🎙️ Episode Highlights – In this episode Justin and Kevin go deep into describing the process of healing and growth and how this can be applied in, and out of, a psychotherapeutic context.

😱 Should we really not care what people think?

🧘‍♂️ The dualistic nature of mind, how that shows up in the healing and growth process, and the importance of coming into contact with the true nature of consciousness.

🤡 Is it better to have a positive self-image or non-attachment to a self-image?

🧠 The different stages of awareness (moving from unconscious incompetence to unconscious competence).

✨ Tapping into synchronicity and the inherent wisdom of our higher selves in our own lives and in the psychotherapeutic process.

🧑‍🍼 Parts work and attending to the inner child on the road to disidentification.

♾️ Freedom from the cycle of suffering ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to The Art of Becoming Whole - where we explore the edges of the human experience, from the therapy room to the meditation cushion...and beyond... Kevin Stansbury is a LCSW in the state of California. Justin Tang is a certified hypnotist and psychotherapy grad student in Texas.

🎙️ Episode Highlights – Don’t Miss This Deep Dive into Therapy, Spirituality, and Healing

💔 When Therapy Fails: Real stories of disappointing therapy experiences—and what not to do as a therapist.

⚡ Therapeutic Ruptures Explained: What happens when the alliance between therapist and client breaks

🧘‍♂️ Spirituality Meets Psychotherapy: Can non-dual awareness and Buddhist principles transform modern therapy?

🌌 Mystical Moments: A powerful ayahuasca journey, energy vibrations, and learning to surrender.

🧠 Philosophy in the Therapy Room: Why worldview matters, and how questioning reality can heal relationships.

🔄 Therapist Self-Disclosure: How vulnerability and synchronicity can deepen the therapeutic connection—when used wisely.

🔍 Struggling to Find the Right Therapist? Encouragement and tips for navigating insurance, burnout, and mismatched therapists.

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Welcome to The Art of Becoming Whole - where we explore the edges of the human experience, from the therapy room to the meditation cushion...and beyond...

Kevin Stansbury is a LCSW in the state of California. Justin Tang is a certified hypnotist and psychotherapy grad student in Texas.

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Welcome to The Art of Becoming Whole - where we explore the edges of the human experience, from the therapy room to the meditation cushion...and beyond... Kevin Stansbury is a LCSW in the state of California. Justin Tang is a certified hypnotist and psychotherapy grad student in Texas. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In episode 3, Kevin and Justin discuss: ✅ The experience of having a “hole” that we are trying to fill ✅ Where this experience comes from and how to attend to it ✅ How our sense of self and identity play into this experience ✅ How we use romantic and sexual relationships, or anything else, to try to fill the hole ✅ We explore ideas related to surrender, manifestation, and the importance of being present with difficult emotions on our paths to wholeness

Welcome to The Art of Becoming Whole - where we explore the edges of the human experience, from the therapy room to the meditation cushion...and beyond...

Kevin Stansbury is a LCSW in the state of California. Justin Tang is a certified hypnotist and psychotherapy grad student in Texas.

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In episode 2, Kevin and Justin discuss:

✅ the importance of personal introspection and experience in therapy

✅ exploring the nature of problems and wounds, the concept of identity, and its role in creating inner conflict

✅ exploring the edges of defining therapy

✅ the idea of spiritual awakening and non-duality as it relates to childhood development and the nature of psychotherapy

✅ spiritual bypassing, the risks of non-duality and duality, and the role of the divine

✅ psychotherapy as an art vs a science

What does "wholeness" mean? How do we become whole? And what does "non-duality" have to do with anything?

Join us as we explore the edges of the human experience, from the therapy room to the meditation cushion...and beyond... Kevin Stansbury is a LCSW in the state of California. Justin Tang is a certified hypnotist and psychotherapy grad student in Texas.