Shrink Rap Radio - A Psychology Talk and Interview Show

#224 - Trekking Alone in The Wilderness with J.R. Harris

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:37:53 -0800

J. Robert (“J.R.”) Harris is one of my market research colleagues who is also an adventurer and explorer. His resume includes more than 40 wilderness expeditions over the past 30 years to remote places such as Alaska, Tasmania, Iceland, Patagonia, Lapland, the Australian Outback, Greenland and Tanzania. Many of these treks were solo. In recognition of his experience, he was elected into the Explorers Club in 1993. He is interviewed here by another one of my market research colleagues, Dr. Sharon Livingston, who I interviewed on Shrink Rap Radio episodes #190 and #11 and who interviewed me on episode #13. J.R. has written a number of articles and stories about his exploits and experiences, and he uses these topics as a motivational speaker at inner-city high schools in New York City. J.R. is President of JRH Marketing Services, has over 40 years of diverse marketing and research experience, including media, packaged goods, international, and ethnic marketing and research assignments from major corporations, agencies, organizations and government ministries. He is also an experienced qualitative research consultant who has moderated thousands of focus groups. He is a Founding Member and past President of the Qualitative Research Consultants Association (QRCA). Discover these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals, Avis coupons and Angie's List A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#223 - Seeking Wisdom in ExtremeSolitude with Robert Kull

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:39:58 -0800

Robert Kull, Ph.D. teaches through an online university and is author of the 2009 book, Solitutde: Seeking Wisdom in Extremes. Years after a motorcycle accident left him with one leg, Bob Kull traveled to a remote island in the Patagonia wilderness with supplies to live completely alone for a year. He sought to explore the effects of deep solitude on the body and mind and to find answers to the spiritual questions that had plagued him his entire life. With only a cat and his thoughts as companions, he wrestled with inner storms while the wild forces of nature raged around him. The physical challenges were immense, but the struggles of mind and spirit pushed him to the limits of human endurance. Dr. Kull has spent years wandering North and South America, working as a scuba instructor, wilderness guide, construction worker, dishwasher, truck driver, bartender, painter, firefighter, and professor. He began undergraduate studies at age forty and now holds a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia. He lives in Vancouver. You can visit him online at http://www.bobkull.org. Discover these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals, Avis coupons and Angie's List A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#222 - Wise Mind Open MInd with Ron Alexander, PhD

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:36:10 -0700

Ronald A. Alexander, Ph.D., is author of the 2009 book Wise Mind Open Mind: Finding Purpose and Meaning  in Times of Crisis, Loss & Change. Dr. Alexander practices mind/body psychotherapy and leadership coaching in Santa Monica, CA, and specializes in the practice of somatic psychology, creativity and leadership training. He teaches clinical training groups for professionals in Somatic Psychotherapy and Ericksonian-Mind/Body healing therapies and the Art of Mindfulness meditation. He leads workshops at growth centers throughout the U.S. and abroad. He was also a guest on Shrink Rap Radio #29 back in 2006 when I interviewed him on “Mindful Leadership, Mindful Living.” Many years ago, he was one of my M.A. students at Sonoma State University and now I regard him as both colleague and teacher. Discover these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals, Avis coupons and Angie's List A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#221 - Secrets of The Bulletproof Spirit with Azim Khamisa

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:17:39 -0700

Having lost his only son Tariq to a gang-related murder, Azim N. Khamisa is a rare individual who not only speaks of powerful and life-changing concepts, but also walks his talk having created a foundation in his son’s name, the Tariq Khamisa Foundation, which is dedicated to breaking the cycle of youth violence by empowering children, saving lives, and teaching peace. Azim is also the author of three best selling books, Azim’s Bardo - From Murder To Forgiveness - A Father’s Journey, From Forgiveness to Fulfillment, and The Secrets of the Bulletproof Spirit. Discover these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals, Avis coupons and Angie's List.

#220- Healing and Transformation Through Imagery with Leslie Davenport

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:35:27 -0700

Leslie Davenport, M.A., MFT is a pioneer in the role of guided imagery in psychotherapy and integrative medicine, and is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with Master's Degrees in both the arts and psychology. Leslie is also an ordained minister in an interfaith Sufi tradition. Her unique background and creative work has been influential in a health-care revolution that recognizes the role of meaning and the spiritual dimensions of life as an integral part of health and healing. In the late 1980's Leslie was a founder of the Humanities Program at Marin General Hospital, which evolved into the Institute for Health and Healing in collaboration with California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. Her years of clinical experience culminated in the publication of Healing and Transformation through Self-Guided Imagery, through Celestial Arts/Ten Speed Press/Random House. She has also served as Editorial Consultant to Aspen Publishers for their book, Holistic Health Promotion and Complementary Therapies: A Resource for Integrative Practice.

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#219 - More Archetypal Dreamwork with Rodger Kamenetz

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:48:15 -0700

Rodger Kamenetz, Ph.D. is an award-winning poet and author of nine books, including the landmark international bestseller The Jew in the Lotus and the National Jewish Book Award-winning Stalking Elijah. His latest book, The History of Last Night's Dream:Discovering The Hidden Path to The Soul, was featured on Oprah Winfrey's Soul Series. Dr. Kamenetz is the Erich and Lea Sternberg Honors Professor at Louisiana State University and is also the recipient of the LSU Distinguished Faculty Award. He has a dual appointment as a Professor in the Department of English and in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. He is the founding director of LSU's highly successful MFA program in Creative Writing, and the founding director of the Jewish Studies Program. He i He lives in New Orleans and works as a dream therapist. His website is http://kamenetz.com

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#218 - Matrix Meditations with Victor and Kooch Daniels

