Best Adam Young LCSW Podcasts (2025)

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168 Longing for Delight and Honoring Anger 40:36

1M ago40:36

40:36

I am joined today by my friend Gail Stucker who is a trauma-informed story coach. Gail generously shares a story about herself as an 8th grader. Topics we cover: taking your story seriously when you don’t believe you have any “capital T” trauma, longing for the delight of your parents, blessing your desire for delight as a good thing even though th…

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167 StoryWork: What It Is and Why It Matters with Dan Allender and Cathy Loerzel 31:50

1M ago31:50

31:50

You have a story and that story matters. Your story in your family of origin significantly affects the way you think, feel, and act in the world today. This is why Dan Allender says, “It is time to listen to your story.” What if healing begins by listening to your story? By reflecting on the experiences in your growing up years, you can better unde…

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166 Why Your Marriage Feels The Way It Does 42:04

2M ago42:04

42:04

I am joined today by Dr. Dan Allender and Dr. Steve Call to talk about the complexities of marriage relationships. Dan and Steve recently co-authored a book titled, “The Deep-Rooted Marriage: Cultivating Intimacy, Healing, and Delight.” If you are committed to the growth of yourself and your spouse, marriage will be hard. Today, Dan and Steve talk …

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165 A Concise Explanation of Avoidant and Ambivalent Attachment 29:22

3M ago29:22

29:22

I dive into a detailed explanation of avoidant and ambivalent attachment. I explain why and how a child develops each of these insecure attachment styles. I then outline how you are supposed to know in adulthood if you have an avoidant or ambivalent attachment style. Your attachment style (secure, avoidant, or ambivalent) profoundly affects how you…

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164 Engaging Your Cultural/Collective Story 32:24

3M ago32:24

32:24

The fundamental premise of story work is that your past story is affecting your present life. This is just as true for your collective story as it is for your individual story. Your present day to day life is deeply affected by the past story of the collective to which you belong. The story of America bears great glory and great sin, just like the …

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163 Implicit Memory: What It Is and Why It Matters 25:18

4M ago25:18

25:18

Memory is the way in which a past experience affects how the mind will function in the present. There are two layers of memory: explicit and implicit. There are two key attributes of implicit memory that are critical to understand. First, implicit memories are created whether you are paying attention or not. In other words, when you were a child, y…

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162 Triangulation: What It Is and Why It Matters 40:09

4M ago40:09

40:09

Triangulation occurs when a parent requires a child to function as an emotional adult by meeting the parent’s adult needs and wants. Were you required to give, give, give to your parent, or was your parent continually giving, giving, giving emotionally to you? In a healthy parent-child relationship, there is plenty of connection—but the parent neve…

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161 Exploring Your Sexual Story With Curiosity and Kindness 35:54

5M ago35:54

35:54

Sexuality is an emotionally charged topic. Period. But when you are talking about sexuality for people with a history of trauma, you are stepping into terrain where angels fear to tread. However, if God intends for you to experience overflowing sexual pleasure and lavish sexual freedom, then exploring your sexual story is more than worth it. Human …

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160 The Weight of Religious and Spiritual Expectations with Reid Zeller 40:32

7M ago40:32

40:32

I am joined today by therapist and friend Reid Zeller who shares a story about egging cars when he was 16. Behind every story is a backstory. The backstory includes the nature of the environment we grew up in. When religious or spiritual expectations are placed on the shoulders of a child, pressure builds within that child. And when that pressure i…

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159 Revisiting the Big Six: What You Needed from Your Parents 41:34

7M ago41:34

41:34

When you were a child, you were deeply dependent on your primary caretakers. This means that the development of your brain was contingent upon the level of care and kindness in your family environment. Today I identify the six things you needed from your parents, and give examples of each. The “Big Six” things you needed from your parents include (…

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158 The Critical Relationship Between Attachment and Affect Regulation 30:05

8M ago30:05

30:05

If you have difficulty regulating your emotion, there is a reason for that! No one comes out of the womb with the ability to regulate their affect. The way you develop the neurobiological structures to regulate your own emotions is by having your affect interactively regulated by another. This is the main gift that a primary caregiver gives to a ch…

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157 What If My Story Isn’t That Bad? Why We All Tend to Minimize Our Wounds 29:24

8M ago29:24

29:24

This episode is for people who experience emotional pain but feel like “nothing that bad happened to me growing up. I had a pretty good childhood.” As it says in Jeremiah 6, it is very common to dress our wounds as though they are not serious. One way we tend to minimize our wounds is by comparing our story to someone else who “had it worse.” Anoth…

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156 Five Objections to Engaging Your Story: A Response 40:35

9M ago40:35

40:35

When I began exploring my story, five objections kept coming up for me. These objections kept me stuck. In today’s episode, I respond to each of the five objections. Objection 1: I should focus on the present and the future, not "dwell on the past.” Objection 2: Looking at my story is self-indulgent, introspective navel gazing; I should be focused …

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155 Why Engaging Your Story Heals Your Brain 39:34

9M ago39:34

39:34

My invitation to you today is simple: to take your story seriously. Engaging your story is the single most important thing you can do to experience healing. When I say "your story," I'm talking more about the individual scenes than the overarching narrative of your life. Your stories—particularly your stories of heartache or harm—have shaped your b…

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154 What Grief Is, How It Heals, and the Pain of Loneliness with J.S. Park 45:35

10M ago45:35

45:35

In “As Long As You Need,” author J.S. Park writes that “Grief is not about letting go, but about letting in.” Letting in sorrow, letting in anger, and especially letting in other people who can be WITH us in our pain. This episode is about all kinds of grief—not merely the grief of losing a loved one. One of Joon Park’s main points is that we often…

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153 How Your Past Story Affects Your Present Sexuality with Jay Stringer 50:28

