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Peplau's Ghost
by Dan
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (PMHNP) discussing using psychotherapy within their practice. Four PMHNP program directors and a biostatistician from across the Unites States sharing their passion on how psychotherapy can help people with nearly all their emotional problems.
Episodes
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Dr. Benzo Talks Trauma Not Benzos with Dr Rene Buenzow
Send us Fan Mail A routine med refill visit can hide a much bigger story and if we miss it, the consequences can land far outside the clinic. We’re joined by Dr. Rene Buenzow, a dual-certified family nurse practitioner and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, for a grounded, practical…
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From Immigrant CNA To Psych NP Leader with Dr Kemi
Send us Fan Mail You can hear it in Dr. Kemi’s voice: psychiatric nursing is not just a job, it is a long practice of showing up for people with skill and humanity. We sit down with Dr. Kemi, a DNP prepared psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and owner of an outpatient mental health...
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SPECIAL EPISODE World Mental Health Day For Nurses
Send us Fan Mail Mental health care doesn’t improve because we post the right graphic once a year. It improves when we listen to real people, then change what we do next. Dr. Dan Wesemann and Dr. Kemi mark World Mental Health Day on October 10, 2026 with a clear message for psychiatric mental...
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How PMHNPs Protect Time For Real Care with Dr Wendy Lind and Dr Keri Shady
Send us Fan Mail Seven minutes is not mental health care, it’s a transaction. We sit down with two working psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners, Dr. Wendy Lind and Dr. Keri Shady, to talk about what actually changes outcomes when the schedule is tight, the charting is endless, and…
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How To Stop Practicing Checklist Psychiatry with Dr Jordan Madden
Send us Fan Mail A lot of mental health care still runs on a quiet assumption: name the disorder, match the protocol, move on. When we do that, we can end up calling something “treatment-resistant depression” when the real driver is developmental trauma, chronic stress, or attachment wounds that...
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Psych NP Careers That Last with Dr Pedro Morante
Send us Fan Mail You can have all the credentials in the world and still feel like a “dried husk” by the time you hit practice. That’s why we brought on Dr. Pedro Morante, host of the Mindful Moments podcast and a dual board certified FNP and PMHNP, to talk honestly about what happens after...
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From Primary Care To Psychiatric Nursing Leadership with Dr Elizabeth Hopfenspirger
Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever hesitated to ask the hard mental health question because you feared what might come next, you’re not alone and you’re not weak. We talk with Dr. Elizabeth Hopfenspirger, a dual-board certified family nurse practitioner and psychiatric mental health nurse...
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You Cannot Prescribe Your Way Out Of Suffering with Dr Josh Waddell
Send us Fan Mail You can feel it in your gut when a plan looks perfect on paper but fails in real life and rural mental health care is full of those moments. We sit down with Dr. Josh Waddell, PMHNP and host of the Mental Maps Podcast, to talk about what actually changes outcomes when depression,...
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Psychiatric NPs Need Both Meds And Meaningful Talk with Dr Paula Alloca
Send us Fan Mail The fastest way to miss what matters in psychiatric care is to treat the visit like a transaction. We talk with Dr. Paula Allocca, director of a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program and founder of an integrative functional medicine psychiatry practice, about how...
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What If Medication Management Started With Trust with Dr. Kris Vandenberg-Harrison
Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever left a psych visit thinking, “I wish I had more information,” you’re not alone and you’re not failing. We sit down with Dr. Kris Vandenberg- Harrison to talk about what real psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner practice looks like after the textbooks: messy...
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The Prescription Has Meaning with Dr Kathleen McDermott
Send us Fan Mail A prescription can land like a lifeline or like a verdict and we rarely ask what it means to the person holding it. We sit down with Dr Kathleen McDermott to unpack “psychodynamic psychopharmacology,” an approach to medication management that treats the prescription pad as part…
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How A Dual-Certified NP Connects Mind And Body with Dr Jen Wittman
Send us Fan Mail Anxiety, anger, brain fog, panic, “can’t focus” days, and a body that feels like it’s betraying you often get treated like separate problems in separate clinics. That split can be costly. We’re joined by Dr. Jennifer Wittman, a dually certified Family Nurse Practitioner and...
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Therapy Beyond The Med Check by Dr Karan Kverno
Send us Fan Mail Fifteen minutes isn’t a clinical encounter, it’s a timer. We sit down with Dr. Karan Kverno to talk about what gets lost when psychiatric care becomes a rapid-fire “med check” and what PMHNPs can do to protect the relationship, the assessment, and the person in front of us. Karen...
