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Episode 19: Unlike the song in ‘Mash,’ Suicide is not painless-especially for the survivors!

January 27, 2020Uncategorizedaddiction, barbara alexander, Barbara Smaller, Brian Johnson, Dr. Greg Neimeyer, Gail Steketee, Greg Neimeyer, Ishani Dalal, Karen Mellow, lgbt, lgbtqi, Lisa Ferentz, Mark Smaller, Mark Willenbring, Melissa Perrin, On Good Authority, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, pronouns, Randy Frost, Rena Mcdaniel, Robert Neimeyer, schizophrenia, Shrinks Talk Shop, transgendershrinks-talk-shop

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Episode 19: Unlike the song from ‘Mash,’ Suicide is not painless – especially for the survivors!

All losses of loved ones through death have an element of trauma built into them.

That’s most particularly true when the losses are themselves inherently tragic and when they leave people struggling to make sense of the experience. These challenges are so fundamental, so existential, so resonant that they leave people often questioning and broken, and sometimes seeking answers then in the context of psychotherapy, counseling, and good social work practice. Here, Dr. Robert Neimeyer explains this.

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SHRINKS TALK SHOP

A NEW podcast hosted by Barbara Alexander as she interviews other mental health professionals about their work. Together they sort out some of the most important therapy issues of our times.

Episode 18: Surprise, Surprise! Men and women experience Depression differently!

January 21, 2020Uncategorizedaddiction, barbara alexander, Barbara Smaller, Brian Johnson, Dr. Greg Neimeyer, Gail Steketee, Greg Neimeyer, Ishani Dalal, Karen Mellow, lgbt, lgbtqi, Lisa Ferentz, Mark Smaller, Mark Willenbring, Melissa Perrin, On Good Authority, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, pronouns, Randy Frost, Rena Mcdaniel, schizophrenia, Shrinks Talk Shop, transgendershrinks-talk-shop

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Episode #18 Surprise, Surprise! Men and women experience Depression differently!

Dr Melissa Perrin parses out the different diagnostic categories in the DSM 5, including Major Depressive Disorders, Chronic Depressive which is Dysthymic, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, Substance Induced Depressive Disorder, and Depressive Disorder due to Another Medical Condition.

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SHRINKS TALK SHOP

A NEW podcast hosted by Barbara Alexander as she interviews other mental health professionals about their work. Together they sort out some of the most important therapy issues of our times.

Episode 17: It’s not Depression – It’s Grief!

January 13, 2020Uncategorizedaddiction, barbara alexander, Barbara Smaller, Brian Johnson, Dr. Greg Neimeyer, Gail Steketee, Greg Neimeyer, Ishani Dalal, Karen Mellow, lgbt, lgbtqi, Lisa Ferentz, Mark Smaller, Mark Willenbring, Melissa Perrin, On Good Authority, pronouns, Randy Frost, Rena Mcdaniel, schizophrenia, Shrinks Talk Shop, transgendershrinks-talk-shop

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Episode #17: It’s not Depression –It’s Grief!

We are too quick to mistake normal grief for depression. Only 10 to 15 percent of grievers have severe reactions to the loss of a loved one and thus might need treatment that includes prescription medication and therapy. Dr. Melissa Perrin explains how to tell the difference.

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SHRINKS TALK SHOP

A NEW podcast hosted by Barbara Alexander as she interviews other mental health professionals about their work. Together they sort out some of the most important therapy issues of our times.

Episode 15: Hoarders: Why Cleaning Out Their Homes Never Works, Part 2

December 9, 2019Uncategorizedaddiction, barbara alexander, Barbara Smaller, Brian Johnson, Dr. Greg Neimeyer, Gail Steketee, Greg Neimeyer, Ishani Dalal, Karen Mellow, lgbt, lgbtqi, Lisa Ferentz, Mark Smaller, Mark Willenbring, On Good Authority, pronouns, Randy Frost, Rena Mcdaniel, schizophrenia, Shrinks Talk Shop, transgendershrinks-talk-shop

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Episode #15: Hoarders: Why cleaning out their homes never works, Part 2

Dr Frost details how compulsive behaviors drive sufferers to pile objects throughout their homes. Hoarders’ beliefs about possessions and their difficulties in spatial perception undermine ordinary efforts. Frost explains the underlying causes methods of minimizing the effects of the emotionally exhausting disorder.

SHRINKS TALK SHOP

A NEW podcast hosted by Barbara Alexander as she interviews other mental health professionals about their work. Together they sort out some of the most important therapy issues of our times.

Episode 14: Hoarders: When Does Collecting Become Hoarding, Part 1

December 1, 2019Uncategorizedaddiction, barbara alexander, Barbara Smaller, Brian Johnson, Dr. Greg Neimeyer, Gail Steketee, Greg Neimeyer, Ishani Dalal, Karen Mellow, lgbt, lgbtqi, Lisa Ferentz, Mark Smaller, Mark Willenbring, On Good Authority, pronouns, Randy Frost, Rena Mcdaniel, schizophrenia, Shrinks Talk Shop, transgendershrinks-talk-shop

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Episode 14: “Hoarders: When does collecting become hoarding?” Part 1

In their book Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things, Randy Frost, Ph.D. and Gail Steketee, Ph.D. identify the key traits that identify a hoarder. Here Dr. Steketee discusses the difference between a hobby and an obsession?

SHRINKS TALK SHOP

A NEW podcast hosted by Barbara Alexander as she interviews other mental health professionals about their work. Together they sort out some of the most important therapy issues of our times.