In this episode, I speak with Dr. Nicholas Kontos, Program Director of the Consultation–Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, about one of the field’s most challenging topics: malingering and factitious disorder. We discuss how to move beyond the impulse to “catch deception” and instead adopt a framework of clinical curiosity, empa ... Show More
Jul 2025
Functional Neurological Disorders: Modern Diagnosis & Evidence-Based Management | Dr. Caitlin Adams
Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) sits at the crossroads of neurology and psychiatry and for many clinicians, it’s still one of the most challenging diagnoses to understand, explain, and treat. In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Caitlin Adams, psychiatrist at Massachusetts G ... Show More
51m 16s
Jul 2025
Perinatal Psychiatry: Risk, Ethics, and Clinical Decision-Making with Dr. Christina Wichman
Pregnancy and postpartum are times of profound change and nowhere is that complexity more visible than in psychiatry. In this episode, Dr. Christina Wichman, Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medical Director of The Periscope Project, and Director of Women’s Me ... Show More
1 h
Aug 2024
PsychEd Episode 64: Introduction to Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry with Dr. Raed Hawa and Dr. Alan Wai
Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners.This episode covers Introduction to Consultation Liaison Psychiatry with Dr. Raed Hawa and Dr. Alan Wai, both from the University of Toronto.Dr. Raed Hawa is an esteemed CL psychiatrist and educa ... Show More
1h 15m
Mar 2025
PsychEd Book Club 1: Mind Fixers
Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners.This is our inaugural book club episode centred around the book Mind Fixers by Anne Harrington. Mind Fixers is by the Harvard historian Anne Harrington, and came out from Norton in 2022. It refra ... Show More
1h 4m
May 2019
An Overview of Eating Disorders & Treatment with Dr. Rhea Ann Merck | continuing education for counselors and therapists
<p>Are you interested in treating Eating Disorders yet are unsure of how to approach them? Today's guest, Dr. Rhea Ann Merck, gives us an overview of the diagnoses, the clinical issues to explore, and her integrative approach to treatment.</p> <p>This episode is chock full of cli ... Show More
1h 15m
May 2023
Narcissistic Mothers with Stephanie Kriesberg, PhD
<p>Stephanie Kriesberg, PhD, author of <em>Adult Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers, </em>joins us to discuss narcissistic mothers.<em> </em>She has practiced clinical psychology for twenty-five years, and is a graduate of the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology of Yeshiva Unive ... Show More
44m 2s
Sep 2024
Paul Wachtel's Approach to Integrative Psychotherapy: Exploring Attachment, Anxiety, and the Disavowed Self
In this episode, we explore the innovative work of Dr. Paul L. Wachtel, a leading psychologist known for his integrative approach to psychotherapy. Dr. Wachtel challenges single-framework therapy models, advocating for a flexible approach that draws from cognitive-behavioral, psy ... Show More
1h 35m
Apr 2025
Transference Focused Psychotherapy & Personality Disorders with Dr. Otto Kernberg
In this episode, Dr. Otto Kernberg, a pioneer of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP), discusses personality disorders through a psychoanalytic lens. Explore key insights into Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), identity diffusion, primitive defense mechanisms such as spli ... Show More
1h 28m