Episode Details
Back to Episodes#9: Dr. Richard Brockman - On Surviving His Mother's Suicide, Psychoanalysis, and Healing Trauma with Neuroscience, Storytelling and Love
Description
When Richard Brockman was seven years old his mother died by suicide. He went on to become an expert in trauma and suicide, and is now a Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia, Psychoanalyst, Playwright, Author and my mentor and friend. He recently published his memoir, Life After Death: Surviving Suicide, which tells his story of loss and healing from both a first person and a neuroscience perspective.
In this conversation you will learn much about how to heal trauma from perspectives of story, neuroscience, and meaning.
Theme music by The Thrashing Skumz
Produced by Dirk Winter and Violet Chernoff
Timestamps
0:17 - Healing Trauma and Surviving Suicide
10:43 - Personal Connection's Impact in Psychiatry
25:29 - Questioning Freud's Theories in Therapy
30:15 - Understanding Meaning and Story in Psychology
42:04 - Trauma, Story, and Healing
50:31 - Healing Trauma Through Love and Storytelling
1:04:03 - Healing Trauma and Finding Gratitude
1:10:45 - Taking Steps Towards Healing and Recovery
1:17:38 - Healing and the Meaning of Life
1:26:28 - Appreciation, Friendship, and Future Plans