11M ago50:28

50:28

I am joined today by author Jay Stringer to talk about sexual stuckness/difficulties/pain. Healthy sexuality is deeply tied to the degree to which we have made sense of our story in our family of origin. Sadly, so few of us have ever been asked to connect the dots between our past life story and the sexual difficulties we face in the present. Today…

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152 Learning To Live Inside Your Body with Dr. Hillary McBride 39:22

12M ago39:22

39:22

I am joined today by Dr. Hillary McBride to discuss excerpts from her new book titled, “Practices for Embodied Living.” Topics covered include: how to feel your feelings, being alive in your body (eroticism), and the story of your relationship to your sensuality and sexuality. Finally, I ask Hillary about her beautiful claim that we often find the …

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151 What To Do With Desire and Dread with Mike Boland 41:02

1y ago41:02

41:02

Pastor and counselor Mike Boland shares a story from when he was 15 years old. It’s a story about the interplay of longing for connection and, at the same time, dreading what will be required of him in return. We talk about grooming, and the war of ambivalence that rages in one’s body in the midst of abuse. You can find out more about Mike’s work a…

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150 Trauma Heals By Connecting With Others 35:12

1y ago35:12

35:12

The opposite of trauma is not "no trauma;" the opposite of trauma is connection. To be human is to be wounded. However, wounds heal naturally when the environment is right… and the right environment for healing is the empathic presence of another person. God made our brains and nervous systems to need one another. This is particularly true when it …

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149 Why Listening To Your Body Leads To Healing Part 2 30:25

1y ago30:25

30:25

Today I focus on two important ways that your body tells you things. The first is through your affect. Whenever your affect becomes dysregulated, your body is letting you know valuable information about your present environment… and about your past story. Dysregulation makes implicit memory known. And the second way that your body communicates with…

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148 The Healing Power of Understanding Your Story with Dan Allender and Cathy Loerzel 39:00

1y ago39:00

39:00

You have a story and that story matters. Your story in your family of origin significantly affects the way you think, feel, and act in the world today. This is why Dan Allender says, “It is time to listen to your story.” What if healing begins by listening to your story? By reflecting on—and engaging—the experiences in your growing up years, you ca…

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147 Why Listening To Your Body Leads To Healing Part 1 32:53

1y ago32:53

32:53

Your body knows things that your enskulled brain does not. Moreover, if you listen, your body will tell you important things—things that will help you heal. Your body is a truth teller. It is the trustworthy prophet from within. In today’s episode, I explain why it’s so important to listen to your body… and how to do it. Support the show…

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146 Triangulation and Misguided Hope with Matthias Roberts 36:30

1+ y ago36:30

36:30

Friend and fellow therapist Matthias Roberts joins me today to share a very vulnerable story involving triangulation with his mother. How does an adolescent boy answer his Mom’s questions about his homosexuality when Mom is disgusted by it? This is a story about Matthias’ deep love for God… and the torment he felt as a result. We talk about Matthia…

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145 How Loneliness Affects The Heart and Mind 40:01

1+ y ago40:01

40:01

Therapist and fellow podcaster Vanessa Sadler shares a story from when she was 11 years old. As children, all of us needed to belong—to feel “a part of.” If we did not receive sufficient attunement from our primary caregivers, we likely experienced high levels of loneliness. The dilemma is that it may not have felt like loneliness because it was su…

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144 Embodied Sexuality and Religious/Sexual Trauma with Jenny McGrath 34:35

1+ y ago34:35

34:35

I am joined today by therapist Jenny McGrath who is passionate about helping people heal from the damage of purity culture. One byproduct of purity culture is a disconnection from your body and a distrust of your body. If you feel shame about your body, or especially shame about your sexuality, this episode will hopefully help you. For those who wa…

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Adam Young LCSW Podcasts

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The Place We Find Ourselves

Adam Young | LCSW, MDiv

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168 Longing for Delight and Honoring Anger 40:36

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167 StoryWork: What It Is and Why It Matters with Dan Allender and Cathy Loerzel 31:50

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166 Why Your Marriage Feels The Way It Does 42:04

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165 A Concise Explanation of Avoidant and Ambivalent Attachment 29:22

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164 Engaging Your Cultural/Collective Story 32:24

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163 Implicit Memory: What It Is and Why It Matters 25:18

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162 Triangulation: What It Is and Why It Matters 40:09

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161 Exploring Your Sexual Story With Curiosity and Kindness 35:54

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160 The Weight of Religious and Spiritual Expectations with Reid Zeller 40:32

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159 Revisiting the Big Six: What You Needed from Your Parents 41:34

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158 The Critical Relationship Between Attachment and Affect Regulation 30:05

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157 What If My Story Isn’t That Bad? Why We All Tend to Minimize Our Wounds 29:24

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156 Five Objections to Engaging Your Story: A Response 40:35

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155 Why Engaging Your Story Heals Your Brain 39:34

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154 What Grief Is, How It Heals, and the Pain of Loneliness with J.S. Park 45:35

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153 How Your Past Story Affects Your Present Sexuality with Jay Stringer 50:28

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152 Learning To Live Inside Your Body with Dr. Hillary McBride 39:22

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151 What To Do With Desire and Dread with Mike Boland 41:02

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150 Trauma Heals By Connecting With Others 35:12

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149 Why Listening To Your Body Leads To Healing Part 2 30:25

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148 The Healing Power of Understanding Your Story with Dan Allender and Cathy Loerzel 39:00

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147 Why Listening To Your Body Leads To Healing Part 1 32:53

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146 Triangulation and Misguided Hope with Matthias Roberts 36:30

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145 How Loneliness Affects The Heart and Mind 40:01

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144 Embodied Sexuality and Religious/Sexual Trauma with Jenny McGrath 34:35

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