supervisors.You can follow Kathryn de BruinFacebook  You...2024-12-3141 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE26. Validating Parents with Nancy Aikin, LMFTWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT where our destination is resilient and connected families. Our guest speaker is Nancy Aikin, LMFT in the Sacramento, CA area. She has specialized in working with families with teens in Hold Me Tight Let Me Go workshops.All Aboard !Thank you for listening! Kathryn de Bruin is an ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer. Kathryn and Ronda are both licensed marriage and family th...2024-12-1746 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE25. DSM and Attachment from a Dual Medical and Therapy Perspective with Dr. Tat-Ying WongWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT where our destination is resilient and connected families. Our guest speaker is Dr. Tat-Ying, a dual family medical physician and EFFT family therapist located in Toronto, Canada, who specializes in groups.All Aboard !Thank you for listening! Kathryn de Bruin is an ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer. Kathryn and Ronda are both licensed marriage and family therapists, EFT supervisors and therapists, and AA...2024-12-0445 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE24. Attachment in Action Series: Pre-school StageWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT where our destination is resilient and connected families. Today is our second installment in the Attachment in Action Series: Pre-School Stage (3-4 years old). All Aboard !1:00. A main developmental aspect of this age/stage is the growing ability of perception and absorbing information into informational processing and emotional processing systems. Their thinking is absolutist (black and white).5:30. Being exposed to differing perspectives represents an opportunity to learn and practice the skill of n...2024-11-1936 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE23. Attachment in Action Series: Toddler StageWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT where our destination is resilient and connected families. Today is our second installment in the Attachment in Action Series: Toddler Stage. All Aboard !3:30. Clear and direct and sequential language because the toddler takes in information and starts to draw conclusions.5:50. Kathryn provides two side by side examples of an interaction between her and her toddler son: one example in which there is a rupture of conflicting needs/desires, and another example in which there is...2024-11-0540 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE22. Integrating EFFT and Play TherapyWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin and Ronda Evans where our destination is resilient and connected families. Our guest today is Liliana Baylon, Ph. D. and we discuss integrating play therapy into EFFT when there are families with kids under the age of 12.   All Aboard !1:00. Play is the way that a baby/infant explores and experiences the world around them. Play and fun is a central need for infants/children. Children communicate using their body and then they rely on the adult to organize their experience and body expre...2024-10-2233 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE21. Attachment in Action Series: Infant StageWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin and Ronda Evans where our destination is resilient and connected families. This is the first installment of our Attachment in Action Series. In this episode we focus on attachment in the infant stage. We underscore the importance of assessing for the emotional and relational context at the time of birth and the infant stage, and we provide overview of caregiver responding to baby distress signals.   All Aboard !1:20. Assessment is about taking a developmental history that includes the contextual, emotional and relational attachment his...2024-10-0837 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE20. EFFT Assessment of the Family System with Norma Brito de la Cuesta, Part TwoWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin and Ronda Evans where our destination is resilient and connected families. Today’s guest Norma Brito de la Cuesta from Costa Rica. Norma has a masters degree, and she has a vast history of experience in the field of psychology, and she is a practicing family therapist. You can hear part one of Norma's interview on assessment in family therapy in episode 18.   All Aboard !2:34. #6. Discussion of assessment of gender roles and the changing landscape of gender roles, Cultures may have different expectations for gen...2024-09-2538 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE19. Working through Shame Blocks with Parents in Stage 1 with Dr James HawkinsWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin and Ronda Evans where our destination is resilient and connected families. Today’s guest is Dr. James Hawkins from Arkansas. Our episode focuses on shame as a parental block.   All Aboard !1:00. James opens with what he likes about in EFFT.5:20. We set our episode focus on parental shame and the impact on attachment when a parent is blocked by shame.7:30. James locates when in a session we may see a parent get caught in their parental shame. Kathryn clari...2024-09-1039 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE18. EFFT Assessment of the Family System with Norma Brito de la Cuesta, Part OneWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin and Ronda Evans where our destination is resilient and connected families. Today’s guest Norma Brito de la Cuesta from Costa Rica. Norma has a masters degree, and she has a vast history of experience in the field of psychology, and she is a practicing family therapist.All Aboard !0:55. Norma talks about her vast experience in the field of psychology. 