The Unorthodox Therapist
Hello everyone and welcome to The Unorthodox Therapist. I am your host and Licensed Professional Counselor, Dante Duval Barfield. I am a fully established clinician in the city of Philadelphia, PA. I will be introducing to you all my unorthodox perspective of all things related to mental health and therapy. I’m hoping to bring humor and joy and continue my mission to defeat the stigma of mental health and open your minds to other ways you can become your truest and best self.
Episodes
12 episodes
The Unorthodox Therapist Session 11: The Intersection of Anxiety and Identity
Simply put this session opens up the space to begin exploring Generalized Anxiety Disorder beyond the DSM 5. My therapy is grounded in the soil of identity and learning more about how our true selves intersect within society, work, home, and ou...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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23:31
The Unorthodox Therapist: Session 10: "Breonna Taylor: We Should Have Loved You First"
Breonna Taylor, why did we not say your name? In the episode I explore many social and therapeutic dynamics of the death and murder of Breonna Taylor. This is episode is an opportunity for accountability within the vision of progress for Black ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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31:03
The Unorthodox Therapist Session 9 feat. Marquise Davon: "We Are George Philadelphia"
We Are George: PhillyWhat's good everybody. Welcome to my first bonus session featuring Marquise Davon. Marquise is a Black male educator in the Philadelphia area that primarily focuses on bringing Hip Hop Culture into the classr...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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50:56
The Unorthodox Therapist Session 8: "George Floyd, I Never Met You, But I Love You"
The unjust murder of George Floyd is a shared collective trauma for the black community. His murder is highlighting countless of years of systemic oppression, racism, and police brutality. In this episode I do my best to highlight ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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55:08
The Unorthodox Therapist: Session 7: "Dear Mom: Thank You for Dying"
Hello everyone. Session 7 is where I introduce parents grief and loss through my therapeutic golden gun: self-disclosure. Throughout this episode I will explore the loss and death of my mother through my only memories of her life and focus sole...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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49:11
The Unorthodox Therapist: Session 6: "Who Is Your Lord Voldemort?"
Getting over an ex girlfriend, boyfriend, spouse, or partner can be tough. Throughout my years as a therapist I'd say break ups are leading trigger that gets people into therapy. In this episode I explore the power of a break up, how it impacts yo...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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30:33
The Unorthodox Therapist: Session 5: "Quarantine Quarrels"
If you have found yourself fighting with your loved ones, family and friends during this time over absolute NONSENSE, you are in luck, I think we all are. In today's episode explore my concept of quarantine quarrels. It's an unorthodox way to r...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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23:55
The Unorthodox Therapist Session 4: “Anxiety and Panic Attacks: The Waterboarding of Mental Health”
Over 6 million people suffer from diagnosed anxiety and panic disorder. Some feel like a moment of doom, others as if they are dying. They are real valid and in this episode I explore a different ways for you to better understand panic as it relat...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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24:44
The Unorthodox Therapist Session 3: “The Clinical Case Study of Carole Baskin”
Who is Carole Baskin and why bring her to therapy? Carole Baskin is what I'd like to call the perfect trauma case study. And what a great way to introduce a heavy topic. She was a lead in the limited documentary series The Tiger King which airs on...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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45:29
The Unorthodox Therapist Session 2: “The Mental Health Annexation of Covid-19”
This episode I cover the coronavirus addressing how it impacts out mental health by focusing on privilege, grief and loss of your social life, and questioning whether this free time, or pandemic past time, and how to be aware of your control. If ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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46:59
The Unorthodox Therapist Session 1: "Therapy vs. Happy Hour"
Trying to persuade someone to go to therapy is sometimes like trying to get a cat to put on a leash and take it for walks. Not impossible, but how many cats have you seen going for walks? I used to think that is how therapy was. About was commo...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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34:36
The Unorthodox Therapist Trailer Session
Welcome to the trailer episode for The Unorthodox Therapist. I am your host and licensed clinician and Ill be using this as my platform where I break down the theme of the podcast, some background on myself, and small sample to my unortho...
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Season 1
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