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One Table And Two Chairs with Ms Mya Yee Nander
Send us Fan Mail A free clinic with two tables and one chair sounds almost too simple to work and that’s exactly why Mya’s story hits so hard. We talk with Maya, a dual-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, about how her life in Myanmar (Burma), her...
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Trauma Healing Beyond The Prescription Pad with Traci Powell
Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever watched mental health care drift into quick labels and quicker medication swaps, this conversation will feel like a reset. We sit down with Traci Powell, a dual-certified neonatal nurse practitioner and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, to talk about…
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The Relationship You Build Becomes The Treatment with Dr Elizabeth Francis
Send us Fan Mail The best psychiatry doesn’t start with a prescription, it starts with how safe a person feels across from you. We sit down with Dr. Elizabeth Francis, Duke faculty, clinician, author, and APNA board member, to talk about what happens when you take Hildegard Peplau seriously in...
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A Craigslist Couch Purchase Changed Her Career Path with Dr Lindsay Hill
Send us Fan Mail A Craigslist couch purchase leads to a first nursing job, and that job leads to a career in psychiatric mental health that eventually includes mentorship, education, and entrepreneurship. We talk with Dr. Lindsay Hill, PMHNP, about the nontraditional path that brought her from...
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Peplau’s Psychotherapy Playbook with Dr Fatima Ramos-Marcuse
Send us Fan Mail Someone reads your clinical notes and decides a child is “beyond repair.” Years later, that same kid is thriving, making art, keeping friends, and living a life that proves prognosis is not destiny. That tension between labels and lived outcomes drives our conversation with Dr....
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How Australia Is Expanding Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing with Nathan Dart
Send us Fan Mail A psychiatric nursing system can add staff, add clinics, even add prescribing rights and still feel broken if the care stays fragmented. We sit down with Australian nurse leader Nathan Dart to get a grounded look at what is changing in mental health services across Australia…
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How Psychiatric NPs Turn Basics Into Healing by Dr Janine Panker
Send us Fan Mail Lots of PMHNPs quietly carry the same worry: “I’m not a real therapist.” That belief doesn’t just shrink our scope, it also hides some of the most effective parts of psychiatric nursing. We sit down with Dr. Janine Panker, a Duke University alum and private practice PMHNP, to…
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Get Off The Stage And Stop Speed-Running Med Checks with Dr Julie Roebuck
Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever felt the squeeze to move faster, prescribe quicker, and save the “real conversation” for someone else, this one is for you. We talk with Dr. Julie Roebuck from the University of Virginia about what it actually takes to keep psychotherapy central in psychiatric…
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Psychotherapy Belongs In Every PMHNP Follow Up Visit with Dr Lauerer and Dr Robidoux
Send us Fan Mail You can feel it in clinics everywhere: patients are more complex, therapy access is tighter, and a prescription alone rarely solves what’s actually driving the suffering. We talk with Dr. Joy Lauerer and Dr. Hannah Robidoux from the Medical University of South Carolina about how...
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How AI, Leadership, And Kindness Can Transform Mental Health Care with Dr Rhonda Wilson and Dr Oliver Higgins
Send us Fan Mail Policy shifts don’t happen in silence, and mental health nurses can’t afford to be invisible anymore. We sit down with Dr. Rhonda Wilson and Dr. Oliver Higgins to unpack how a global council of mental health nurses is claiming space at decision-making tables—and what that means…
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You Can’t Hide Success with Dr Kathleen McCoy
Send us Fan Mail What if the most powerful tool in psychiatric care isn’t a prescription, but a relationship built with skill, ethics, and presence? We sit down with Dr. Kathleen McCoy to trace a career shaped by Hildegard Peplau’s interpersonal theory—from a 25-cent used book to leading…
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How Two New Clinicians Prove Psychotherapy Works In Real-World Practice with Dr. Jirak and Dr. Hunt
Send us Fan Mail What if the most powerful change in a “med check” isn’t the prescription, but the pause? We sit down with two newly minted PMHNPs who started in primary care and rural health, then shifted into psychiatry after seeing how often medication alone fell short. Their journey reveals a...
