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Psychology Is Podcast73: Niklas Serning | The Sense and the Nonsense of TherapyIs therapy scientific? Do some of the common practices and beliefs that define therapy in modern times actually do harm? The brilliant psychotherapist Nikas Serning joins us for a conversation about how his thinking as a therapist has evolved. "I have let go of therapeutic theory, and I think I am a better therapist for it."Here's the link the article that we discuss: https://aeon.co/essays/i-am-a-better-therapist-since-i-let-go-of-therapeutic-theoryVisit Dr. Serning: https://serning.com✨Join us on Patreon https://patreon.com/psychologyis✅ Early access to ad-free videos - No more skipping ads!✅ Your name in end credits of main full l...2025-03-271h 12
Psychology Is Podcast72: Joanna Moncrieff | Depression is Not a Chemical ImbalanceDr. Moncrieff's 2022 umbrella review of the serotonin theory of depression became one of the most widely read and influential papers of modern times, ranking in the top 5% of all scientific papers ever written. In light of the extreme interest, Dr. Moncrieff wrote a new book--Chemical Imbalance: The Making and Unmaking of a Serotonin Myth. She joins the podcast to share her discoveries and analyses.Visit Dr. Moncrieff at https://joannamoncrieff.com2025-03-041h 04
Psychology Is Podcast71: James W. Kalat | The Man Behind Psychology TextbooksJames W. Kalat is a Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State, and a renowned psychologist and author. He is best known for his widely used textbooks on biological psychology and introductory psychology. He shares his reflections on the search for understanding, how textbooks come into existence, and on decades of being a psychology professor. More from James: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/James-KalatJoin us on Patreon https://patreon.com/psychologyis✅ Early access to ad-free videos - No more skipping ads!✅ Your name in end cred...2025-02-2551 min
Psychology Is Podcast70: Christina Bjorndal | Holistic Well-BeingDr. Christina Bjorndal blesses Psychology Is with her wisdom and well rounded knowledge about how to establish and maintain well-being. She draws upon her personal experience with extremely challenging mental health struggles and her extensive experience as a naturopathic doctor.Visit Christina https://www.instagram.com/drchrisbjorndal?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==✨Join us on Patreon https://patreon.com/psychologyis✅ Early access to ad-free videos - No more skipping ads!✅ Your name in end credits of main full length videos, including Psychology Is Podcast videos✅ Unlock our community and direct chat2025-02-111h 08
Psychology Is Podcast69: Nicholas Christakis | Our Psychological BlueprintDr. Nicholas Christakis is a Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale. He is known for his research on the influence of social networks in determining behaviors and health phenomena in human populations. He explores how social factors affect biological and social functioning, illustrating that behaviors like smoking, happiness, and obesity can spread through social ties. Christakis also delves into the biological and evolutionary basis for why humans form social networks and how these structures affect individuals and societies. He joins Nick for a conversation about his work, particularly the insight in his recent book, Blueprint.2025-01-2857 min
Psychology Is Podcast68: Ellen Galinsky | The Great Potential of Teenage YearsEllen talks working with Mr. Rogers, and her new book, 'The Breakthrough Years: A New Scientific Framework for Raising Thriving Teens’.Visit Ellen Galinsky https://ellengalinsky.com✨Join us on Patreon https://patreon.com/psychologyis✅ Early access to ad-free videos - No more skipping ads!✅ Your name in end credits of main full length videos, including Psychology Is Podcast videos✅ Unlock our community and direct chat2025-01-141h 16
Psychology Is Podcast67: Neseret Bemient | Why This Psychiatric Nurse Left After 17 YearsFormer psychiatric nurse shares her experience treating patients in a psychiatric unit, and what lead to her approaching mental illness holistically.Visit Neseret Bemient: https://youtube.com/@neseretbemient?si=Voqh6SvKZpYUc5AV✨Join us on Patreon https://patreon.com/psychologyis✅ Early access to ad-free videos - No more skipping ads!✅ Your name in end credits of main full length videos, including Psychology Is Podcast videos✅ Unlock our community and direct chat2024-12-311h 12
Psychology Is Podcast66: A Deep Dive Into the Nature of ADHDIn light of wide range of responses to my recent article and video on ADHD, I've dedicated this podcast episode to a deeper analysis of ADHD, and to respond to some unfavorable comments. Think through this with me!Here are links to the original Mad in America article, and video which accompanied it.https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/10/adhd-and-weak-muscle-disorder/https://youtu.be/kXNGwJiXpLs?si=RwucBOLlZzZiT6oe✨Join us on Patreonhttps://patreon.com/psychologyis✅ Early access to a...2024-12-1723 min
Psychology Is Podcast65: Todd Rose | They Don't Think What You Think They Think"We live in challenging times: there is enormous pressure to go along to get along, to stay silent, or to lie about our private beliefs in order to belong. But blind conformity is never good for anyone." - Todd RoseThis blind conformity is especially harmful when we are conforming our beliefs to what we think people believe, but the people don't even really believe that. This is the topic of this episode.✨Join us on Patreon https://patreon.com/psychologyis✅ Early access to ad-free videos - No m...2024-12-031h 12
Psychology Is Podcast64: Tomasz Starczewski | Surviving Antidepressant WithdrawalPsychiatric surviver who struggled with antidepressants, but ultimately successful at tapering off all drugs including Paroxetine, and Sertraline. Tomasz now guides individuals on the path to recovery from antidepressant withdrawal and PSSD.
