Secondhand Therapy

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Latest episode: Mon Sep 29 2025

Secondhand Therapy is a funny, honest mental health podcast where two unlicensed best friends unpack their weekly therapy sessions.Join Louie Paoletti and Michael Malone as they explore anxiety, ADHD, grief, masculinity, and emotional growth—with humor, heart, and total transparency. Each episode blends raw self-reflection with real time takes on therapy, trauma, relationships, and the messy process of healing.It’s real talk about mental health in the modern world, and why personal growth is so damn hard.

106 total episodes

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Sep29
Do Not Have Needs. Ever. | #101
56mins
Sep22
Brad Garrett Tells His Story | #100
62mins
Sep15
Relational vs. Non-Relational Thinking | #099
65mins
Sep8
Fighting Stigma & Misinformation with Sophie Nir | #098
67mins
Sep1
Failing Is Not Okay | #097
62mins
Aug25
Codependence, Avoidance & Heartbreak | #096
51mins
Aug18
When Being Right Costs You | #095
61mins
Aug11
Control, Boundaries, and My Mom | #094
61mins
Aug4
Vulnerability Not Allowed | #093
59mins
Jul28
Inner Critic Sounds Like... Mom | #092
58mins
Jul21
Hobby Hunting and Identity Crises | #091
62mins
Jul14
New Therapists, Old Patterns | #090
57mins
Jul7
Replay - PTSD and Self-Love with Hanorah
59mins
Jun30
I Don’t Want Help! What Even is Growth? | #089
60mins
Jun23
Replay - Little Boy on the Beach Gave Me a Panic Attack
58mins
Jun16
Read Receipts & The Panic Spiral of “I Miss You” | #088
57mins
Jun9
Fake Growth. Real Talk. | #087
62mins
Jun2
I Don’t Feel Connected to my Mother | #086
45mins
May26
Grief (Part II) / Music Triggers & Healing Over Time When the World Won’t Stop | #085
44mins
May19
Therapy Intake Questions, ADHD Struggles, and Starting with a New Therapist | #084
57mins
May12
Sitting in Discomfort: How Therapy Is Changing Our Relationships | #083
50mins
May5
Can’t Commit to Monogamy | #082
46mins
Apr28
Replay - Family Dysfunction and EMDR with Lara Beitz
59mins
Apr21
Live Show 001
79mins
Apr14
You Probably Think This Story’s About You: It Started as a Love Story
35mins
Apr7
Why Am I Scared to be Happy? | #081
47mins
Mar31
Cheating on Your Pregnant Wife?! | #080
52mins
Mar24
Overcoming Anxiety and Understanding Triggers | #079
47mins
Mar17
Which Dating App is Best for Relationships? Attachment Styles & Political Climate with Jenny Zigrino | #078
58mins
Mar10
Emotional Responsibility, Codependency & Communication Breakdowns | #077
50mins
Mar3
Trauma, Personal Growth & Normalizing Pain | #076
54mins
Feb24
Why Are Relationships So Hard? | #075
55mins
Feb17
There’s a 12-Step Program for That | #074
67mins
Feb10
I Don’t Trust Myself and I Have Anxiety (No I Don’t) | #073
49mins
Feb3
Asking Permission to go to a Strip Club and Cheating on Vacation | #072
44mins
Jan27
I’m Being Honest With Myself and Honestly I’m NOT Selfish | #071
60mins
Jan20
I Had an Emotionally Immature Parent and Now I Can’t Be Vulnerable | #070
51mins
Jan13
One Of Those Long, Intimate Kitchen Conversations | #069
44mins
Jan6
It’s a New Year (Again) and We’ve All Missed the Point (Still) | #068
47mins
Dec23
Let’s Talk About Our Dynamic and You Don’t Know Us Like That | #067
51mins
Dec16
Lonely Fat Kid With a Neck Tattoo | #066
66mins
Dec9
A Floating Task List and Struggling To Be | #065
63mins
Dec2
My Absent Father and Closing the Door (Or Not) | #064
53mins
Nov25
Grandiosity and The Inability to Cry | #063
53mins
Nov18
The Election and Logging Your Feelings to Find Your Needs | #062
