CLOSE THE CHAPTER
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Close the Chapter Podcast
September 10, 2025 // 334. Healing from Emotional Abandonment
In this encore episode, Kristen explores the roots of emotional abandonment and shares practical steps for healing, self-compassion, and building secure connections.
September 3, 2025 // Parents Have Feelings Too: How to Navigate Your Emotions with Hilary Jacobs Hendel
In this week’s episode, Kristen welcomes back Hilary Jacobs Hendel, award-winning author and psychotherapist, to discuss how parents can better understand their emotions, break unhealthy patterns, and raise emotionally healthy kids.
August 27, 2025 // What If It's All Grief? with Debi Jenkins Frankle, LMFT
In this episode, Kristen explores how grief often underlies anxiety, trauma, and panic attacks with Debi Jenkins Frankle, LMFT, a grief-informed psychotherapist. They share insights and tools for working through unfinished business and moving toward healing.
August 20, 2025 // The 5 Stages of A Dying Marriage or Relationship with Becky Whetstone, PhD
In this episode, Kristen is joined by Dr. Becky Whetstone, marriage crisis manager, therapist, and author, for an eye-opening conversation on why relationships break down, how to spot the earliest warning signs, and what you can do before it’s too late.
August 13, 2025 // Adult Children Healing From Borderline (BPD) Parents with Dr. Daniel Lobel
In this part-two episode, Kristen continues the conversation with internationally recognized BPD expert and author Dr. Daniel Lobel, diving into the lasting impact of having a parent with borderline personality disorder, and how to begin healing and reclaiming your identity.
August 6, 2025 // How Using Mantras Can Help You Heal with Helene Zupanc, LPC and Beth Valdez, LPC
In this episode, Kristen sits down with Licensed Professional Counselors and co-authors of Sticky Note Mantras, Helene Zupanc and Beth Valdez, to explore how simple, personal mantras can shift negative thought patterns and bring more self-compassion, humor, and joy into everyday life.
July 28, 2025 // How to Hold Space for Both Pain and Beauty in the Challenges of Life with Dr. Sabrina N'Diaye
In this episode, Kristen is joined by Dr. Sabrina N'Diaye, an integrative therapist, storyteller, and peacebuilder, for a powerful conversation about grief, healing, and the meaning of life. They explore how love and loss shape us and why embracing both is essential to truly living the dash.
July 23, 2025 // Understanding Healthy vs. Reactive Anger: Healing Your Inner Child with Bronwyn Schweigerdt
In this episode, Kristen sits down with licensed psychotherapist and anger expert Bronwyn Schweigerdt to unpack the myths, science, and lived experience of anger—and how, when understood, it can become a powerful tool for reconnecting with your true self.
July 16, 2025 // Understanding Reproductive Trauma: Healing After Unseen Wounds with Dr. Julie Bindeman
In this episode, Kristen sits down with Dr. Julie Bindeman, co-owner of Integrative Therapy of Greater Washington, to unpack the often-overlooked impact of reproductive trauma and how healing can begin in both the body and mind.
July 9, 2025 // How to Break 7 Harmful Family Patterns You Might Be Repeating
In this encore episode, Kristen unpacks seven generational patterns that keep us stuck and offers guidance on how to break the cycle and build deeper, healthier connections.
July 2, 2025 // 324. Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) with Daniel S. Lobel, Ph.D.
In this episode, Kristen sits down with internationally recognized BPD expert and author Dr. Daniel Lobel to explore Borderline Personality Disorder through a clear, compassionate, trauma-informed lens.
June 25, 2025 // What Needs to Change in Healthcare with Marschall S. Runge, M.D., Ph.D
In this episode, Kristen is joined by Dr. Marschall Runge, Executive VP for Medical Affairs at the University of Michigan and author, to explore how true healthcare disruption begins with integrating emotional and mental health into patient care.
June 18, 2025 // How to Build Self-Trust and Let Go of Self-Doubt with Emily Romero, LPC, SEP
In this episode, Kristen welcomes trauma therapist and author Emily Romero, to explore the roots of self-doubt and share her Self-Trust Model for rebuilding confidence and reconnecting with inner wisdom.
June 11, 2025 // How Sound and the Breath Help In The Healing Process with Sigmar Berg
In this episode, Kristen talks with Sigmar Berg, founder of the Love Tuner, to explore how combining breath and sound can calm the nervous system, shift energy, and support emotional well-being.
June 4, 2025 // How to Recover and Reclaim Who You Are with Mary Dobson, LMFT, CEDS
In this episode, Kristen talks with Mary Dobson, psychotherapist and founder of LIFT Wellness and LiftWell Health, about the emotional and mental toll midlife can take on women and how reclaiming your sense of self is essential for long-term well-being.
About the show
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 20 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 20 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.