Visit Tomasz's website https://protracted-withdrawal.com/
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Psychology Is Podcast63: Mariam Grossman | Thinking Deeply About Gender IdeologyAuthor of Lost in Trans Nation, Dr. Mariam Grossman joins Nick for a thoughtful conversation about modern gender ideology and how it can misguide people who don't conform to rigid gender stereotypes. This is a charged topic, and we handle it with care.
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Psychology Is Podcast62: Julia Hotz | If Not Psych Drugs, Then What?A life of mental wellbeing is possible without psychiatry… but how?
Social prescribing is simple, yet a promising answer to healing and living healthy psychologically. Nick Fortino and journalist, Julia Hotz discuss these evidence-based, harmless, effective interventions that drug hyper-prescribing psychiatrists so blatantly overlook.
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Psychology Is PodcastDear Jacob, Don't give up bro.[Bonus Episode] On any journey toward achieving a noble goal, there comes a time when we need the reminder: don't give up bro.
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Psychology Is Podcast61: Josef Witt-Doerring | Psychiatry is Not What You ThinkDr. Josef shares surprising truths he's uncovered while working in the field of psychiatry.
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Psychology Is Podcast60: Steven Hassan | Cults and Mind ControlDr. Hassan is the world’s foremost expert on mind control and the psychology of cults and we have a fascinating conversation based on his seminal book, Combatting Cult Mind Control. We are all vulnerable to mind control because we are all vulnerable to the situational factors that make an individual vulnerable to mind control.
Learn more about Dr. Hassan's work here: freedomofmind.com
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Psychology Is Podcast59: Patrick Hahn | ADHD and Medicalization of ChildhoodIn this conversation, Nick interviews Dr. Patrick Hahn--author of multiple books, including Obedience Pills--about the nature of an ADHD diagnosis, the way that the public has been misled about it, and the problems with the most common treatments for it. Nick boldly asserts that the way that ADHD diagnoses halt the search for an actual condition explaining inattentiveness and impulsivity, and the quick prescriptions of stimulant drugs for children is a crime against humanity that we will look back upon shamefully.✨Want to support Psychology Is?Visit https://patreon.com/psychologyis...2024-03-261h 18
Psychology Is Podcast58: Kent Shultz | Escaping a Web of PsychiatryPsychiatric survivor's candid story. Kent openly shares with Nick the details of what led him to see a psychiatrist, and the misdiagnoses, and overprescribing that ensued.✨Want to support Psychology Is? Visit https://patreon.com/psychologyis2024-02-262h 17
Psychology Is Podcast57: Dawn Neumann | Traumatic Brain Injury and RecoveryCan someone recover from brain injury? Is football safe enough for kids to play? What is Alexithymia? All these questions and more are answered as Nick Fortino sits with brain rehabilitation specialist, Dawn Neumann.✨Want to sponsor Psychology Is? Visit https://patreon.com/psychologyisCreated by Nick Fortino & Robert Daluz2024-01-261h 10
Psychology Is Podcast56: Jaclyn Long | IFS: Internal Family Systems TherapyLike members of a family, are our minds made up of multiple parts? Nick sits with marriage and family therapist Jaclyn Long to explore the intriguing concepts of the Internal Family Systems.If you're interested in pursuing IFS therapy in California, here is a link to the Mindful Child and Family Therapy Center: www.mcaft.com/appointment✨Want to sponsor Psychology Is? Visit https://patreon.com/psychologyis2023-11-141h 02
Gather by the Ghost Light"KINGDUMB: Act 1" by Jonathan Cook (LIVE Event Recording)This episode was recorded on stage in front of a sold-out Live audience on October 21st at Le Chat Noir Theatre in Augusta, GA.KINGDUMB: This episode is ACT 1 of the full-length play KINGDUMB. KINGDUMB is a fun story full of absurdist humor and illogical behavior. There’s a new King in the land that has initiated a mysterious new tax on the citizens. Outraged, the region’s finest Clock fixer, aka “Time Repair Specialist”, recruits some of the most unlikely rebels to help him develop a plan to overthrow the King. Their plotting takes them on a comedi...2023-11-131h 25
Gather by the Ghost Light"KINGDUMB: Act 2" by Jonathan Cook (LIVE Event Recording)This episode was recorded on stage in front of a Live audience on October 21st at Le Chat Noir Theatre in Augusta, GA.KINGDUMB: This episode is ACT 2 of the full-length play KINGDUMB. KINGDUMB is a fun story full of absurdist humor and illogical behavior. There’s a new King in the land that has initiated a mysterious new tax on the citizens. Outraged, the region’s finest Clock fixer, aka “Time Repair Specialist”, recruits some of the most unlikely rebels to help him develop a plan to overthrow the King. Their plotting takes them on a comedic...2023-11-131h 01
