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Each week, I release a new podcast episode designed to help you close the chapter on the stress, anxiety, and negativity in your life—and open the door to more beautiful possibilities.
2021 winner of the Podcast for Business Awards - Best Health and Wellness Podcast and with 24 years of experience under my belt as a practicing psychotherapist, the CTC Podcast is designed to show you ways to navigate life’s hardest (and most joyful) transitions; with practicable, actionable takeaways and coping strategies you can apply immediately.
Featuring frequent guest interviews alongside my own insights from 24 years as a practicing psychotherapist, every episode features a combination of empowering information and inspirational, motivational content as we explore topics like:
• Relationships
• Self worth/Self love
• Stress management
• Work/life balance
• Parenthood
• Divorce
• Retirement
• And more
The ultimate goal? To give you a different way of looking at life, and the tools you need to feel calmer, happier, and lighter—every day.
Press play to begin your journey. The therapist is in.
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Most Recent episodes
Close the Chapter Podcast
August 19, 2026 //3 Ways to Work Through Shame, Anxiety and Guilt
In this episode, Kristen explores three steps to help listeners work through anxiety, guilt, and shame while creating meaningful change through deeper self-awareness and healing.
August 12, 2026 //How Childhood Trauma Shows Up in Adult Relationships and Parenting with Amber Trejo, LMFT
In this episode, Kristen talks with Amber Trejo, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in complex trauma and CPTSD, about how complex childhood trauma can resurface in adult relationships and parenting, shaping attachment, emotional responses, and the healing journey.
August 7, 2026 //Life After a Cult and the Journey to Healing with Chris Shelton, Part 2
In this episode, Kristen continues her conversation with former second-generation cult member and author Chris Shelton as he shares the emotional aftermath of leaving a high-control group, exposing the lasting effects of coercive control, trauma, and the difficult process of rebuilding his life.
Most Listened to Episodes
March 2, 2020 // Setting Boundaries Will Set You Free
In this episode, I interview Nancy Levin - author of Setting Boundaries Will Set You Free. This book is about her journey, including her childhood and divorce, and how that led her to set boundaries, speak her truth and set herself free.
Nov. 4, 2019 // It's Not Always Depression
In this episode, I interview Hillary Jacobs Hendel about using our emotions as a direct pathway to healing psychological suffering.
Sept, 16, 2019 // Codependency
In this episode, I talk with Terri Cole, a New York-based licensed psychotherapist, relationship expert and founder of Real Love Revolution and Boundary Bootcamp.