Why I Don’t Use Prolonged Exposure Therapy — And What I Use Instead
This is an 8-minute “Deep Dive Podcast”: As a therapist, our choices about treatment methods are often shaped not only by training and research, but by something deeper: lived experience and ethical grounding. I want to share two key reasons why I personally do not use Prolonged Exposure Therapy …
You’re Smarter Than You Think: Why ‘Laziness’ Is Your Brain’s Secret Weapon
This is a 7-minute episode of the ‘Deep Dive Podcast’ exploring the power of reframing and appreciating the value of ‘laziness.’: Our brains are actually energy hogs. Even though the brain is only about 2% of our body weight, it uses around 20% of our resting energy. Because of that, …
A Simple Guide To Personal Growth
When Life Feels Stuck or Overwhelming Feeling stuck or overwhelmed often signals a deeper misalignment. You may be caught in unhelpful habits, avoiding necessary actions, yearning for something missing, or resisting uncomfortable truths that could foster growth. Recognizing these patterns is the first step toward meaningful change. This 10- minute …
What Is Non-Content Psychotherapy?
Why Doing Non-Content Psychotherapy is Healthy for the Therapist This is an 11-minute “Deep Dive” on how to avoid burnout in the psychotherapy profession : Psychotherapy, at its core, is about guiding clients through their emotional and psychological landscapes. Traditionally, therapists delve into the content of their clients’ narratives, …
A Comprehensive View of Secondary Gain in PTSD, Phobias, Physical or Emotional Pain
A Comprehensive View of Secondary Gain in PTSD, Phobias, Physical or Emotional Pain This is a 5 minute “Deep Dive Podcast on secondary gain: Secondary gain refers to the hidden benefits a person may receive from holding onto symptoms or a condition. When someone with a DSM-diagnosed symptom doesn’t …
Mental Health Tips: Perceptual Shifts, Positive Language, and Proactive Mindsets
This is a 13-minute “Deep Dive” Podcast that highlights the small differences that can make positive differences in your life. These are the posts that this podcast is based on: https://clintmatheny.com/do-not-think-of-a-pink-elephant-with-white-spots/ https://clintmatheny.com/simple-technique-that-can-improve-the-quality-of-your-life/ https://clintmatheny.com/the-3-letter-word/ Clint77090@gmail.Com
More on “FreeSpotting”
For over five years, I have been a strong advocate of “FreeSpotting.” Here are some other new proponents of this remarkable emotional reset technique: Mike Mandel and Chris Thompson, outstanding hypnosis instructors, have shared their experiences with this powerful change technique. You can learn more about their insights and methods: …
What Came First The Chicken Or The Egg: Depression Or A Chemical Imbalance?
What Came First: The Chicken or the Egg of Depression? A Chemical Imbalance or Trauma? This is a 6-minute “Deep Dive Podcast”: The “chicken or the egg” dilemma is a classic question that highlights the cyclical nature of cause and effect. Applied to mental health, the question becomes: is major …
Psychiatry & Big Pharma: Exposed
Have you ever wondered how the DSM came to be? This is a “Deep Dive Podcast” that is only a 19-minute audio vs the almost 2 hour YouTube Video.: James Davies, PhD has been vocal about his concerns regarding psychiatry and its relationship with the pharmaceutical industry. In this …
How To Taper Any Antidepressant
Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring has over a decade of experience as a board-certified psychiatrist and has previously served as a medical officer for the FDA. His expertise lies in a niche area of psychiatry, focusing on the side effects of psychiatric medications and strategies for their safe tapering. This is a …
What’s It All About?
Over 60 years ago, the song and movie score “What’s It All About?” were introduced to the world, echoing a timeless question: What’s it all about? What is your purpose in life? This is a 7- minute “Deep Dive Podcast” into your purpose of life: The question “What …
# “Imperative Self Analysis” 1
We each operate with a personal emotional palette—5 to 7 core emotional states that quietly shape our daily experience. These aren’t fleeting moods; they’re the baseline tones that color nearly every thought, reaction, and interaction, unless something truly out of the ordinary is happening. The first step is simple but …
