Ketamine in context-- From substance abuse to psychedelic therapy
Expectation, set, setting, dosage, and route of administration provide the context and scaffolding for psychoactive drugs. An IV morphine drip can make unbearable pain completely manageable, while IV ...
31 Dec 20211h 12min
Conversation with an underground psilocybin therapist
As we are now coming to realize the impressive potential of psychedelics to treat trauma and depression, we also have to face the fact that they are still illegal. This reality has led to an explosion...
16 Dec 20211h 21min
Body dysmorphia, disordered eating, and embodiment
Body dysmorphia is the disorder of imagined ugliness, a type of delusional OCD that can lead to severe depression, eating disorders, compulsive body alterations, and suicidality. As a young child, Ge...
2 Dec 20211h 6min
Hold on to memories-- The aftermath of suicide with Doug Friedman
Doug Friedman, the co-host and producer of the podcast Your Mental Breakdown, contacted Craig last spring and said that he was ready and wanting to tell his abyss story-- that of his wife’s death and ...
18 Nov 20211h 1min
Doing the loving thing-- An exploration of couples therapy with Jeff Pincus
Here Craig sits down with Jeff Pincus, a nationally recognized couples therapist and trainer from Boulder, they explore why it’s so challenging to be an effective marriage therapist, why we are all de...
4 Nov 202158min
When psychiatric meds don't work: Diagnostic confusion, trauma, sleep, hormones, and mistaken expectations
When psychiatric meds work well, it can be nothing short of miraculous. Yet so often, patients accumulate a long list of med failures, leading to a sense of deep frustration and even hopelessness. He...
21 Okt 202127min
The Secret Sauce-- Treating PTSD with MDMA
An amazing healing journey deserves a detailed post-game analysis and deconstruction. Here Elizabeth, a participant in the MAPS MDMA study, sits down with Craig and co-therapist Karen Cooper to loo...
7 Okt 20211h
Craig and Antonio Sacre talk shop
Craig sits down with LA-based Cuban American storyteller, author, BFTA super-advisor, and longtime dear friend Antonio Sacre to explore the art and power of storytelling, their personal abyss moments,...
23 Sep 20211h 6min