2:30. From all of her years of experience, Norma's #1 recommendation is to explore deeply with every fami...2024-08-2743 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE17. Getting Technical with EFFT Stage 1: 4 Goals to Achieve with Parents with Gail Palmer, MSW, RMFTWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin and Ronda Evans where our destination is resilient and connected families. Today’s guest is Gail Palmer, MSW, RMFT, one of the founders of EFFT. All Aboard !2:05. (Goal #2) Parental/Caregiver Intent.4:30. (Goal #1) Parent/Caregiver Buy-In. Clinician advocates for family therapy with parent involvement.6:40. Stage 1 is about helping the parent to become accessible, responsive and engaged. 10:10. (Goal #3) - Working with Parental/Caregiver Blocks). Gail and Kathryn talk about why we do the parent work in the order of pa...2024-08-1336 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE16. Gender Affirming Therapists and Therapy with Dr. Laura CastroWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin and Ronda Evans where our destination is resilient and connected families. Today’s guest is Laura Castro, LMFT, PhD. whose life passion and purpose is as a gender affirmative therapist who helps queer adolescents, adults, and families overcome trauma, complex PTSD and relational trauma, and live authentically.All Aboard !1:30. Laura begins with how she uncovered her life's purpose.3:15. Laura provides the landscape of the trans community including the mental health statistics and risks for suicidal ideation, bullying, violence an...2024-07-3045 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE15. Genetic Mirrors, Connection & Loss with Pendo Galukande, MAWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin and Ronda Evans where our destination is resilient and connected families. Today’s guest is Pendo Galukande, licensed counselor in Uganda and graduate student in the US, and we are talking about loss, genetic mirrors, and maintaining connection with loved ones beyond time and space.All Aboard !2:50. Pendo describes the silence around her parent's death and her work to maintain her connection with them in their deaths.5:50. Pendo describes her frozen, silent response to her mother's death and how...2024-07-1639 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE14. Engaging Muslim Families with Cultural Humility and Understanding with Dalia Sileem-NaguibWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin and Ronda Evans where our destination is resilient and connected families. Today’s guest is Dalia Sileem-Naguib who will speak with us about engaging Muslim Families with Cultural Humility and Understanding. All Aboard !Dalia opens our conversation speaking about the families she works with and the presenting issues and therapy experiences that parents/families would tell her about in the beginning of the therapy work together.We touch on discrimination, Islamaphobia, and lack of knowledge, negative pre-conceived notions or assumptions ab...2024-07-0243 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE13. How Connection Brings Hope to Neurodiverse Families with Elizabeth Gillespie, MAC, MEd, LMFTWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin and Ronda Evans where our destination is resilient and connected families. Today’s guest is Elizabeth Gillespie, MAC, MEd, LMFT from Boulder, Colorado. Our conversation centers the importance of connection with neurodiversity. All Aboard !1:14 Elizabeth tells us how her path led her to work with neurodiversity almost exclusively.3:47 Parents are feeling helpless, exhausted, financially worried and stressed, and medication is not enough, and they are in desperate need of support. They are in “fight more” as they advocate for accommodations. There...2024-06-1836 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE12. Parents and Therapists Getting Comfortable with Identity Development in their LGBTQ Queer Children with Abraham Mehboob Alam, LMFTAWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin and Ronda Evans where our destination is resilient and connected families. Today’s guest is Abraham Mehboob Alam, LMFTA (they/them). Our conversation today centers around identity development and some helpful guidelines in approaching family therapy with queer youth. All Aboard !1:00 Kathryn and Ronda ask for Abraham's help and correction with any language bias, or closed mindedness heard in our questions or comments.4:19 Abraham discusses being cautious and intentional about family sessions with queer youth/clients. Abraham describes using active list...2024-06-0437 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE11. Preparing Teens to Launch with Dr Katherine StavrianopoulosWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin and Ronda Evans where our destination is resilient and connected families. Today’s guest is Dr. Katherine Stavrianopoulos. Our conversations centers around the unique developmental stage of adolescence with brain changes and the seismic relational shift. All Aboard !1:39  Dr. Stavros tells us where she starts with families who are launching a teen.2:33  Dr. Stavros frames the parent's concerns as wanting to help their teen.4:20  Dr. Stavros leans into psychoeducation about the developing teenage brain6:55  Kathryn turns this psych...2024-05-2138 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE10. Families Responding to Suicidal Ideation in their Children with Preston Herdt, LMFTWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin and Ronda Evans where our destination is resilient and connected families. Today’s guest is Preston Herdt, LMFTA. Our conversation centers around helping families respond to suicidal thoughts in their children (abbreviated as SI). All Aboard !1:10 Preston tells us about how we got started working with youth with SI.4:00 Preston describes from the beginning that he helps parents "show up the best way they can with their children." He is listening for the emotional pain that is under the suicidal id...2024-05-0739 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE9. Honoring Sue Johnson, Creator of Emotionally Focused TherapyWelcome back to The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin and Ronda Evans. In today's