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Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories | Psychotherapy, Psychopharmacology, and Psychedelics — 154 episodes
Summer Special Part 2-- Laura Mae Northrup and her treatment journey
BFTA Summer Special: Healing sexual trauma with psychedelics and entheogens-- Laura Mae Northrup shares her journey
Season 7 Wrap-up...plus a farewell and a big change coming for BFTA
Complex PTSD vs Classic PTSD-- Medical trauma and MDMA assisted therapy
The Hidden Minefield of Positive Countertransference
The gasoline and the match— Bipolar disorder, THC, and manic activation
How can we actually prevent suicide? Guns, access to means, and the hope of Donna's Law
A somatic therapist and her apprenticeship of grief
A gift of therapy- Discovering the wisdom of the body with psychedelic-assisted therapy
A Nurse + Grief + Alcohol + Adderall— Finding Hope for Healers
The Scary Med List-- A Case Consultation with Dr. H
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Ketamine, and Psychiatry 3.0
When psychiatric illness isn't just psychiatric-- The immune system, PANS, and psychiatric mimicry
10 Questions to Deepen Psychotherapy-- Inviting the Here and Now
Is DID real? Parts, alters, exiles, and what's allowed in the therapeutic space
Parenting through the storm-- Adoption, trauma, acceptance, and humility
When our minds forget our bodies remember-- A trauma therapist comes back to life
Treatment-resistant bipolar disorder-- Finding stability at last
Hiding in plain sight-- Life, work, and therapy on the autistic spectrum
Trapped in secrecy and shame-- A boy, his coach, and healing trauma with MDMA
BFTA Summer Special-- The Wisdom of the Psychedelic Therapy Underground
Chris, Craig, and Special Guest Fish in Fishbowl 6
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners in the Treatment Landscape
The Enneagram in the Therapeutic Relationship
Meds can't fill the trauma hole-- Attachment, maternal wounding, and the challenges of coming off meds
Desperately seeking safety -- A trauma healing journey with Koelle Simpson
The Art of Deprescribing
Developing field awareness: Working with transference and countertransference
Sex Hormones and Psychiatric Illness with Dr. Neill Epperson
Adventures in Exposure Therapy (Re-release)
Can MDMA save a marriage? One couple's story
Psychedelics, psychiatric meds, and the question of tapering
In the room with Hillary McBride and Saj Razvi--- A moment to moment exploration of psychedelic somatic trauma therapy
Recognizing and Treating OCD
Therapists in the abyss: A journey back to self
What I'm thinking about now: Working in the Here and Now; Polypharmacy; Diagnostic Parsimony; Ketamine Microdosing; Psych NP Training
Reconstructing the narrative-- Trauma, dissociation, psychedelics, and working in the negative transference
I had to rebuild who I was-- Finding trust and a pathway out of psychosis
Why med management is mostly doomed to fail-- The top 10 (12!) reasons with Dr. Will Van Derveer
How do you learn to do psychotherapy? An exploration with Dr. Erin Jacklin
BFTA Summer Special-- How to Change Your Mind About Mushrooms with Dori Lewis
Fishbowl 5
When Mom is mentally ill-- A story of resilience
A Psychiatrist Goes to War
My dog saved my life-- Understanding the story of depression
Psychoanalysis, Dissociation, MDMA and What Lies Beneath
What I'm thinking about now-- MDMA, Sleep Meds, Motivation, Bipolar vs Borderline, and more
Eating Disorders, Body Image, and Building an Alliance-- A Conversation with Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani
Sex, Drugs, and Neglect-- Self-Destruction and the Repetition Compulsion
Psychiatry in the ER
At the Crossroads of Psychiatry, Psychedelics and Spirituality--- Dr. H on the Radically Genuine Podcast
Bipolar Mania-- Superpower or Kryptonite?
