the Informed Simplicity podcast
Episodes
Analyzing a session of Tori Olds, Ph.D. (What Makes a Great Therapist? Pt. 5)
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You can find my upcoming trainings here ->jordanthecounselor.com/clinical-excellence You can learn more about Tori Olds here -> Website: toriol...
Analyzing a session of Tori Olds, Ph.D. (What Makes a Great Therapist? Pt. 4)
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You can find my upcoming trainings here ->jordanthecounselor.com/clinical-excellence You can learn more about Tori Olds here -> Website: toriol...
Analyzing a session of Tori Olds, Ph.D. (What Makes a Great Therapist? Pt. 3)
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You can find my upcoming trainings here ->jordanthecounselor.com/clinical-excellence You can learn more about Tori Olds here -> Website: toriol...
Analyzing a session of Tori Olds, Ph.D. (What Makes a Great Therapist? Pt. 2)
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You can find my upcoming trainings here ->jordanthecounselor.com/clinical-excellence You can learn more about Tori Olds here -> Website: toriol...
Analyzing a session of Tori Olds, Ph.D. (What Makes a Great Therapist? Pt. 1)
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You can find my upcoming trainings here ->jordanthecounselor.com/clinical-excellence You can learn more about Tori Olds here -> Website: toriol...
The Art of Attunement: Reading Resistance and Building Rapport with Alyssa Di Bartolomeo
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever feel like you're missing something in your sessions? The word "resistance" often gets a bad rap, but what if it's actually the key to a therapeut...
The Future of Therapy Training: Exploring Process Coding with Pioneers Dr. Henny Westra and Alyssa Di Bartolomeo
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The transformative work of Dr. Henny Westra and Alyssa Di Bartolomeo in their paper, "Developing expertise in psychotherapy: The case for ...
Dr. Albert Cheng-Are Master’s Degrees Overrated? The Dark Secret of Teacher Quality!
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A few weeks ago I ran into Dr. Albert Cheng of the University of Arkansas. We started talking, and he mentioned he was in the department of educat...
Audio Blog - The Hidden Hierarchy
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Check out more of blog or find this blog post here: https://www.jordanthecounselor.com/blog Earn CE's by listening to my podcast. Find out more here: ...
How to run private pay groups and earn $300 per hour (for counselors and therapists).
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Allyson Clemmons is a clinical social worker, couples therapist and owner Bridgetown Clinical, a counseling practice specializing in couples therapy a...
Unyte, Polyvagal Theory, and the Pyramid of Learning (With Kelly Beins and Leah Dawang)
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
{Note: this podcast and show notes were originally part of an online CE course. That course is no longer available.} Dr. Jordan Harris interviews Kell...
”Am I a good counselor?” 3 Metrics for Assessing your effectiveness.
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Find this blog post here: jordanthecounselor.com/post/imposter-syndrome
How to become a wealthy therapist
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Find this blog post here: jordanthecounselor.com/post/how-to-become-a-wealthy-therapist 1. Vicki Fountain's Interview 2. JL Collins' Interview
A Deliberate Practice Hero - Webinar
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Find this blog post here: jordanthecounselor.com/post/a-deliberate-practice-hero
Why We’re Secretly Terrified of Amazing Therapists
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Find this blog post here: jordanthecounselor.com/post/effective-counseling-13
How to actually get clients from Psychology Today
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Find this blog post and get the free Check List here: jordanthecounselor.com/post/private-practice-2
Supervision is Broken. Here’s How to Fix it.
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Find this blog post and get the free Check List here: jordanthecounselor.com/post/supervision
How to Make 100k as a Counselor (no side hustles needed)
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Check out more of blog or find this blog post here: https://www.jordanthecounselor.com/private-practice
Wesley Little and the Marketing Magic of Niches
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Check out more of blog or find this blog post here: https://www.jordanthecounselor.com/blog Earn CE's by listening to my podcast. Find out more here: ...
Suicidality and Poverty: The three things you need to know!
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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How to advance in your career: A Case Study
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Follow the blog here. Follow this post here : https://www.jordanthecounselor.com/post/career-advice-counselors
Clinical Implications for Suicide Assessment
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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REBOARDCAST - Deb Dana
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Polyvagal Series: 9. Clinical Implications for Stress and Your Body (a CE eligible podcast)
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since you're here you might as well earn CEs. Find out how to earn CEs for this course here. Find us on iTunes here. Find us on YouTube here.
