
#23: Exercise as an emotional defense with Jewel Anderson
from The Dr. Shannon Show
by Dr. Shannon Ritchey, PT, DPT
Published: Thu Aug 26 2021
Show Notes
"Exercise is my therapy" is a common phrase. Today, Jewel Anderson, a Licensed Professional Counselor in the Kansas City area, discusses why you could be using exercise as a coping mechanism. She discusses how exercise is often a "defense" against things of our past or uncomfortable emotions. She leaves you with a powerful tool, called the Change Triangle, that can help you dig a layer deeper to uncover what you could be avoiding and defending against using exercise.
2:55 Using exercise as therapy
7:16 Sublimation aka Defense Mechanisms
Avoidance as a defense mechanism
Emotional experiences after exercise
The Change Triangle
How to recognize if you are using exercise as a defense behavior
Work with Jewel by visiting her website:
http://www.jewelandersoncounseling.com/
Book
referenced by Jewel: "It's Not Always Depression" by Hilary Jacobs Hendel
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