Category Archives: Social Issues

social problems, dynamics, issues, cultural shifts, etc.

#351 – Exploring The Placebo Response with Jungian Analyst Richard Kradin, MD





Richard Kradin MD is a research immunologist, Jungian analyst, former Research Director of the Harvard Medical School Mind/Body Medical Institute, and author of The Placebo Response. He is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, and teaches at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Dr. Kradin is also the author of a number of books, including The Placebo [...]

#348 – Nutrition and Mental Health with Whole-Psychiatry Founder, Robert Hedaya, MD





Robert J. Hedaya, MD, DFAPA is the founder of the National Center for Whole Psychiatry in Chevy Chase , Maryland. Dr Hedaya believes that better mental and physical health can be achieved with less medication by correcting bodily systems and getting to the roots of ill health. Using traditional and integrative approaches, Dr Hedaya assesses [...]

#347 – Somatic Experiencing for Trauma Work with Suzie Gruber and Jerry Allen





Suzie Gruber, M.A., SEP., holds advanced degrees in chemistry & psychology She spent 15 years in biotechnology before returning to her first love helping people transform their lives. A Somatic Experiencing Practitioner in private practice in Sebastopol, CA, Suzie assists practitioner trainings while piloting an effort to apply SE to the child welfare setting. Jerry [...]

#346 – A New Paradigm for Thinking About Autism with Nick Walker





Nick Walker received his M.A. in Somatic Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies, where he now teaches in the undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies program. We previously interviewed Nick on Shrink Rap Radio #323 on Aikido, Empathy, and Neurodiversity. He holds the rank of 6th Dan (6th degree black belt) in aikido, and has taught the [...]

#345 – Trauma Stewardship with Laura van Dernoot Lipsky





Laura van Dernoot Lipsky MSW, founder and director of the Trauma Stewardship Institute and author of Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others, has worked directly with trauma survivors for 25 years. At age 18, she regularly spent nights volunteering in a homeless shelter. From there, she went on [...]

#340 – Brain Lateralization and Western Culture with Iain McGilchrist MD





Iain McGilchrist M.D. is a former Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and former Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director at the Bethlem Royal & Maudsley Hospital, London. He was a Research Fellow in neuroimaging at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. [...]

#333 – Developments in Energy Therapy with David Feinstein, PhD





David Feinstein, PhD, is a clinical psychologist who has served on the faculties of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Antioch College, and the California School of Professional Psychology. Author or co-author of eight books and more than 80 professional articles, he has been a pioneer in the areas of energy psychology and energy [...]

#331 – A Jungian Approach to Addiction with David Schoen, PhD





Transcript Jungian Analyst David Schoen has over 30 years experience as an addictions counselor. He is a senior analyst in the Inter Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, and the cofounder of the Jung Society of Baton Rouge. He is a lecturer, writer of several internationally published books and a Louisiana poet. His books include Divine [...]

#328 -The Red Book and Cycles of Change with Jungian Analyst Robert Bosnak





              Transcript Robert Bosnak is a Dutch Jungian psychoanalyst, and diplomate of the C.G.Jung Institute, who trained in Zurich, Switzerland from 1971 to 1977. In the late 1970′s he pioneered a radically new method of dreamwork, based loosely on the work of C.G.Jung, especially on Jung’s technique of active [...]

#327 – Politics and Jung with Jungian Analyst Tom Elsner





Transcript Thomas Elsner, J.D., M.A., Jungian analyst, is a core faculty member at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California where he also has a private practice. A former attorney, he trained at the Jung-Von Franz Center for Depth Psychology in Zurich. A member of the C. G. Jung Study Center of Southern California, his [...]