The Polyvagal Series: 8. Stress and Your Immune System (a CE eligible podcast)
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since you're here you might as well earn CEs. Find out how to earn CEs for this course here. Read about Polyvagal Theory and Cytokine's role in inflam...
REBROADCAST Julia Conroy on using Polyvagal Theory in Research and Practice
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listen on YouTube Listen on iTunes Contact me at [email protected] or on Twitter @jordanharrisphd P.S. If you enjoyed this episode check ...
The Polyvagal Series: 7. Stress and Reproduction (a CE eligible podcast)
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since you're here you might as well earn CEs. Find out how to earn CEs for this course here. Find out about the ACE study and sexual assault here. F...
The Polyvagal Series: 6. Stress and Attachment (a CE eligible podcast)
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since you're here you might as well earn CEs. Find out how to earn CEs for this course here. Find out about Bruce Perry's Neurodevelopmental model her...
The Polyvagal Series: 5.Stress and Your Gastrointestinal Tract (a CE eligible podcast)
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since you're here you might as well earn CEs. Find out how to earn CEs for this course here. You can pick up Dr. Allan Abbass' book here.
Audio Blog-For some men, endless validation feels unsafe
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Check out more of blog or find this blog post here: https://www.jordanthecounselor.com/blog Earn CE's by listening to my podcast. Find out more here: ...
Audio Blog- If your client is coming back, they are getting something out of therapy.
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Check out more of blog or find this blog post here: https://www.jordanthecounselor.com/blog Earn CE's by listening to my podcast. Find out more here: ...
The Polyvagal Series: 4. Stress and Your Metabolic System (a CE eligible podcast)
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since you're here you might as well earn CEs. Find out how to earn CEs for this course here. Find the about Newcastle Diet here. Pick up a copy of Bon...
Audio Blog - ”I have to be able to do this job when I’m grieving”
13 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Check out more of blog or find this blog post here: https://www.jordanthecounselor.com/blog
The Polyvagal Series: 3. Stress and Your Cardiovascular System (a CE eligible podcast)
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since you're here you might as well earn CEs. Find out how to earn CEs for this course here. Watch this video to find out more about how Heartrate Var...
The Polyvagal Series: 2. Stress and Your Nervous System (a CE eligible podcast)
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since you're here you might as well earn CEs. Find out how to earn CEs for this course here. Find the about Tend and Befriend Theory Here. If you want...
The Polyvagal Series: 1. Stress Research and Polyvagal Theory (a CE eligible podcast)
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since you're here you might as well earn CEs. Find out how to earn CEs for this course here. Find the Polyvagal Theory whitepaper here. PS. If you enj...
Bonnie Kaplan - Nutrition for Building a Better Brain
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Find our more about Bonnie here: Find out more about The Better Brain here: Contact me at Jordanthecounselor.com PS. If you enjoyed this episode check...
Shari Geller and the Importance of Presence
04 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Find out more about Shari here: Contact me at Jordanthecounselor.com PS. If you enjoyed this episode check out this interview with Linda Weiner. She t...
The Root of Resistance
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Contact me at [email protected] Listen on YouTube P.S. If you enjoyed this check out my interview with Deb Dana. She's the therapist pop...
Jesse Owen on Developing a Multicultural orienation.
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Follow Jesse here: https://www.multiculturalorientation.com/ Check out his book here: https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4317453 Learn more about his frie...
Simon Goldberg on Using Tech to Offer Therapy at Scale
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
https://hminnovations.org/meditation-app Follow Simon here: https://centerhealthyminds.org/about/people/simon-goldberg Check out the App here: https:...
Tony Rousmaniere on Deliberate Practice and Getting Better as a Therapist
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Listen on YouTube Listen on iTunes : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-informed-simplicity-project/id1427537186 Learn more about Deliberate Pr...
EP 45: Linda Weiner on Sensate Focus in Sex Therapy
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Get the book here. Find Linda Weiner here. Contact me at [email protected] Listen on YouTube P.S. If you enjoyed this check out my interv...