Psychology Is Podcast55: Stephen Costello | Logotherapy and Secrets to HappinessLogotherapist Dr. Stephen Costello sits down with Nick for a profound conversation about the vital role that meaning plays in our psychological well-being, and in our ability to endure adversity. Dr. Costello shares fascinating details about the legendary life of Viktor Frankl, and eloquently explains the principles of logotherapy.
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Psychology Is Podcast54: Eric FitzMedrud | Better Sex Comes By Being a Better ManThe importance of men’s understanding of consent is at the forefront of this conversation. Nick Fortino sits with Dr. FitzMedrud, Author of The Better Man: A Guide to Consent, Stronger Relationships, and Hotter Sex. They go over all the nuances and best practices when approaching your partner or anyone sexually.
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Let's Talk BarbershopLTBS S4E5 with Anthony FortinoNick catches up with Anthony Fortino after Midtown's win.2023-08-2255 min
Psychology Is Podcast53: Kristal DeSantis | A Relationship Guide for MenAre you wanting to love your girlfriend or wife better? Would learning your attachment style help? Find out in this episode with Kristal DeSantis, auther of STRONG: A Relationship Field Guide for the Modern Man.
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Psychology Is Podcast52: Henry Emmons | Chemistry of Joy and CalmPsychiatrist Henry Emmons joins psychologist Nick Fortino in conversation on the 52nd of the Psychology Is Podcast. This is a refreshing dialogue between thoughtful professionals with different backgrounds. We discuss psychiatric drug treatment, the basics of mental health, mindfulness, and how to deal with anxious thinking.
To hear more from Dr. Emmons, listen to the Joy Lab Podcast: https://www.naturalmentalhealth.com/podcasts/joy-lab-podcast2023-04-221h 20
Psychology Is Podcast51: Ann Bracken | Story of Overmedication and RecoveryThe Psychiatric Survivors Movement has been growing for decades. There are multitudinous people who have been harmed by interventions irresponsibly conducted/prescribed by psychiatrists. Author and educator Ann Bracken is one such survivor. In the 51st episode of the Psychology Is Podcast, she tells her story about being depressed and overmedicated, then overcoming her depression and recovering from the harmful effects of the drugs she had been prescribed.
Ann Bracken detailed her experience in her memoir, Crash: A Memoir of Overmedication and Recovery.
To learn more about Ann, check out her website: https://annbrackenauthor.com/
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Psychology Is PodcastThe Guest House | Poem by Rumi[Bonus] Nick Fortino performs one of our favorite poems ‘The Guest House’, written by Persian poet Jalaluddin Rumi
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Psychology Is Podcast50: Jim Gottstein | Too Evil to be Believable: Zyprexa Papers Expose FraudStudy referenced at 17:15 - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21300943/2022-11-191h 19
Psychology Is Podcast49: Anna Lembke | Addictive Drugs are Still Addictive If PrescribedStanford psychiatrist and Medical Director Anna Lembke joins Nick Fortino on the 49th episode of the Psychology Is Podcast for an important conversation about a profound problem in our culture: many doctors, and especially psychiatrists, have become drug dealers. A health care system thoroughly contaminated by financial interests, a disempowering and erroneous cultural paradigm about the nature of mental health, and addictive drugs masqueraded as medication are just some of the factors that have given rise to a horrible disaster that is harming so many people. The complete overhaul of the mental health care system is inevitable, but the longer...2022-10-1858 min
Psychology Is Podcast48: David Cohen | Psychiatry’s Scientific Emptiness"Psychiatry's most fundamental characteristic is its ignorance," wrote Raymond Dolan in his recent review of psychiatric literature. In this episode, UCLA professor Dr. David Cohen shares an excerpt from this study and others. He also describes the big picture, bringing to light the many elements that constitute the modern day mental health so-called care. In sum, psychiatry is scientifically empty. The field is comprised of psychiatrists, who primarily act as drug prescribers, who justify their practices on the basis of "silly theories that are continually refuted," as Dr. Cohen puts it.2022-09-271h 27
Psychology Is Podcast47: Kendra Campbell | Psychiatrist Changes Her WaysDr. Kendra Campbell is bold, brilliant, and honest. A traditionally trained psychiatrist, Dr. Campbell recognized the irreconcilable flaws at the core of modern psychiatry--the invalidity of its diagnoses, its bogus chemical imbalance theory, and the harmful nature of its treatments--and changed her ways. In the most admirable fashion, she takes responsibility for misleading patients about the nature of their conditions, and for prescribing the wrong treatment. Dr. Campbell now offers a multi-faceted, whole-person based treatment protocol that does not include drugs. She also specializes in guiding people through the process of drug withdrawal.
