Today we spoke with Dr. Helena Vissing about her new book Somatic Maternal Healing Psychodynamic and Somatic Trauma Treatment for Perinatal Mental Health (Routledge, 2023). What does the research of neuro science, immunology and biology tell us about the complex links between trauma, stress, inflammatory responses, and postpartum depression? What are the som ... Show More
Sep 29
Todd McGowan, "The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
The difficulty of Jacques Lacan's thought is notorious. The Cambridge Introduction to Jacques Lacan cuts through this difficulty to provide a clear, jargon-free approach to understanding it. The book describes Lacan's life, the context from which he emerged, and the reception of ... Show More
1h 1m
Sep 22
Jon Mills, "End of the World: Civilization and Its Fate" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024)
Dr. Jon Mills, has had an impressive career as practicing professional, researcher, educator and writer in the psychology and psychoanalytic field. His work bounds the world of philosophy and psychology, focusing upon both individual human behavior and the manifestation of the co ... Show More
41m 46s
Jul 2022
The Analyst's Early Experiences: Emerging Themes in Theory and Practice with Karen Maroda, PhD
"We are chosen [as children] for the roles of peacekeeper, soother, and possibly entertainer at times, because we temperamentally have been gifted with a certain degree of empathy, sensitivity, and psychological mindedness that was not true of our siblings. There is a reason why ... Show More
51m 51s
Jun 2020
PsychEd Episode 25: Understanding Attachment with Dr. Diane Philipp
Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners. In this episode, we explore Attachment Theory, a key foundational framework in psychiatry which concerns relationships and the ways in which infants seek proximity to caregivers in development. ... Show More
55m 42s
Nov 2023
Linda L. Michaels et al.. "Advancing Psychotherapy for the Next Generation: Humanizing Mental Health Policy and Practice" (Routledge, 2023)
Advancing Psychotherapy for the Next Generation: Humanizing Mental Health Policy and Practice (Routledge, 2023) brings together a global community of mental health professionals to offer an impassioned defense of relationship-based depth psychotherapy. Expressing ideas that are i ... Show More
52m 11s
Dec 2022
1006: "How To Parent A Neurodivergent Child" {Interview with Dr. Catherine Baker}
"All kids need is a little help, a little hope, and someone who believes in them.”- Magic Johnson In this episode, Dr. Baker shares her perspective and highlights: The challenges that a neurodiverse learner may face and how to support a neurodiverse child She covers some neurodiv ... Show More
41m 5s
Jul 2023
The Mommy (and Daddy) Brain Controversies: Adaptation not Deficit with Bridget Callaghan, PhD (Los Angeles)
"We trained pregnant and never pregnant women and we tested them on their memory for these items immediately after they learned them and then we tested them two weeks later, looking at their long term autobiographical memory. What we found was that for the immediate test, the pre ... Show More
48m 17s
Aug 2023
Mark Forman (Part 1) - Hot Button Issues in Mental Health & Psychotherapy: Trauma, Transgender, Psychedelics, SuperShrinks, Feminism's Shadow & the Loneliness Epidemic
Ep. 91 (Part 1 of 3) | Integral psychotherapist Mark Forman, author of the seminal work A Guide to Integral Psychotherapy, doesn’t mince words when it comes to the field he is passionate about: helping people out of their mental pain and dysphoria. Mark’s Integral perspective and ... Show More
56m 38s
Feb 2021
The CauseHealth Series: Chapter 11 - Reflections on the Clinician’s Role in the Clinical Encounter with Dr Karin Mohn Engebretsen
Welcome to another episode on The Words Matter Podcast, I’m Oliver Thomson.So on this episode of the CauseHealth Series, I’m speaking with Dr Karin Mohn Engebretsen about her Chapter 11 of the CauseHealth Book, titled “Reflections on the Clinician’s Role in the Clinical Encounter ... Show More
43m 56s
Sep 2022
What Is Neurodivergent Thinking and Is It a Disorder?
Over 70 million Americans are neurodivergent or live with learning and thinking differences. What does that mean? Is it a mental disorder, and what can be done? What type of prognosis do these folks have? Join us as today’s guest, Understood.org’s Dr. Andrew Kahn, who identifies ... Show More
29m 10s