EP 44: Eri Vlass: a few thoughts on the secret to her success
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's only when we feel free to give up hypervigilance that we can give someone our full attention. That requires us to feel safe. Contact me at Infor...
EP 43: Erigoni Vlass The Supershrink
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I think it's the listening. You listen you here. You do not actually let one detail go. You're completely there. And this is why as therapist we need...
EP 42: Peggy Kleinplatz on Peak Sexual Experiences
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Sex is always contextual. It's about about the relationship. It's always about the hopes, and dreams, and fears of each of the people involved in tho...
EP 41: Jennifer Allen on a Client's Perspective
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Thank you for what you do...The fact that you listen is a huge deal." Jennifer Allen. Contact me at [email protected] Listen on You...
EP 40: How to Know if Your Clients Feel Safe
23 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As therapists we have to always be mindful of how safe our clients feel in our presence. This is not always easy to determine. But now we know. There ...
EP 39: Jordan Harris "How I Became a Therapist"
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Connection is always, always, always a long term solution...Empathy and connection techniques are just the more powerful techniques." Contact me he...
EP 38: Ryan Rana the Trana' on Mastering Your Craft
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"A lot of learning comes through failure. That's been a good teacher for me." Contact me here: [email protected] Watch here on YouTube Le...
EP 37: Corona, Social Distancing, and the Psychology of Disgust
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"One can imagine how revulsion at the physical signs of suffering, of disease, might have had a benefit in reducing contagion, but it comes at the co...
EP 36: Katy Wells on Curating The Art of Learning.
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Not only is it okay to make mistakes or to fail at something, but it's good in a way. If your not, if your not making mistakes and you're not failin...
EP 35: Gottman on Affairs and Sex - A Review of What Makes Love Last
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My research findings were not unique. The late sex therapist Bernie Zilbergeld studied 100 couples...to [his] surprise, his overwhelming finding was t...
EP 34: A Critique of Esther Perel and other Charismatic Speakers - an ISP short
22 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Charismatic {Speakers}: This is the kind of person who spends all their time talking. Lecturing. Weaving shimmering webs of ideas into the air. ...
EP 33: Meet You in McGinnis Meadow - an ISP short
14 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Attunement and responsiveness are hot topics, and the subject of a fair bit of research, in psychotherapy. The former refers to a therapist’s abili...
EP 32: Mark Andreas on Taming Troubled Teens
08 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Don't get into a power battle, but if you do get into a power battle get back out of it. What I realized is there's not a rule that says once you're i...
EP 31: Bil Lepp - a master class in storytelling
21 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"The most important thing of any storytelling is you can't be the hero of your own stories. Nobody wants me to stand on stage for 30 minutes and...
BONUS: So you want to be a Supershrink?: the search for informed simplicity
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
About a month ago a friend and fellow therapist asked me to give a presentation to his chapter of GAMFT. At first I didn't know what to present on, th...
EP 29: Jesse Smith and Attachment Based Family Therapy for Suicidal Teens
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"For me humility is super important. Humility, I think a lot of people think, means humbling yourself and bringing yourself down, But it's also ab...
EP 28: Jeff Zeig and the Art of Therapeutic Communication
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"It's a matter of utilizing, not analyzing, what the client is bringing to you, what exists in the total weave of the therapy situation, learning...
EP 27: Debbie Pridemore on Attachment theory, Therapy, and Christianity
03 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"[Attachment] it's a protection systems that's built into our bodies, so when that's in distress, like with a couple, and you don't know if that perso...
EP 26: Alan Berkowitz on using Social Norms for Social Change
26 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"We go through life underestimating the goodness of human beings and we overestimating the negative and then it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy." ...
EP 25: Connirae Andreas and Awakening the Wisdom Within
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Watch on Youtube:, follow on Medium:,Listen on iTunes: "It can't be imposed on someone. It's for everyone who's interested in a better life." Co...
Name change and new directions!
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello! I'm pleased to announce the Informed Simplicity Project! This project is all about mastery in the field of psychotherapy. Part of this proje...
EP 24: James Hawkins, Ph.D on Racial Reconciliation
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"I hear so many political pundits and talking heads now and when they talk about reconciliation or why there's is disproportionate levels of inc...