# “and what would you like to have happen?”
My Journey with Clean Language Therapy In 1993, I had the privilege of learning “Clean Language” from David Grove, a therapist from New Zealand. This innovative approach, known as “Clean Language Therapy,” quickly proved itself to be a powerful method for helping clients heal from traumatic memories. My confidence in …
An excellent example of the use of “Clean Language “ in Coaching & Therapy
“Clean Language” is a distinctive approach in therapy that empowers the client by placing their own words and metaphors at the heart of the conversation. The power of Clean Language lies in its client-centered methodology. Therapists practicing Clean Language have to be meticulously attentive to the client’s language, using it as …
Back To The Future Part 3 – Curing Brain Fog
Curing Brain Fog: “Back To The Future” In 2010, I worked with a 40-year-old woman in New Zealand who experienced frequent “Brain Fog.” In this 8-minute recorded audio session you will heard her heal this emotional state in one session: When a client reports “Brain Fog,” it often indicates they …
Maybe A Cure For ADHD
Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, I successfully worked with 10 kids that were diagnosed with ADHD by psychiatrists (sometimes without seeing or talking to their patient ). Their parents had not purchased Ritalin and were looking for other avenues. Over the past 20 years I have also …
My Beloved Uncle, Red
Over 26 years ago, I unknowingly used a therapy technique called a “Pattern Interrupt” with my beloved uncle, a World War II veteran haunted by PTSD. My uncle, then 83 years old, was a USMC World War II veteran who had battled PTSD for over 53 years due to a …
A Therapy Procedure That Saved A Life
Recently, I’ve been contemplating my thirty-nine years as a therapist, pondering the true impact of my work. Reflecting on the past, I recall numerous clients who considered suicide, whom I’ve supported through their darkest times. Did my intervention truly matter? One particular memory resurfaces, convincing me of the life-saving difference …
Understanding Yours And Others’ Political Decision Making Style
This is a 15-min “Deep Dive” Podcast on why you voted as you did in the 2024 election: “Sorting for Self” vs. “Sorting for Others” has offered me valuable insights into how individuals process information, make decisions, or and relate to the world around them. After reading this post, you …
Healing eczema all over body using the “Placebo Procedure”
I received this email below in December 2023, on a client’s use of the “Placebo Procedure”. This is an 11-minute “Deep Dive” audio on her experiences in curing her eczema: It only takes a few minutes to do this procedure. Watch the other 3 posts on the power of …
The Unintended Consequences of Medical Language: Navigating the Nocebo Effect
Doctors, in their unique role, possess the ability to cast spells—not with wands, but with words. Their dialogue, delivered in the clinical sanctity of examination rooms, wields immense power. Patients, in their most vulnerable state, hang on every word. The white coat transforms into a cloak of authority, and the …
Why I Am Easy To Forget
“In a healing journey, pain and emotions are like transient whispers of the heart; once mended, they often fade into the silent archives of our being.” Clint Matheny Since beginning my “Fear of Flying” practice in 1985, and mainly using the Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories (RTM) procedure, I’ve made it …
“Lovely Day” Is My Wife’s Favorite Feel Good Song
How to relearn how to breathe
Are you a belly breather or chest breather? Put one hand on your chest and the other hand on your belly. Notice what hand rises when you inhale. Babies and relaxed individuals are belly breathers. Chest breathers may have had a trauma or traumas in their past that caused them …
What Sex Therapists Wish You Knew
Catherine Pearson of The NY Times, asked nearly a dozen experts in sex and intimacy for the advice they repeat again and again. For starters, they said, don’t get so hung up on how often you have, or want, sex. More: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/21/well/sex-therapy-questions.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Reimprint For A Better Future
Reimprinting by using the“Back To The Future” approach and “Clean Language” techniques can be transformative, offering a way for individuals to address and heal from deep-rooted challenges, thereby enabling them to transcend their past limitations without reexperiencing the traumatic memories. I provide tissue free therapy sessions. As a premier technique, …
Lack Of Empathy Breeds Cruelty To Others
What if cruelty isn’t always monstrous, but simply a result of misaligned perspectives? This is a 14-minute “ Deep Dive Podcast”: The question of what causes human evil—cruelty, indifference, and acts of harm—has haunted philosophers, mental health workers, and theologians for centuries. We’ve blamed ideology, trauma, biology, and social conditions. …
How to Align Your Perceptual Positions
Perceptual positions are the ways we perceive ourselves and others in any situation. There are three main perceptual positions: self, other, and observer. Each position has its own advantages and disadvantages, but they can also be misaligned or distorted, leading to confusion, conflict, or dissatisfaction. In this article, I will …
Do we have “Free Will”?
Are you absolutely sure you have “free will”? Does a person that has claustrophobia have free will to relax or panic in confined spaces? Does this same person have “free will” to get help to eliminate their phobic responses to confined spaces? If you have read my previous post you …
The “Free Will” Illusion
The 11-minute “Deep Dive” Podcast might add new ideas on how much Free Will we actually have: In the grand tapestry of existence, the concept of Free Will has been a subject of philosophical debate for centuries. The notion that humans possess the autonomy to make choices independent of any …
What I Am Going To Be When I Grow Up?
When I was thirty-five years old I had been a well paid FAA air traffic control supervisor for over four years. I was bored with this job and one morning a cartoon in the local newspaper caught my eye and stayed with me: Six months later, I resigned from my …