
In this episode, Adam Barfoot, M.Ed., LPC-MHSP, discusses what mental fitness is, a tool for improving your emotional intelligence, emotional and cognitive work capacity, viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth, the importance, in therapy, of the therapist's journey of growth and healing, and the role that reflection plays in mental health and fitness.
Books mentioned in this episode include: Permission To Feel by Dr. Marc Brackett, Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Post Traumatic Success by Fredrike Bannink, Resilient by Dr. Rick Hanson and Forrest Hanson, The Making of a Therapist by Louis Cozolino, Resilience by Eric Greitens, The Wounded Healer by Henri Nouwen.
Adam's Psychology Today profile: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/adam-barfoot-chattanooga-tn/962913
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