EP 23: Dr. Anabelle Bugatti on excellence in EFT
02 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you really want to be a superior therapist then you got to keep getting trained. And you can, and it it will show up... I really care about not jus...
EP 22: Adam Mathews and the Digital Future of Therapy
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"Most online schools, that are accredited, have a thousand people in their master's program getting online degrees, and so to then say that we don't d...
EP 21: Alex Vaz on Becoming a Practitioner Researcher
07 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"It's not that we're doing nothing. It's that a lot of the things we're focusing on {don't} seem to map to outcomes." After talking with Alex I got...
Ep 20: Scott Miller and What it Takes To Be a Better Therapist
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"I'm not interested in psychotherapy as an enterprise. I'm interested in doing whatever it takes to engage people in helping people help themselves to...
EP 19: Denise Walker, A.B.D. on In-home Therapy
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"How can we educate anybody when they have so much more going on outside of these 6.5 - 7 seven hours of school?" Denise Walker is one of the few t...
EP 18: An Uncommon Case Report with Eric Greenleaf
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"That's all I'm trying to do in therapy, I'm trying to get the patient to teach me how he does things well, [rather] than me to teach him what his mis...
EP 17: Deb Dana and the Science of Safety
01 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"[I call polyvagal theory] the science of feeling safe enough to fall in love with life and take the risk of living." I can't talk about therapy ...
EP 16: Stephen Gilligan and Generative Trance
15 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"Usually with trance you think close your eyes and go away. And that's a good thing to be able to do but I think we always should regard it as a spec...
EP 15: Laurence Hirshberg on Neurofeedback and Neuromodulation
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"The question I had was, well I could teach people how to cope better, I could teach people how to manage that arousal better, but could I actually t...
EP 14: How to Get your Baby to Sleep (and build a following) with Alexis Dubief
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
{No one is successful by themselves.} It takes a village. And I found my village and I'm super grateful because possibly the 100,000 people we'v...
EP 13: Bonnie Kaplan and Nutritional Treatments for Mental Health
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If we had a new antidepressant that resulted in a 1/3 remission in just 12 weeks, with no side effects, except having more energy, sleeping better, ha...
EP 12: Kathryn Sneed and Brand building from a Client's Point of View
05 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"If you want to have a lot of clients you've got to make yourself a brand." We live in a world where therapists are expected to do more than merely se...
EP 11: Enlightenment and Social Justice with Noelle Zamudio
22 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
"There's more than enough to go around. If you trust in that flow ... if you have an open hand, things can flow into that hand and things flow out of ...
EP 10: Motivational Interviewing with Dr. Angela Bethea-Walsh
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
One of the things that’s important to remember is knowledge is not enough for people to change. Along the path of life we occasionally bump in...
EP 9: Lisa Diamond on sexual fluidity and attachment
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
“Our society does not respect attachment relationships that are neither family nor sexual and I think that’s a fundamental weakness and something ...
EP 7: Karyn “Her Heart Beats for Therapists” Bristol
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
“When you watch your own tapes you’ve got to be so careful to not look for all your mistakes … how we learn is yeah, notice something you may ha...
EP 6: Talk’n EFT with Katie Gudde
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
My first guest on the podcast, and little-known wonder, was Katie Gudde. Practicing in the small (but growing) area of Northwest Arkansas, Katie Gudde...
EP 5: A “Little” Advice on Becoming an EFT Therapist
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I stumbled upon Wesley Little’s blog Becoming A Couples Therapist a few months ago and was dumbstruck. Here was someone who spoke with both passio...
EP 4: Kershaw, Wade and the hidden common factor of therapy
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Drs. Kershaw and Wade are, in my my opinion, pioneers of the field. Their approach to therapy which combines neurofeedback and hypnosis puts them on t...
EP 3: The Hypnotic Therapy of Douglas Flemons
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan and I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Douglas Flemons. A wonderful therapist and a personal mentor we’ve been talking about hypnos...
EP 8: Sebern Fisher and Neurofeedback for Developmental Trauma
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
“Neuroplasticity, which we talk a lot about, is in the frequency domain of the brain. We know it’s not in the chemical because we provide chemical...