MDMA and the Inner Healer
After a nightmarish sexual assault at age 15, Mitch's life felt over. Wracked by daily dread, panic, and a desperate longing to die, he eventually found his way 22 years later to the MAPS trial of MDM...
1 Mars 20201h 18min
When a tree falls twice-- OCD, emotional neglect, and resilience
The root system of a tree is its hidden protection against the harsh realities of wind and drought and disease. For people, loving and healthy childhood attachments are our central hidden protection...
17 Feb 202038min
Bright and Shiny and Exciting: An Adderall story
Life is much better on Adderall, until it's not. In this episode, Dr. H and Dan Ronken, a Boulder-based psychotherapist and addiction specialist, explore the double edged sword of stimulants. Using ...
31 Jan 202032min
Understanding Depression
In this mini-episode Dr. H explores the critical implications of thinking about Depression as a syndrome rather than as a meaningful clinical diagnosis. The diagnosis of Depression is but the first t...
17 Jan 20207min
Can you take someone where you haven't gone yourself? A therapist faces death
In this second installment of therapists in the abyss, Dr. H sits down with Jungian analyst and master therapist Dr. Michael Daine to explore how facing death catalyzed an exploration of the unconsci...
3 Jan 202029min
Therapists in the abyss: Vicarious trauma
This is the first of an intermittent series of therapists sharing their abyss stories. Samantha was a newly minted therapist just out of her MSW program, full of hope and excitement for her new caree...
20 Dec 201927min
My desert island psych meds-- Psychiatry in three medications
In this mini-episode Dr. H opens himself up for major audiophile shaming as he (reluctantly) reveals his three desert island albums. With this revelation complete, he then moves on to the challenge at...
5 Dec 201910min
Healing trauma with psychedelics with Saj Razvi— Part 2
In this second part of Saj's story, he continues to explore the transformative healing of his MDMA session. Initially believing his therapy journey to be complete, his mother later develops terminal ...
19 Nov 201936min