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Peplau’s Core Of Steel with Dr Nancy Valentine
Send us Fan Mail A cigarette rolled on a classroom desk. A challenge to choose steak over hamburger. That’s how Hildegard Peplau first hooked a young Nancy Valentine—and set a course for a lifetime of nursing influence, autonomy, and unapologetic change. We sit down with Dr. Valentine to trace…
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Why Treating People Like People Makes Recovery Possible with Dr Ann Roselle and Leslie Carpenter
Send us Fan Mail What if stability starts with a warm relationship, a full fridge, and a Medicaid card—then the meds can do their job? We sit down with clinician Dr. Ann Roselle, DNP, and advocate Leslie Carpenter to unpack how serious mental illness care goes right or goes wrong, and why the...
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From Navy Wards To CBT: A Psychiatric NP’s Rule Book For Care with Dr Pam Wall
Send us Fan Mail What if the most powerful clinical upgrade is the simplest one: clean your station, fix sleep, and show up prepared to do therapy that fits the brain in front of you? We sit down with Dr. Pam Wall—Navy veteran, psychiatric nurse practitioner, professor, and legal nurse...
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Guardians Of The Therapeutic Relationship with Dr Hugh McKenna
Send us Fan Mail What happens to psychiatric mental health nursing when the job is squeezed into a prescriber’s chair and the classroom forgets its own theory? We sit down with Dr. Hugh McKenna to unpack a global reality: staffing shortages, overextended faculty, and policy moves that risk…
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From Navy Psych Tech To Nurse Leader: What Truly Heals In Mental Health with Dr Sean Convoy
Send us Fan Mail The number that surprised us wasn’t just the downloads. It was how clearly the most-played conversations pointed to one idea: listening changes more than medication ever could. We close the year with a wide-angle reflection and a deep dive into Sean’s journey from Navy…
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Therapy Is Not Hogwarts, But It’s Still Magic You Can Measure with Dr Melissa Chapman-Haynes
Send us Fan Mail What if the most powerful part of therapy is the space between the boxes on our diagrams—the arrows where trust lives and change begins? We invited researcher and evaluator Dr. Melissa Chapman-Hayes to sit in the guest chair and talk candidly about why she stayed close to...
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Rethinking ECT Through Lived Experience With Sarah Hancock
Send us Fan Mail What happens when a treatment designed to help may also carry injuries we rarely measure? We sit down with Sarah Price Hancock, co-founder and trustee of the Ionic Injury Foundation, to unpack ionic injury as a physiologic framework for understanding electrical exposure—including...
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How Curiosity, Not Magic Bullets, Helps People Heal with Marcus Evans
Send us Fan Mail What if the most powerful tool in mental health isn’t a pill or a protocol, but disciplined curiosity? We sit down with Marcus Evans—psychoanalyst, longtime psychiatric nurse, and trainer at the Tavistock—to explore how a psychoanalytic lens can make care more humane for people...
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Finding The Human In Fast-Paced Psychiatry with Dr Shawn Gallagher
Send us Fan Mail A busy inpatient hallway, a tight clock, and a patient who needs more than a prescription—this is where the art of psychiatric nursing matters most. We sit down with Dr. Shawn Gallagher, a dual-certified PMHNP and FNP, former ISPN president, and retired Army officer, to explore…
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Seven C’s, No Seasickness: How a Navy nurse (Dr. Richard Westphal) built a peer-support model that actually works
Send us Fan Mail A sailor on a dark deck, a torn letter, and a young corpsman learning to spot distress without a sound—that’s where our conversation begins. From that simple observation grew Stress First Aid, a peer-driven framework that replaces stigma with language people can use in real time:...
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From Seventh-Grade Sybil to Somatic: Dr. Sara Jones on Psychotherapy, Nursing Leadership, and Changing Systems
Send us Fan Mail What if the most powerful change in mental health care happens in the space between two people—guided by skill, grounded in science, and held with genuine regard? That’s where we go with Dr. Sara Jones, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, researcher, and clinic owner...
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Nursing Bridges the Gap When Therapists Aren't Available
Send us Fan Mail What happens when mental health patients can't afford therapists, lack access, or have nowhere to turn? Enter the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, uniquely positioned to bridge critical gaps in our mental health system. In this illuminating conversation, host Dan...
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Nurses are doing psychotherapy whether they know it or not with Dr Celeste Foster
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Celeste Foster shares her journey into psychodynamic practice and how her work with children experiencing medically unexplained symptoms led her to pursue specialized training in adolescent psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic. • Originally trained in mental health nursing...
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Therapy Flows Like Honey Over a Honeycomb with Shana Trahan
Send us Fan Mail What makes therapy truly effective? Is it the therapist's expertise, the specific methodology, or something else entirely? Shana Trahan brings a refreshing perspective to these questions, drawing from her unique background as a 21-year educator, military officer, and practicing...
