Unfiltered Family Therapists - Ep 1 - WTF are we?

Unfiltered Family Therapists

Join in our maiden voyage in this episode where we discuss who we are as therapists, share a little bit of how we approach therapy, and discuss how we become who we are (as therapists and you as listeners).

Mary’s Bio

Dr. Mary Bowles is a Psychologist, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist licensed in Colorado, Texas, and Florida (USA), and a life, relationship, parenting, and trauma coach. Mary received her bachelor’s degree from Colorado Mesa University, her master’s degree from Touro University, and her doctorate degree (PsyD) from California Southern University. She has been in practice since 2012 and works with couples, families, and individuals of all ages. She is a Supervisor and former board member for the International Association of Applied Neuroscience (IAAN), has completed Level 3 Gottman Method for therapy with couples, and holds certifications in multiple rapid treatment protocols, including Rapid Resolution Therapy (RRT) and Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories (RTM). Dr. Bowles is a parenting expert and trainer, high conflict divorce co-parenting expert, a speaker, author, relationship mediator, and an applied neuroscience researcher. She also specializes in the treatment of first responders and veterans. Dr. Bowles’ primary research focus is on the application of Memory Reconsolidation techniques for rapid trauma and anxiety treatment protocols. Specifically, she links current and historical psychotherapeutic evidence with the goal of informing the most efficacious treatment options, especially those that avoid, both, patients having to relive or experience repeated or prolonged exposure to their traumatic and distressing experiences and patients having to experience the stigmatic pathologizing that often occurs in the current mental health field. The result is multiple highly effective and rapid treatment protocols that align with the Dr. Bowles guiding treatment principles. As an interpersonal neurobiologically focused provider, Dr. Bowles has two main guides that influence her approach and her work; “normalize before we pathologize” and “work with the brain, not against it”. These guidelines ensure compassion in all intrapersonal and interpersonal work. With so many treatment options, Dr. Bowles is always concerned with differentiating what works from what does not work in psychotherapeutic settings, she advocates for the cultivation of equal-value approaches to working with all humans in all areas of life, and for reducing stigma in mental health by making science accessible through the interpretation of scientific and psychological language to the public.

Jen’s Bio

Jennifer Newell is a Marriage and Family Therapist, licensed in both Hawaii and Colorado, a registered play therapist, and a certified trauma professional with over 20 years of experience working with children/adolescents, families, couples and individuals. She utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Family Systems, Solution Focused, Dialetic Behavior Therapy, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Psychodynamic, and Client Centered modalities. She earned a master’s degree in counseling psychology with an emphasis in marriage and family therapy from Chaminade University. She is also a Certified Trauma Professional and EMDR trained. She is a Registered Play Therapist and has extensive experience working with children of all ages who have social/emotional or behavioral problems in community mental health, school and residential treatment settings. She also has extensive experience in treating adult couples, individuals, and families, including military service members and veterans. Being a veteran, military spouse, and with her work as a military family life counselor, she is well versed and has specialized understanding of the unique stressors faced by the nation’s warriors and their families. She has helped clients address a wide variety of mental health concerns and psychological trauma. Jennifer provides evidence-based therapy that can help patients to overcome relationship issues, parenting concerns, stress and anger management, mood and anxiety disturbances, life transitions, ADHD and a wide variety of other counseling issues. She believes the most effective way to assist clients is by creating a supportive, understanding, non-judgmental environment in which clients can gain insight, communicate effectively, and learn coping skills to promote positive change in all aspects of their lives.