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Will Hall: Overcoming Isolation and Powerlessness vs. Pathologizing Experience
Will Hall questions the efficacy of the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders) and worries it has become an excuse for...
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Gabor Mate: The Cost of Ignoring Our Bio/Psycho/Social and Spiritual Needs
Dr. Gabor Mate reminds us that, like our biological needs, we can’t ignore our psycho/ social and spiritual needs without creating...
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Alberto Villoldo: Transformative Nature of Shamanism
Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D., is a psychologist, medical anthropologist and author who has studied the healing practices of the Amazon...
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Carroll Dunham: Environment, Culture and Mental Health
Medical anthropologist Carroll Dunham has resided in the Himalayas for the past 25 years and currently lives in Nepal...
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John Read: Maori’s Viewpoint on “Hearing Voices”
We met and interviewed Dr. John Read, PhD, at the recent ISEPP (Intl. Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry) Conference...
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Rickie Moore: Counseling with Connection in Amsterdam
Rickie Moore grew up in Brooklyn, NY, and earned her PhD in Counseling Psychology from Fielding Graduate University in...
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Emma Bragdon: Success of Spiritual Treatments in Brazil
Spiritist centers are found in many countries. There are actually 70 Spiritist centers in the US, however, there are...
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Emma Bragdon: Introduction to Brazilian Culture & Spiritism
We went to Brazil not only to see how Spiritism is used in mental health care, but to see...
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Joan Halifax: Healing is About Relationships
Joan Halifax is a Buddhist teacher, Zen priest, anthropologist, hospice caregiver, and the author of several books on Buddhism...
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Gabor Mate: The Myth of Normal
Dr. Gabor Mate is a Hungarian-born physician, living in Vancouver, B.C., who grew up and was educated in Canada. ...