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From Pill-Slinging to Soul-Healing: One Nurse's Journey
Send us Fan Mail What if psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners could practice in a way that truly transforms lives instead of just managing symptoms? Dr. Brooke Finley joins us to share her remarkable journey from traditional nursing to psychoanalytic practice, revealing a path many NPs...
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What Makes a Nurse Therapist Unique? Finding Your Voice in Mental Healthcare with Dr Howard Butcher
Send us Fan Mail When Dr. Howard Butcher discovered a brochure about psychiatric nursing while studying biology, it changed the trajectory of his life. "I didn't know nurses could be therapists," he recalls, setting him on a path that would lead to becoming both a practicing nurse therapist and…
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Similarities Within Differences: A Conversation with Dr. Beth Phoenix
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Beth Phoenix, the 2023 APNA Psych Nurse of the Year and APNA past president, shares her insights on psychotherapy in nursing practice, challenging traditional views and advocating for a more flexible, pragmatic approach that extends beyond the conventional "50-minute hour"...
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"Stop Making Excuses": How Hildegard Peplau Shaped a Mental Health Pioneer Dr Cheryl Forchuk
Send us Fan Mail What happens when an internationally renowned mental health nursing expert shares stories of being mentored by the legendary Hildegard Peplau? Pure gold for psychiatric nurses and mental health professionals. Dr. Cheryl Forchuk takes us on a fascinating journey through her...
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Therapy Notes: What to Write When No One's Looking with Dr. Kate Wheeler
Send us Fan Mail Ever wondered how psychiatric nurse practitioners seamlessly blend talk therapy with medication management? In this illuminating conversation, we're joined by Dr. Kate Wheeler (lovingly dubbed "East Coast Kate") who shares her journey of maintaining a vibrant psychotherapy…
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Psychodynamic Nursing: A Lifelong Journey with Cheryl Puntil
Send us Fan Mail Have we lost the art of truly seeing our patients? In this profound conversation with Cheryl Puntil, a psychodynamic psychotherapist who recently retired as Chief Nursing Officer at Austin Riggs Center, we explore the unique power nurses bring to therapeutic relationships after…
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From Pills to Skills: Transforming Mental Health Through Cognitive Restructuring with Chelsea Landolin
Send us Fan Mail What if you could teach your patients to be their own therapists? Chelsea Landolin, psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner from UCSF (University of California-San Fransisco: [email protected]), reveals how cognitive behavioral therapy creates lasting change beyond...
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Bridging Research and Practice: The Value of PhD-Prepared Psychiatric Nurses, Dr Kate Melino
Send us Fan Mail Crossing the finish line of a doctoral program leaves an unexpected void—a "phantom limb" where dissertation deadlines once lived. In this candid conversation with newly-minted Dr. Kate Melino, we explore the transformative journey of pursuing a PhD in psychiatric mental health...
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Psychotherapy in Advanced Nursing: Beyond the Nod with Dr Tess Judge-Ellis
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Tess Judge-Ellis shares her journey from family nurse practitioner to psychiatric mental health specialist, highlighting the power of nurse-led psychotherapy in rural communities and beyond. • Starting as a family NP in a town of 1,000 people before adding psychiatric...
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When Pills Aren't Enough: A Candid Conversation with Dr. Tari Dilks on Psychotherapy's Vital Role in Mental Healthcare
Send us Fan Mail What happens when the art of psychotherapy gets pushed aside in favor of medication management? In this thought-provoking episode, we're joined by Dr. Tari Dilks ([email protected]), retired full professor and past president of the American Psychiatric Nurse Association, who...
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Nursing with Soul: When 15 Minutes Just Isn't Enough with Marcelli Rodriguez
Send us Fan Mail Macelli Pascal Rodriguez--Owner and provider at Transformations https://ruma.transformationhealthservices.com/team/ Let’s Connect Dr Dan Wesemann Email: [email protected] Website: https://nursing.uiowa.edu/academics/dnp-programs/psych-mental-health-nurse-practitioner...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (PMHNP) discussing using psychotherapy within their practice. Four PMHNP program directors and a biostatistician from across the Unites States sharing their passion on how psychotherapy can help people with nearly all their emotional problems.
HOSTED BY
Dan
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Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (PMHNP) discussing using psychotherapy within their practice. Four PMHNP program directors and a biostatistician from across the Unites States sharing their passion on how psychotherapy can help people with nearly all their emotional problems.
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