TMKS #32 – Family, Creativity and Therapy feat. Antonia Montoya

Episode 32 of The Matt Kollock Show contains multitudes! 

Not only does this installment of the podcast feature a fantastic interview with artist, therapist and musician Antonia Montoya, but it also includes a spirited, SPIRITED rant about The Current State of Things from your host, me. 

I'm glad I got that out there! 

But this episode is really all about the conversation I had with Antonia back in May of 2024. Such a different time, am I right??? 

Antonia is a mental health therapist and practitioner of traditional medicine who specializes in walking alongside clients through grief, anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD and challenging life transitions. She loves working with clients to help them transform lifelong, systemic, ancestral, and/or historical patterns. She supports her clients in their exploration and reconnection with their true selves while teaching practices for creating the change they seek in their lives. 

We discussed a number of rad topics, including: 

• Living as social animals in an individualistic culture 
• Life-altering experiences (and the importance of integrating them) 
• Group dynamics and the status quo 
• The relationship between creativity and therapy 
• Therapists having therapists 
• Meaning making 
• Family lineages 
• Creative deadlines 
• Making music as Alonerly 

I hope you really dig this episode of the podcast! 

For more from Antonia, follow her on Instagram @curanderatherapist and support her music project Alonerly on Bandcamp. You can also learn more from her profile on the Psychology Today website. 

For more from me, visit my website and sign up for my email list. 

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