Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories | Psychotherapy, Trauma, and Psychedelics

Are GLP-1s the best thing to come along in psychiatry in years…. or are they going to turn out to have a dark side,  by triggering eating disorders, causing undernutrition, and narrowing what’s an acceptable body type? Dr. H sits down with nationally known eating disorder specialist and the author of Sick Enough, Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani, to explore both the hopeful upside of these meds as well as their hidden risks.
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Dr. H sits down with psychotherapist and Enneagram expert Joy Gribble (Reflective Healing; Elemental Psychedelics) to explore the fascinating nexus between psychedelic-assisted therapy and the Enneagram.
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Joy Gribble
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This is the story of Milena, starting with her early years in a Bulgarian orphanage, then the hope and promise of being adopted by an American family, and finally the emerging and increasingly ominous consequences of early attachment trauma and institutionalization. Adoption is complicated and multi-layered….and the unforeseen consequences of adoption can play out over a lifetime.  Milena thought she had won the golden ticket out of the orphanage and into a new life in America, but after the initial honeymoon period, the deeper reality of what it means to spend the first 5 years of life in an institutional setting began to swallow her up and tear her apart. 

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In this season 8 opener Rosy shares both her experience recovering from bipolar disorder and the heartbreak of watching her beloved son begin to show signs of an even more extreme form of bipolar disorder called schizoaffective disorder. This is a story in parallel, two lives deeply intertwined, yet also slowly tearing apart as her son’s illness became increasingly severe.
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In this second of two parts, Laura Mae Northrup shares stories of how she found a healing path through connection, therapy, and psychedelics. 
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Laura Mae Northrup
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