About this episode

The episode discusses the connection between attachment wounds and suicidality, offering insights and strategies for emotional resilience.

Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions around suicide. Triggers Aren’t the Problem—They’re the Clue Co-host Sue Marriott and guest Lisa Firestone examine how attachment wounds, emotional dysregulation, and relational disconnection can quietly escalate into crisis. Together they explore the often-overlooked link between attachment patterns and suicidality, and why understanding your relational blueprint may be one of the most important protective factors you have. Blending research, clinical experience, and practical strategies, this episode offers tools for building emotional resilience, increasing self-awareness, and supporting others through vulnerable moments. “It is a full-time job to cope with alien elements from both interpersonal sources and societal influences.” – Dr. Lisa Firestone Myths of Attachment Styles: What Real Science Tells Us FREE LIVE Webinar – March 12 Join Ann and Sue as they challenge oversimplified attachment frameworks popularized on social media and explore the dynamic, context-dependent nature of defensive attachment patterns.​​​​​​​ The attachment spectrum includes cultural patterns as well as unconscious scripts and strategies…

More episodes of Therapist Uncensored Podcast

• 300 Episodes In: Why Feedback Is So Hard (300) · May 26, 2026 · 1h 2m
• Self-Led Sexuality: Reclaiming Intimacy Through IFS with Patricia Rich, LCSW (299) · May 12, 2026 · 1h 20m
• Bonus – The 5 Phases of Divorce: From Heartbreak to Healing with Oona Metz (297) · April 21, 2026 · 15 min
• Inner Stability in an Unstable World: Margaret Cullen on Equanimity (296) · April 14, 2026 · 53 min
• Where Personal Healing Meets Collective Change with Prentis Hemphill (295) · March 31, 2026 · 50 min
• Bonus – Hormones, Libido, and the Missing Conversation About Women’s Bodies with Dr. Christine Vaccaro (294) · March 24, 2026 · 15 min

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Therapist Uncensored Podcast podcast page.