Dr. Lea Lis is the ‘Shameless Psychiatrist.’ She is a double board certified Adult and Child psychiatrist, and Assistant Clinical Professor at New York Medical College. She has a bustling practice in the Hamptons where she sees patients from all family arrangements.
Her book “No Shame: Real Talk With Your Kids About Sex, Self-Confidence, and Healthy Relationships” helps people pass down intergenerational wisdom, instead of trauma,
by using modern psychotherapy techniques which she perfected throughout her many years of experience. She is an expert in the field of psychology, and hopes to change the way we speak about sex.
In this episode we talk about:
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Her first memories of experiencing shame due to her height growing up which cultivated extreme empathy
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Knowing at an early age that she wanted to be a psychiatrist after working with her aunt at a hospital and working with hiv patients in the 80s
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Dealing with rejection
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The difference between a pyschiatrist and psychologist
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Why she focuses on shame
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Seeing so many teen patients that had no sex education and no idea how to give consent or say no
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Why parents often don’t have conversations about sex with their kids and how that is a disservice.
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Why to start sex talk with kids as soon as they can talk by starting with using proper body titles and who can touch them
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How you talk about yourself and your body in front of your kids affect them
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How to Heal from shame
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How to transform out of feeling like a victim for the rest of life and take the pearls out of the experience
Find Dr. Lea Lis and her articles, book and more here!
And follow her @shamelesspsychiatrist
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