Therapy Trap: Why Chasing the "Feel Better" Is Not Healing (Part 4 with Trish Caldwell)

Most people don’t relapse because they’re weak they relapse because the system is broken. In this eye-opening finale with Trish Caldwell, we dismantle the outdated practices still plaguing mental and physical healthcare today. From rushed trauma processing to therapy models designed for the wrong population, Trish breaks down how ego, convenience, and old training can sabotage true healing. Whether you're a clinician, patient, or loved one this conversation forces all of us to confront the uncomfortable truth: most treatment plans are designed to feel good, not to work. They're simply coming from an outdated approach that needs to evolve. But there's another way. Trish shares how measured-based care, proper pacing, and skill-building can change the future of recovery. You'll hear powerful metaphors (like why healing is like training for a marathon in flip-flops) and bold insights that challenge everything we’ve accepted about mental health, trauma recovery, and treatment outcomes. If you’ve ever felt like you or someone you care about “failed” in treatment this episode is your permission slip to question the system, not yourself.

 

- To the professionals: What will you change in your practice today?

- To the self-healers: What’s your next step in recognizing, regulating, and responding differently?

- To the skeptics: What if everything you believed about healing... is wrong?

 

This is your mind. This is your moment. What will you do with it?

 

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About Trish Caldwell: 

Trish Caldwell, MFT, LPC, CCDP-D, CAADC, CCTP, is an experienced national Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations for Promises Behavioral Health. Trish has been in the behavioral health field for over 27 years, as well as an adjunct professor for the last 17 years and is currently teaching in Drexel University’s Master’s in Family Therapy program (MFT). She is committed to providing clinical and operational excellence through program development that supports measurement-based care and outcomes. Trish focuses on clinical quality using evidence-based practices that align with a trauma-informed approach to treatment. Notably, Trish created Delaware County's first Young Offenders Treatment Program, a program that allows the young adult offender the opportunity to avoid a felony conviction by participating in treatment. A regular speaker at national and regional conferences, she specializes in topics related to behavioral health. Trish is a licensed marriage and family therapist, holding her MFT from Drexel, and has served as a field reviewer for SAMHSA's Treatment Improvement Protocol. She is certified in substance use and co-occurring disorders as well as clinical trauma.

 

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