How To Relate
How To Relate
Podcast Description
Many people try to answer what makes relationships work. This podcast aims to answer how do we work relationships? I’m Brittani Procknow, a relationship therapist working with individuals and couples to deepen intimacy and live relationally. I’m taking insights from behind closed doors you, as an audience seeking to improve your way of being in relationship to yourself and others. I’m talking to people about everyday concepts including mental health, work, dating, families, friendships, and hobbies and how they influence our relationships. I’m grateful to have you here. Let’s dive in.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores diverse topics related to relationships, including dating dynamics, trauma recovery, and mental health, with episodes addressing themes like embodiment in relationships, navigating the complexities of dating from a therapist's perspective, and understanding attachment theory. For example, discussions involve how perfectionism impacts relationships and practical strategies for healthier connections.
Many people try to answer what makes relationships work. This podcast aims to answer how do we work relationships? I’m Brittani Procknow, a relationship therapist working with individuals and couples to deepen intimacy and live relationally. I’m taking insights from behind closed doors to you, a listener seeking to improve your relational wellbeing. I’m talking to people about everyday concepts including mental health, work, dating, families, friendships, and hobbies to give insights and actions towards living relationally. I’m grateful to have you here. Let’s dive in.
Caleb Birkhoff, LMFT, is a couples therapist based in the San Francisco Bay Area who also works extensively with men and with people navigating their relationship to drugs and alcohol. With over a decade in recovery work, Caleb brings the goal-setting and accountability of treatment into the couples room. In this episode, we talk about:
- How recovery work shaped his approach to couples therapy
- Why “communication problems” usually means the same words carry different meanings
- What being an identical twin taught him about assuming you know your partner
- Intention vs. impact, and his favorite question: “How much is your help helping?”
- Differentiation, and why separateness makes room for intimacy
- Sliding vs. deciding through relationship milestones
- Why there’s only one wrong way to talk about money (not talking about it)
- Low-stakes ways to start money conversations, from home reno shows to dream-life planning
- Why couples therapy is increasingly about growth, not a last stop before divorce
Connect with Caleb at Golden Gate Counseling Services: https://goldengatecounselingservices.com/
Website: https://www.brittaniprocknow.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/brittani_procknow
Intimacy Workbook: https://howtorelate.kit.com/b956780219
Newsletter: https://howtorelate.kit.com/e9f87bb2dc
Sponsor: Larry’s Coffee — https://larryscoffee.com/relate
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