Podcast recommendation: "Where should we begin?"
Our Purpur podcast specialist reviews Esther Perel's podcast, where couples' therapy sessions are recorded and shared anonymously.
Podcast recommendation: "Where should we begin?"
Today our Purpur podcast specialist is back with a new recommendation. "Where should we begin?" is a podcast by the well-known psychotherapist Esther Perel. Every episode is a recorded conversation with her clients. Let's just say it's fire, but our specialist has written a more serious review, and we thank her for it.
"If any trend is actually useful, psychotherapy is the best example. Just think how many families (and how much mental health) could be saved. And this podcast is simply an example of good-quality psychotherapy.
Esther Perel is a Belgian of Polish-Jewish descent with an impossibly charming accent! In each episode she talks with a new couple about their problems, and we listen in on these sessions under conditions of anonymity and, at the same time, incredible intimacy.
Couples come to Esther with all kinds of questions: how to get through infidelity, what to do if one partner wants a child and the other doesn't, how to bring sexual desire back into a marriage, how to build a relationship with a sex addict or with someone who has survived sexual violence. And to solve a problem, you always need to understand its cause.
It's amazing to watch how couples' lives change over the course of a single episode. Esther magically finds the sore spots and uncovers the true causes of conflicts. In some episodes you may recognise yourself and your own problems. I can say for sure that this podcast has helped me hear and understand my partner better.
The latest episodes were recorded with couples in isolation, which is something that has united the whole world."
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