46mins
Nov11
We’re Not Really Strangers | #061
52mins
Nov4
Love, Vulnerability and Boundaries | #060
49mins
Oct28
Replay - Grief (Part 1)
53mins
Oct21
Perfectionism and My Dead Dad | #059
43mins
Oct14
Cussing Out Grandma and a Bi-Weekly Shower | #058
48mins
Oct7
Neurodivergent Life and Daytime Therapy | #057
48mins
Sep30
Getting Rejected by a Celebrity and Dissociating During Therapy | #056
44mins
Sep23
Am I Hot or Just Cute? | #055
41mins
Sep16
Missing My Girlfriend and Painting My Toenails | #054
51mins
Sep9
The Break Up... She Left Out of Nowhere | #053
43mins
Sep2
Executive Dysfunction and Anxiety About My Ex | #052
41mins
Aug26
A F*ck Boy and a Vasectomy | #051
58mins
Aug19
Georgia Cabin and a Verbal One-Night Stand | #050
39mins
Aug12
A Breakup Text and a Thirst For Vengeance | #049
45mins
Jul29
People Pleasing and a Family Who Hates Therapy | #048
46mins
Jul15
Old Behaviors and a Loaded Gun in Texas | #047
46mins
Jul8
My Mom Didn’t Let Me Cry | #046
39mins
Jun24
Parental Dynamics and ADHD Medication with Gabby Lamb | #045
60mins
Jun17
Social Media and Mother’s Day with My Dead Mom | #044
35mins
Jun10
Existential Dread with Omono Okojie | #043
41mins
May27
Grief and Eating Disorders with Jenny Zigrino | #042
48mins
May20
Unconditional Love and Scared of Hugs | #041
47mins
May13
Here’s What Happened... | #040
2mins
May6
Reflection, Growth and Two Men Crying | #039
48mins
Apr29
Apologies, Forgiveness and a Weird F*cking Dream | #038
51mins
Apr22
How Long Are People Meant to be in Your Life? | #037
44mins
Apr15
Hating Children and One Silly Boy | #036
50mins
Apr8
Possible Autism and Mushrooms in the Trees | #035
55mins
Apr1
My Dead Mom and a Psychic in Salem | #034
44mins
Mar18
Who Knew Episode Thirty Was Such a Big Deal | #033
49mins
Mar11
My Dead Girlfriend and a New Situationship | #032
57mins
Mar4
A Crazy Story About Getting Cheated On | #031
67mins
Feb26
Define What ”Normal” Means Though | #030
43mins
Feb19
Expressing Gratitude But Why Doesn’t Dad Love Me | #029
49mins
Feb12
Disrespect and Adults Getting in Trouble | #028
43mins
Feb5
My New Love and Panic Attacks | #027
43mins
Jan29
Family Dysfunction and EMDR with Lara Beitz | #026
59mins
Jan22
Setting Goals and Wanting to Cry | #025
41mins
Jan15
Codependence and a F*cked Up Nervous System | #024
58mins
Jan8
Daddy Issues and The Family Man | #023
46mins
Jan1
PTSD and Self-Love with Hanorah | #022
59mins
Dec18
Social Anxiety at the Christmas Party | #021
43mins
Dec11
Child Abuse and Adult Entertainment with Silvia Saige | #020
50mins
Dec4
Boundaries and the Comfort of Misery | #019
45mins
Nov27
Rejection and the Ultimate Breakup Strategy | #018
53mins
Nov20
Little Boy on the Beach Gave Me a Panic Attack | #017
55mins
Nov13
Hi, I Protect Myself by Making Jokes | #016
44mins
Nov6
ADHD with Laurie Singer | #015
58mins
Oct30
The Correct Way to do Empathy | #014
50mins
Oct23
Monogamy and the Idea of Having Children | #013
61mins
Oct16
Men and Women are Different, Ya Know? | #012
59mins
Oct2
A Small Crush and an Old Journal | #011
47mins
Sep25
Disneyland is for Idiots, Let’s Fight | #010
65mins
Sep18
The Anxiety of Being One Minute Late | #009
43mins
Sep11
Grief (Part 1) | #008
52mins
Sep4
Being Mindful and the Rage Taking Over | #007
54mins
Aug28
My Ho Era in my Mid-Thirties | #006
71mins
Aug21
A Thicc Boy and His Body Image Issues | #005
51mins
Aug14
I’m Grateful but I Hate Myself | #004
49mins
Aug7
Attachment Styles and Unconditional Love | #003
59mins
Jul26
Prologue: A Little Taste
4mins