Grove: Beyond The Couch
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Medicine Is a Tool. Connection Is the Work.
Medicine Is a Tool. Connection Is the Work.
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Welcome to Beyond The Couch! Melissa and Susan dive into real conversations on mental health, healing, and the challenges of everyday life. Join us here twice a month as we explore what it means to live fully, feel deeply, and grow intentionally. Whether you’re new to therapy or a seasoned pro, we’re here to help you go beyond the couch. Subscribe now and let’s start healing together.
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- Medicine Is a Tool. Connection Is the Work. · 46 min · Episodul 48Vanessa Payne is a psychiatric nurse practitioner, and the moment she knew what she wanted to do with her life happened on a medical surgical floor, sitting with a patient nobody…
- Why the Explanation Arrives So Late · 40 min · Episodul 47A lot of people reach adulthood without ever having been asked the right question about themselves. Susan and Melissa talk about neurodivergence and why so many people…
- When the Label Isn't the Cause · 51 min · Episodul 46Dr. Jason Clapton and Heidi Clapton have spent decades looking underneath the behavior that gets a child labeled. He is a developmental optometrist with a fellowship in…
- Leaving the Door Cracked · 44 min · Episodul 45Almost everyone has someone in their life they wish would get help. Susan and Melissa take on the hard version of that problem: what you can actually do when the person…
- What We Mean When We Say We Don't Communicate · 1 h 0 min · Episodul 44Ask most couples what is wrong and you will hear the same three words: we don't communicate. But what if that is almost never the real problem? Melissa and Susan sit down with…
- You Were Never Meant to Carry All of It · 44 min · Episodul 43Some days the world hands us more than we ever agreed to carry. The constant stream of news and noise can leave us drained and flattened without our quite knowing why. Melissa…
- Learning Right Beside Them · 46 min · Episodul 42Before her first official day at Grove, Kendall Deaver sits down with Susan to talk about the three and a half years she spent in residential treatment and what that work asked…
- The Long Way Back to the Work You're Meant For · 46 min · Episodul 41Some people know at twelve that they want to be a counselor. Diana took the long way, starting in music and songwriting before a class in disguise, a chance conversation, and a…
- Rest Before You're Running on Fumes · 44 min · Episodul 40Most of us treat rest like a reward we have to earn, saving it for the moment we can barely function. By then it is rarely enough. In this conversation, two therapists get honest…
- What It's Like to Be the One Listening · 1 h 2 min · Episodul 39What does it actually feel like to sit on the other side of the room? This time the questions turn toward the therapists themselves, exploring why they were drawn to this work…
- After The Call - a conversation about first responders. · 54 min · Episodul 38First responders show up for everyone else, but who shows up for them? In this episode, Melissa and Susan explore the particular mental health challenges that come with being a…
- The First Face You See - a conversation with Sarah Harvick · 55 min · Episodul 37Every morning at school, before the first lesson begins, something important is already happening. In this episode, Melissa and Susan sit down with Sarah Harvick, a vice…
- Healing Has More Than One Shape · 40 min · Episodul 36Most people picture therapy as two people in chairs, facing each other, talking. That image captures something true, but it's only part of the story. Melissa and Susan are joined…
- More Than Baby Blues: What Postpartum Mental Health Really Looks Like · 38 min · Episodul 35The early days of parenthood are celebrated more than they are prepared for, and a lot of new parents end up in that season feeling like they're doing something wrong. In this…
- Can AI Replace Therapy? · 47 min · Episodul 34In this episode, Melissa and Susan explore a timely question: can AI actually replace therapy? They talk through the pros, the limits, and the real risks of using tools like…
- Supporting The Whole Family · 45 min · Episodul 33In this episode, Melissa and Susan are joined by Isha and Lori of Insightful Counseling in Sparta and Cookeville for a conversation about collaboration, community care, and the…
- The Quiet Work of Therapy · 48 min · Episodul 32A snow-and-ice week brings up familiar “stuck” feelings, and Melissa and Susan use it to unpack what healing really looks like. They talk about why progress is often small, why…
- Pocket Squares, Courtrooms, and Compassion: Seth Crabtree & Mike Giamo Join the Show · 55 min · Episodul 31This week, Melissa and Susan sit down with Seth Crabtree and Mike Giamo of Crabtree & Patterson Law Firm for a rare four-person conversation that connects the worlds of therapy…
- Cupcakes, Counseling, and a Year That Changed Everything · 54 min · Episodul 30It’s guest episode #2 in a row, and we’re joined by Noelle as she approaches one year at Grove. Noelle shares her path from 10 years in nursing, to stepping away because of…
- Bees, Crows, and “Avoid Avoidance”: A Winter Motivation Reset · 44 min · Episodul 29It’s the first episode of 2026, and Melissa and Susan kick off the year with a special guest from their own team: Sarah. She shows up with fidgets, an emotional-support Furby…
