Harry Potter Therapy Podcast Season 3 Chapter 6: Talons and Tea Leaves

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

S3 Chapter 6: Talons and Tea Leaves

On this episode of Harry Potter Therapy, Dr. Janina Scarlet and Dustin McGinnis examine the chapter “Talons and Tea Leaves.” They discuss Harry’s connection to the Grim, how our minds can some times be unreliable psychics, and how deciphering tea leaves resembles  the premise of Rorschach tests.

Harry Potter Therapy Podcast Season 3 Chapter 5: The Dementor

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

S3 Chapter 5: The Dementor

Dementors attack!  Join Dr. Janina Scarlet and Dustin McGinnis for their take on the traumatizing journey of the Hogwarts Express, as Harry, Ron, and Hermione suffer an attack from Dementors of Azkaban!

Harry Potter Therapy Podcast Season 3 Chapter 4: The Leaky Cauldron

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

S3 Chapter 4: The Leaky Cauldron

Join Dustin and Dr. Janina Scarlet as they visit the Leaky Cauldron. On this episode they discuss, the freedom to be the magical person you are, the responsibility of power, Hermione’s compassion, and how to tell children the truth. Also, this episode introduces a new show segment called Cultural Curiosities. This segment reveals the origin of witches flying on Brooms. You don’t want to miss it.

 

Superhero Therapy Podcast Ep. 50: Chris Rankin and The Magic of Connection

ST Podcast Ep. 50: Chris Rankin and The Magic of Connection

On the 50th episode of the Superhero Therapy Podcast, Dr. Scarlet and Dustin are joined by the magically wonderful actor and wizard, Chris Rankin, known for his role as Percy Weasley in the Harry Potter series. This episode covers the pitfalls of isolation, how to be a real-life member of the Order of the Phoenix, and the magic of social connection.

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Harry Potter Therapy Podcast : Chapter 4 The Keeper of the Keys

Chapter 4: The Keeper of the Keys

On this episode Dustin and Dr. Scarlet discuss the value of knowing one’s origin story as well as the fear involved in the very mention of traumatic perpetrators.

Therapy Quest

Did you ever feel like you don’t belong? Like you are somehow different from the people around you? Did you ever wish you could escape to Hogwarts and find connection like Harry Potter did? I did.

I spent most of my life feeling like an outsider and wanting so badly to belong. Not fit in. But to truly belong. To be a part of something that was bigger than myself. Loneliness has been my biggest tormentor and my closest friend. I remember trying to explain to my family that I was feeling lonely even when I was around my friends. I remember feeling more connected to the characters in the fantasy books I was reading than to the kids around me on the playground.  Continue reading Therapy Quest