Episodes 50
Avg. Duration 1h 14m
Activity Declining
Since Jun 2017
Latest Episode Sep 2025

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I'm trying to become a psychotherapist. What are you trying to become?

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September 2025

Sep 22, 2025

Tool of the Month - The Black Sun …

August 2025

Aug 07, 2025

Tool of the Month - The Dive ResponseIf you learn this tool, not only will you know exactly what to do when you encounter a panic attack, but it might even make you immune to panic attacks…

July 2025

Jul 04, 2025

Tool of the Month - The Last TimeI learned this skill from Sam Harris. Sam’s way with words simply cannot be improved upon. So get your mind blown straight from the source.If you want to…

June 2025

Jun 18, 2025

This one is for June… but the JULY 2025 edition is here. Tool of the Month - The Turd in the PearlWhen Phil Stutz scrawls his sketch of the string of pearls,…

May 2025

May 04, 2025

Tool of the Month - The 300,000 Year-old User’s ManualYour cue to use this tool is when you are avoiding doing something you suspect might be good for you (exercise, creative expression,…

April 2025

Apr 10, 2025

Tool of the Month - The Prisoner’s KeyThis tool is based on Inner Authority, where you invite your shadow to help you perform in front of an audience. The audience might literally be in a theater…

March 2025

Mar 03, 2025 10m

THE LENSPSYCHOTHERAPY A monthly newsletter exclusively for clients of Denis M. Kitchen, LMHC.March 2025 Edition Tool of the Month - The Serenity PrayerI’m not aware of any skill more powerful to…

February 2025

Feb 02, 2025 15m

Tool of the Month - Grateful RageEver get into the habit of throwing things in anger, screaming at people, driving recklessly, slamming doors, flipping people off, or punching holes in the wall?…

January 2025

Dec 27, 2024 13m

Tool of the month - DEFUSIONTestify! - Christian G.Parade of Shadows - The Dude

Stergios Skatharoudis

Nov 27, 2021 1h 11m

Stergios is a Social Worker in Rochester, NY and has contributed hours of compassionate care and laughter to folks at The LENS. As an avid participant in ecstatic Native American rites such as sweat…

Valdis Abols

Dec 24, 2020 1h 57m

Valdis Abols is the editor of Rigas Laiks Magazine. He served as the Latvian ambassador to Spain for 4 years. Denis met him in 1989 when Valdis, an English teacher at Janis Rosenthal Riga Art School,…

Curtis Lovell

Jul 17, 2020 1h 31m

Curtis and Denis had this conversation over a year ago. Before the pandemic. Before the murder of George Floyd. And before the passing of Curtis’ mother, Lorna C. Hill, just two short weeks ago. Even…

Katie Krawczyk

May 12, 2019 2h 10m

Katie Krawczyk is Chief Executive Officer and Partner at 19 IDEAS, a marketing, PR, and web development company she started with her husband, Dan Gigante. Katie qualifies a genuine Buffalo Boss Babe,…

Avishai Afek

Apr 21, 2019 2h 21m

Avi was born in Jerusalem as a wave of hope was cresting. Hope in a peace that had drawn closer than anyone dared to imagine. Hope felt so strongly by Avi’s parents, his middle name is Shalom. Over…

Travel On with Garrett Shea

Feb 17, 2019 1h 51m

Garrett Shea wants to bring poetry to pop. And if a song happens to save a life, that isn’t too shabby either (stay tuned to hear THAT story and song at the end of the episode).As a proud Villa Maria…

We Are Building a Religion

Jan 06, 2019 33m

In this Sunday Shit-Show edition of the Lens. Denis invites you to create a reasonable religion with him. What could go wrong?

The Art of Dog with Dave Putman

Dec 30, 2018 1h 27m

Dave began his career as a dog trainer with mentor Josh Moran, who Denis interviewed in Episode 3. Dave and Josh have a podcast, Philosophers and Madmen, which focuses on dog-training and…

We Moved!

Nov 25, 2018 23m

In this Sunday Shit Show edition of the The Lens, Denis practices Inner Authority, a tool that helps you get in touch with your shadow so that you can speak to an audience. Do you want to be real? Do…

Shari Berman

Nov 18, 2018 2h 1m

Shari Berman’s movie, My Life as Abraham Lincoln, is a journey with a woman desperately trying to unravel the tragic mystery of her own mind. It’s also a joyous love letter to films and film genres…

Notes from The Horizons Conference

Oct 08, 2018 1h 14m

Denis attended The Horizons Conference: Perspectives on Psychedelics. There he met with other enthusiastic attendees, most notably Kalindi Iyi, Hamilton Morris, and Roberta Russell. He also got to…

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