episode we honor and remember Sue Johnson, creator and founder of EFT, and we share our grief and loss with each other, and with our listeners.Thank you for listening! Kathryn is an ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer. Kathryn and Ronda are both licensed marriage and family therapists, EFT supervisors and therapists, and AAMFT Approved Supervisors.You can follow Kathryn de BruinFacebook  YouTube   IG   Yelp   Google +   Twitter   WebsiteYou can follow Ronda EvansFacebook   Fa...2024-05-0234 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE8. Fostering Empathy in Children and Pre-Teens with Dr. Yamilka UrquizaWelcome back for the next adventure of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin and Ronda Evans. Today’s guest is Dr. Yamilka Urquiza and she will speak about her research into fostering empathy in kids. All Aboard !1:41  Dr. Urquiza tells us about her upbringing in Cuba in a multi-generational households.10:50 Her research findings included a reciprocity of caregiving between the generations.13:00 Other findings included: for those now grown adults who had been a helper-caregiver as kids, they now had a positive attitude toward caregiving; also, increased empathy.16:30 Dr. Urquiza shar...2024-04-2336 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE7. A Journey into Practicing EFFT with Allie Zangari, LMHC, LMFTWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin and Ronda Evans where our destination is resilient and connected families. Today’s guest is Allie Zangari, LMHC, LMFT from Florida. Allie shares about her journey into EFFT. All Aboard !1:05 Allie tells us how she applied EFT for couples to EFT for families.3:00 Allie and Kathryn talk about how the flexibility in the EFFT session structure is helpful and at times can bring on overwhelm for the EFFT therapist. They begin to explore the duality of the in inherent EFFT ma...2024-04-0945 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE6. High Conflict Divorce Cases: Setting Up a Family Systems Perspective with Berenice Leon-FonsecaWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin and Ronda Evans. Listen along today as our guest Berenice Leon-Fonseca from San Diego, California shares her experience in working with families going through high conflict divorce cases using a family systems perspective. Our conversation focuses on the process in the initial stage of assessment and alliance building. All Aboard !1:32 Berenice tells us the path she took to get to this destination.5:19 Parental buy-in starts with a therapist who believes that the co-parenting relationship needs to be the focus....2024-03-2635 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE5. Facing ADHD on the Home and Work Front with Kat AustinWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin and Ronda Evans where our destination is resilient and connected families. This episode’s adventure takes us to the diverse experience of neurodivergence. Our guest today is Kat Austin, LPC, LAC, LMFT from Boulder, Colorado, USA. All Aboard !2:40 Kat opens with the vulnerability that it is to be a parent, and that parental shame gets evoked.4:14 Kat describes the anecdote for shame.7:15 How shame can show up in a neurotypical parent and a neurodiverse parent.9:58 Exploring the...2024-03-1239 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE4. The Changing Family Landscape in Egypt with Eman OnsyWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT where our destination is resilient and connected families. Join us for a conversation about the changes in families and family therapy in Egypt with our guest Eman Onsy. She is the current director and co-founder of the Egypt Emotionally Focused Therapy Community and is a Certified EFT therapist.All Aboard !2:15    ICEEFT will formally introduce EFFT to Egypt in January 2024. Our own Kathryn de Bruin will provide this training!3:59    EFFT is culturally appropria...2024-02-2734 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE3. Finding the Herd with Dr. Ryan RanaWelcome back for the next journey of The Family Express Podcast with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT and Ronda Evans, LMFT. This episode adventure is all about finding the herd, and the safety that comes with being connected to one's herd. Our guest today is Dr. Ryan Rana, LMFT, LPC, Ph.D. of Arkansas. All Aboard !Dr. Ryan Rana describes the significance of the felt sense of safety and connection for survival, and how losing one's herd is a threat to that safety. As Dr Ryan says, “outside of the herd, the body won’t down-regulate.” By contrast, when som...2024-02-1332 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE2. Working with Immigrant Latinx Families with Liliana BaylonWelcome back to The Family Express podcast where we embark on a journey of resilience and connection. Tune in today for our very first guest, the incredible Liliana Baylon! Liliana is an immigrant from Mexico with over thirty years of experience working with Latino families in Colorado. We delve into her extensive work and research with immigrants, refugees, and undocumented children.All Aboard!Liliana offers an insightful glimpse into the challenges faced by Latino immigrants. She shares her personal experiences, and the misconceptions, and the harmful stereotypes surrounding Latino families. The breadth of her work...2024-01-3031 minThe Family ExpressThe Family ExpressE1. Who We AreWelcome aboard The Family Express podcast, where resilience and connection are our destination! Join your hosts Kathryn de Bruin and Ronda Evans, on a journey through the landscape of emotionally focused family therapy (EFFT).Together with our guest speakers, we will explore EFFT including lessons learned, shared fears, and the passion that bonds our community. We are so thrilled to embark on this exciting project we've been brewing in the background. As therapists with diverse backgrounds, we'll be delving into the intricacies of family dynamics.In this our first episode, we introduce ourselves and share...2024-01-3026 min