Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSteven J. Sandage and Brad D. Strawn, "Spiritual Diversity in Psychotherapy: Engaging the Sacred in Clinical Practice" (APA, 2021)
Episode 243
Although once marginalized in the field of psychotherapy, spirituality and religion have now become established ethical considerations in clinical re…
1 year, 5 months ago
Rachel Zimmerman, "Us, After: A Memoir of Love and Suicide" (SFWP, 2024)
Episode 227
Note: This episodes contains references to suicide.
When a state trooper appeared at Rachel Zimmerman's door to report that her husband had jumped to …
1 year, 5 months ago
Douglas J. Engelman, "A Boy Broken: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Mental Illness, Loss, and a Search for Meaning" (2023)
Episode 393
In A Boy Broken: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Mental Ilness, Loss, and a Search for Meaning (2023), Dr. Douglas J. Engelman takes us through …
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Anneli Jefferson, "Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders?" (Routledge, 2024)
Episode 226
The question of whether mental disorders are disorders of the brain has led to a long-running and controversial dispute within psychiatry, psychology…
1 year, 5 months ago
Stijn Vanheule, "Why Psychosis Is Not So Crazy: A Road Map to Hope and Recovery for Families and Caregivers" (Other Press, 2024)
Episode 242
Today I talked with Stijn Vanheule about Why Psychosis Is Not So Crazy: A Road Map to Hope and Recovery for Families and Caregivers (Other Press, 202…
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Nathan J. Murphy, "The Ideas That Rule Us: How Other People's Ideas Rule our Lives and How to Change it" (Prepolitica, 2024)
Episode 390
The Ideas That Rule Us: How Other People's Ideas Rule Our Lives and How to Change it (Prepolitica, 2024), political theory researcher, author, and en…
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Derek Hook, “Six Moments in Lacan: Communication and Identification in Psychology and Psychoanalysis” (Routledge, 2018)
Episode 87
How can Bill Clinton’s “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” shed light on Lacan’s maxim, “The unconscious is structured like a language?…
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Dolores Albarracin et al., "Creating Conspiracy Beliefs: How Our Thoughts Are Shaped" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
Episode 389
Conspiracy theories spread more widely and faster than ever before. Fear and uncertainty prompt people to believe false narratives of danger and hidd…
1 year, 5 months ago
Kids Across the Spectrums: Growing Up Autistic in the Digital Age
Episode 83
Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Meryl Alper, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University, about her recent …
1 year, 5 months ago
Lauren Tober, "Mental Health Aware Yoga: A Guide for Yoga Teachers" (Singing Dragon, 2024)
Episode 363
When taught properly, yoga can be a healing and life-affirming practice for students experiencing mental illness. Lauren Tober's book Mental Health A…
1 year, 5 months ago