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Psychology Is Podcast46: Sami Timimi | Insane PsychiatryDr. Sami Timimi is a practicing child psychiatrist in the UK, but his practice is in direct contrast to the dominant ideology in psychiatry. This insane and horribly problematic ideology is exactly what Dr. Nick and Dr. Sami deconstruct in this important conversation. Dr. Sami’s recent book is entitled Insane Medicine.2022-09-101h 31
Psychology Is Podcast45: Bruce E. Levine | The Rise and Fall of PsychiatryClinical psychologist Dr. Bruce Levine joins Nick for a conversation about historical and modern practices in the field of psychiatry. The conversation is based on Dr. Levine's new book, A Profession Without Reason: The Crisis of Contemporary Psychiatry Untangled and Solved by Spinoza, Freethinking, and Radical Enlightenment.2022-07-251h 15
Psychology Is Podcast44: Aaron Stark | I Was Almost A School ShooterThis is one of the most important conversations we have ever had on the Psychology Is Podcast. Listen to this in-depth conversation with Aaron Stark, a man who almost carried out a school shooting before being redirected by the love, kindness, acknowledgement, and friendship. Aaron's story is intense. It's fraught with trauma. But what shines through his story is the power of friendship, the power of kindness, and the potential for radical healing and transformation. Aaron has emerged a wise, happily normal, loving father with crucial insight into how we can reduce or eliminate the incidence of mass shootings.2022-06-281h 39Psychology Is Podcast43: Jerry Duberstein | Insight from a Couples Therapist of 40 YearsIn relationship, you want to maintain individual autonomy, and you also want security. Many people believe you can't have both, but you can. Dr. Jerry Duberstein has been a couples therapist for over 40 years. He and his wife co-wrote the book, Relationship Transformation: A Practical Guide for Couples Who Want to be Free and Connected. In this conversation, Jerry shares his insight into how to feel free and connected in intimate relationships.
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2022-06-111h 26Psychology Is Podcast42: Beverley Thomson | Examining Antidepressant HarmNick sits down with author Beverley Thomson for a conversation about antidepressant drugs. What are the desirable effects of these drugs? What are the adverse effects? Beverley examined this topic extensively to write her book Antidepressed. She shares her knowledge and insight here.
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Psychology Is PodcastDear John, Please don’t kill yourself.[Bonus Episode] This was made after we received a comment from John, who shared his uncertainty on continuing life. We made this for you John, and for anyone contemplating suicide.
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Psychology Is Podcast41: Chris Ferguson | Video Games Are Not Bad for YouThe video game industry has grown rapidly since the 1980's. Almost instantly they caused many to question the dangers of exposing our kids to extreme violence found in first-person shooters like Call of Duty or mature subject matter found in games like Grand Theft Auto. Chris Ferguson set out to find the truth. Are violent games actually harmful? Is gaming increasing mental issues in children? Listen as he sits with Nick Fortino to share his hot take.2022-01-221h 21
Behind the StigmaCritical Psychiatry with Dr. Nick FortinoSend us a textIs psychiatry doing more harm than good? In this episode, our guest speaker is Nick Fortino, a Psychology Professor at University of Silicon Valley and Gavilan College in the USA and host of the Psychology Is podcast. We talk about the nature of mental health diagnosis and how it's history evolved into what we know today as biological mental disorders. We cover the history of the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), classifications of disease and the efficacy of psychiatric drugs for conditions like depression, anxiety and more. 2022-01-0141 min