Moving from the head to the heart-- The gifts and challenges of group therapy
Unhoused and Unwell-- The Nexus of Homelessness, Mental Illness, and Addiction
What does it take to fill the void? Developmental trauma and dissociation with Saj Razvi
Ketamine-- Lessons from 3000 Sessions
Love and Therapy-- A Conversation with Dr. Adele LaFrance
Holding on to hope-- Caring for adult children with serious mental illness, Part 2
What will happen when we're gone? Caring for adult children with serious mental illness
Psychedelic Psychiatry-- The Swiss Model
When THC turns on you-- Cannabis, THC concentrates, and psychiatric breakdown
Healing the Wounds of Sexual and Spiritual Abuse
BFTA Summer Special at Psychedelic Science 2023 with Dr. Hillary McBride
Chris and Craig in Fishbowl #4
Brothers across the divide: Treatment-resistant depression, faith, and compassion
The 10 Best Psychiatric Medications
A bridge between the Western and Indigenous ways— The curandera, plant medicine, and spirit
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy: Ketamine vs MDMA vs Psilocybin
What's the deal with Psychiatry? What's hopeful, what's gone amiss with Dr. Will Van Derveer
Trauma in the Transference—Repairing the therapeutic relationship
The lives I didn’t get to live- Shame, psychedelics, and owning one’s story
Thinking Through Emotions— DBT Part 2
DBT, Self-Harm, and Suicidality with Dr. Kelly Sonnenfeld
Why psychiatric illness strikes young (and what to do about it)
Psilocybin comes to Colorado
The way out of psychosis-- Psychopharmacology as magic
Abortion in Three Acts
From Beauty Queen to Psychedelic Guide
Autism Spectrum Disorder-- A journey from alienation to attachment
Psychedelics, Psychosis, and Risk Reduction
Understanding ADD/ADHD with Dr. Jeremy Sharp
Finding a way back to each other: Addiction, a mother, and her daughter
BFTA Summer Special-- Trauma, Spirit, and Psychedelics with Laura Mae Northrup
Fishbowl 3
Psychedelic Somatic Therapy with Saj Razvi
Psychotherapy Twice Told
MDMA, MAPS, and Cover Story's Power Trip-- Another perspective
Working with families and psychiatric illness
Attachment and Adoption Part 2– Ridghaus and the Six Word Adoption Memoir
From Seoul to Wichita-- Attachment trauma and adoption
The nature of gender-- A story of transitioning
Twenty years in psychiatry: Insights and clinical pearls
The Dark Side of Psychedelics
Treatment resistant depression: Ketamine vs ECT vs TMS with Dr. Daniel Fisher
Ketamine in context-- From substance abuse to psychedelic therapy
Conversation with an underground psilocybin therapist
Body dysmorphia, disordered eating, and embodiment
Hold on to memories-- The aftermath of suicide with Doug Friedman
Doing the loving thing-- An exploration of couples therapy with Jeff Pincus
When psychiatric meds don't work: Diagnostic confusion, trauma, sleep, hormones, and mistaken expectations
The Secret Sauce-- Treating PTSD with MDMA
Craig and Antonio Sacre talk shop
I felt the world too much-- On being a highly sensitive person
Where did our son go? A family faces schizophrenia
The Quickening-- A healing journey through AA, Psilocybin, and Ayahuasca
Spiritual gaslighting, sexual trauma, and psychedelics
Fishbowl #2-- Chris and Craig talk shop
(Almost) Everything about psych meds... in under 16 minutes
All we have is now-- A psychotherapist faces mortality
How healing happens with Dr. Hillary McBride-- Eating disorders and body dysmorphia
Addiction treatment-- What works, what definitely doesn't with Dr. Jeremy Dubin
A superhero at night-- Lucid dreaming, opioids, and ibogaine
Why is it so hard to find a good psychiatrist?
No one believed me-- Complex PTSD and Borderline Personality Disorder
Psychedelic mushrooms and the magic of life
The clinical moment in psychotherapy-- A conversation with Dr. David Puder
Psychiatric diagnosis guides treatment....except when it doesn't
Craig Plays Goalie-- The Psychedelics Today interview
Steering into the hard stuff-- A father and husband's story
Touching the edges of life-- Healing from divorce
Craig's letters from the past: Mistakes made, lessons learned
A mother's story-- Body dysmorphia, psychosis, and powerlessness
Trauma, yoga, and spiritual recovery
Psychiatry in one question + When ketamine therapy gets difficult
Craig and Saj Razvi talk shop— Dissociation, the unconscious, countertransference sadism, and psychedelics
A special place in my drug addict heart-- Finding safety with Suboxone
Losing patients, one after another--Craig's meditation on loss and life
Bonus episode-- Inside Eyes: Ayahuasca and sexual trauma
Bonus Episode-- Conversations with a Wounded Healer (Interview with Dr. Hillary McBride)
Chris and Craig in the Fishbowl
Adventures in Exposure Therapy
OCD in the Time of Corona
Ketamine therapy update + Listener questions
The two loves of her life-- Alcohol, self harm, and the path of recovery
MDMA and the Inner Healer
When a tree falls twice-- OCD, emotional neglect, and resilience
Bright and Shiny and Exciting: An Adderall story
Understanding Depression
Can you take someone where you haven't gone yourself? A therapist faces death
Therapists in the abyss: Vicarious trauma
My desert island psych meds-- Psychiatry in three medications
Healing trauma with psychedelics with Saj Razvi— Part 2
Healing trauma with psychedelics with Saj Razvi— Part 1
How to think about anxiety
The Delta Flight Attendant-- Borderline Personality Disorder, Ketamine, and Self-Harm
One phone call changed everything: EMDR and Trauma Part 2
When the past haunts the present: An EMDR story
Can cannabis be medicine? A psychiatric perspective
Desperately NOT seeking meth: A harm reduction story
Ketamine treatment for depression: Seven questions
A power wash of the brain-- Ketamine, depression, and suicidality
Why it's so hard to find (or be) a good therapist-- The challenges of psychotherapy
One foot in the darkness— A path through treatment resistant depression and eating disorder
Strawberries-- A story of bipolar disorder