The Higher Practice Podcast for Optimal Mental Health

Self-determination is a concept in psychology that refers to having a significant influence over your life, such as the direction and fulfillment of your career, relationships, finances, and the impact you have on the world. Although levels of self-determination vary greatly between individuals and their unique circumstances, there are a handful of things you can do in order to increase the likelihood of life going in the direction that you want.

In the first two episodes of this series, Keith talked about how to release values that aren’t your own and discover values that are true to who you are. In the final episode, Keith will share several steps you can take to live in accordance with your values and manifest the life you desire.

Shownotes:

• How I Discovered Who I Am - 1:28
• Hacking Your Values Into Action - 6:03
• You Need An Inventory - 8:16
• Implementing Strategies - 14:12
• Realizing A Vision - 18:45
• Setting Up Values Driven Goals - 20:02

To learn more, visit https://psychiatryinstitute.com

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Ken Falke, Founder of the EOD Warrior Foundation, discusses life as a Navy bomb specialist and how it led him on a path to helping veterans with psychological trauma from explosive devices. He shares his intimate understanding of what it’s like to hold one of the most dangerous jobs in the military and the therapeutic resources needed for these people.

With up to thirty-percent of veterans suffering from PTSD symptoms it’s clearly a crisis that needs to be addressed. As discussed in the episode, the military does an excellent job in training service members on active duty and how to regulate the mind and body while on the battlefield. However, where services seem to fall short is in the aftermath.

When things go “wrong” and a service member needs support for psychological trauma their options are very limited to modalities that don’t show high levels of efficacy or patient follow-through. Ken will share about another way of working with veterans who suffer from PTSD. The model he and his team developed relies heavily on coaching techniques and post-traumatic growth orientations.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• How the military trains self-regulation
• How trauma stacks up in service members
• Why Vietnam POW's displayed fewer trauma symptoms than other veterans
• Clinical mistakes are made when over focusing on combat
• An inspiring story of a quadriplegic

Visit www.higherpractice.com/podcast to get the show notes and to learn more about Ken Falke.

Women face unique challenges in different stages in life; from puberty to adulthood. Sometimes, these challenges greatly impact the state of mental and physical health.

We are joined by Dr. Sara Gottfried, a specialist in integrative, functional and precision medicine, to discuss the myriad of issues in health that women suffer. Dr. Gottfried shares her personal and professional experience and the underlying treatment possibilities that women can apply in their lives. Show notes:

• Early origins and interest leading to women’s health studies
• Misconceptions towards women’s health: an integrative approach
• Pregnancy and birth, a transcendent and unique experience of being a woman
• An alternative to medicalized birth
• Stages in a woman’s life: a unique biology
• An interesting vignette during COVID
• Puberty, a challenging phase in a woman’s life in the eyes of a parent
• The impacts of social media
• Understanding the relationship between trauma and female hormones
• Progesterone, a key to soothing trauma
• The significance of the endocrine system
• Women’s empowerment in body, mind and spirit

To learn more about Dr. Sara Gottfried:

• https://www.saragottfriedmd.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/saragottfriedmd/

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If you’re interested in patient care visit: www.psychiatrycenters.com

For provider education reach out to: [email protected]

For patient care reach out to: [email protected]

Depression has always been one of the leading problems that most Americans face today and has exponentially increased due to the pandemic we are facing. The impacts that this has brought to the state of mental well-being has been severely damaging.

In today’s exciting episode, we are honored and privileged to be joined by an internationally recognized and highly influential scientist and leading researcher tackling mental illness, Dr. Charles Raison. Join us as we come to understand why depression happens in the first place and begin to learn of new ways that we can deal with it or at least control it by introducing different techniques and interesting concepts that our esteemed guest raises.

Shownotes:

• Raison’s early beginnings
• An interest in spiritual views and studies
• Consciousness and Psychedelics: Discovering conscious states
• The relationship between Depression and Consciousness
• Causes of Depression: Pondering about imbalanced activities
• The case of Depression: An evolutionary perspective
• Depression in the modern world
• Impacts on the immune system: Allowing microbes as a stimulus
• Understanding and treating Depression
• Treating mental disorders: A psychopharmacological approach
• Battling Depression with ketamine as an adaptive stressor
• Interesting insights for medical providers on dealing with Depression

To learn more about Dr. Charles Raison:

• https://centerhealthyminds.org/about/people/charles-raison
• https://www.psychiatry.wisc.edu/staff/raison-charles/

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If you enjoy the Higher Practice Podcast, please leave a quick review on the Apple Podcast app. It makes a big difference in getting the word out to other people who will benefit from this podcast. Simply, click on the show on your podcast app>scroll down to the bottom of all the episodes>in the ratings and reviews section tap stars to rate>click write a review. Want more? For show notes and more information, visit https://psychiatryinstitute.com/podcast/

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For patient care reach out to: [email protected]

In this episode, Emma Derman Teitel talks about a truly empowering approach to feminist psychotherapy and helping women overcome internalized patriarchy. It’s often easy as clinicians to simply listen to stories that need to be told by women and stop there. However, a combination of support and challenge is needed in order to help a woman regain her inner power and bring forth her deepest gifts.

This episode comes at a time where the #MeToo movement has allowed so many women to step forward, speak their truth, and tell the stories of how men abused their power. The individual and collective voice are necessary for society to heal and evolve, which, in turn, can lead to more equality and safety.

Mental health professionals have heard these stories in their offices for many years. The storytelling is one important component of healing in a therapeutic context. However, often a much deeper inquiry and investigation into perceptions, traumas, and core beliefs must also happen for a sense of inner power and authority of one’s life.Our guest today, Emma Derman Teitel is a psychotherapist, coach and women’s group facilitator committed to the empowerment of girls and women around the world. She is passionate about guiding individuals and groups into a deeper connection with themselves and fostering the ability to live with embodied courage, grace and vulnerability.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Emma’s unique journey about what led her to help women
• Feminist psychotherapy versus feminist theory
• Signals that women are actively struggling with patriarchal injuries
• How to challenge women to overcome the obstacles that they perceive
• The fuel and fire of the woman healer
• The power of gratitude

Visit www.higherpractice.com/podcast to get the show notes for this episode and to learn more about Emma Teitel’s full course in the Higher Practice Institute.