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:54:17 -0700

Victor Daniels, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology at Sonoma State University and co-author, along with his wife Kooch Daniels, M.A. of the 2009 book, Matrix Meditations: A 16-Week Program For Developing the Mind-Heart Connection. Victor was the first director of its India Studies program and is a past Chair of the Psychology Department. Zen Master Jakusho Kwong-Roshi, abbot of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center, has been his meditation teacher and a role model for several decades. Victor received his M.A. and Ph.D. from UCLA where he studied with both scientifically- and clinically-oriented faculty. He was heavily influenced by Harold H. Kelley and John P. Seward, with concentrations in social psychology, personality, and motivation. He also became interested in both Western and Eastern philosophies and spiritual traditions, and has taught meditation in workshops and courses for 35 years. Skilled in Gestalt Therapy, he has served as program chair for two international Gestalt conferences. With his colleague Laurence J. Horowitz, he co-authored Being and Caring: A Psychology for Living.

Kooch N. Daniels, M.A. studied with Aryuvedic master Harish Johari for 20 years. Johari was a jnana yogi and Tantric scholar who practiced forms of meditation carried out amid daily life activities. Kooch obtained her B.A. from Ohio University, and then her M.A. from Sonoma State University with concentrations in Humanistic and Jungian Psychology. She has been working as a professional intuitive throughout her life, guiding both private clients and clients in the corporate world in working with meditation, visualization, and affirmations. She is the senior co-author, with Victor Daniels, of Tarot d’Amour, and two live in Sonoma County, California.

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#217 - Happiness and Health with Dacher Keltner

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:01:21 -0700

Dacher Keltner, Ph.D. received his BA in Psychology and Sociology from UC Santa Barbara in 1984 and his PhD in Social Psychology from Stanford University in 1989. After a post-doc at UCSF with Paul Ekman, in 1992 he took his first academic job, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and then returned to Berkeley’s Psychology Department in 1996, where he is now a full professor.

Dacher’s research focuses on two time-honored questions. A first is the biological and evolutionary origins of human goodness, with a special concentration on compassion, awe, love, and beauty. A second is the study of power, status and social class, and the nature of moral intuitions. Dacher is the co-author of two best selling textbooks, one on human emotion, the other on social psychology, as well as Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life, published in January 2009 by WW Norton Publishers, which makes the case for an evolutionary approach to the emotions that promote human goodness.

Dacher has published over 100 scientific articles, he has written for the New York Times Magazine and Utne Reader, and has received numerous national prizes and grants for his research. His research has been covered in TIME, Newsweek, the New York Times, the BBC, CNN, NPR, and in many other outlets. For his teaching and mentoring was selected as the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor in 2002, and the Outstanding Teacher, Division of Social Sciences, in 2002. WIRED magazine recently rated Dacher’s podcasts from his course Emotion as one of the five best educational downloads, and the Utne Reader selected Dacher for one of its 50 2008 visionaries. Dacher also serves as the Director of the Berkeley Greater Good Science Center, where he serves as co-editor of the center’s magazine, Greater Good. Dacher lives in Berkeley with his wife, an alumna of Berkeley, and their two daughters.

Dr. Keltner will be doing several presentations on Happiness and Health in the SF Bay Area for the Institute for Brain Potential. He’ll be presenting in Palo Alto on Sept. 11, 2009, in San Rafel on Sept 19, and in San Francisco on September 26. For more information on registration and CEUs, go to the Intitute for Brain Potential website at www.IBPCEU.com. Look for me at the Sept. 19 event, I’ll probably be wearing a black shirt that says Shrink Rap Radio over the breast pocket. In addition to the seminars Dacher's doing for the Institute for Brain Potential, he's also doing a Greater Good Science Center seminar in Los Angeles on 9/10/09 with Sonja Lyubomirsky, "Why to Be Good, How to Be Happy." His Greater Good Science Center is also hosting a seminar in Berkeley on 9/25/09, "Forgiveness and Gratitude," featuring Stanford's Fred Luskin and Bob Emmons of UC Davis. Some of you might recall that I interviewed Fred Luskin about his work on forgiveness on SRR #57 back in April of 2008. You might enjoy reviewing that one in the context of Dacher Keltner’s remarks in this current interview. You can get registration information for these presentations at the Greater Good website, which you’ll find at www. http://greatergood.berkeley.edu

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#216 - The Light Inside Dark Times with Michael Meade

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:41:23 -0700

Michael Meade has studied myth, anthropology, history of religion, and cross-cultural rituals for over 35 years. His hypnotic and fiery storytelling, street savvy perceptiveness, and spellbinding interpretations of ancient myths and symbols are highly relevant to current culture. He has an unusual ability to distill and synthesize these disciplines, tapping into ancestral sources of wisdom, while connecting them to the stories of people today. He is the author of The World Behind the World, The Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of the Soul; editor, with James Hillman and Robert Bly, of Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart; and editor of Crossroads: A Quest for Contemporary Rites of Passage. Meade is Founder of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation, a network of artists, teachers and activists that fosters community healing and development efforts.

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#215 - Archetypal Work with Inner-City Youth with Kwame Scruggs

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:21:08 -0700

G. Kwame Scruggs, Ph.D. is the founder and executive director of Alchemy, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Akron, Ohio, that he established in 2003 to assist urban male youth to develop a sense of personal purpose in life, while utilizing strategies to successfully function as members of a family, school, community and the world-at-large. He came up with the idea to create Alchemy several years ago when he was working as a counselor with high school dropouts. After telling a story to the young men, he was asked to tell another story. He realized then that he had found a way for them to connect the messages and characters of the stories he told with the people and issues within their own lives. From that moment, Kwame began his own journey of self-fulfillment, learning and confirmation of his professional aspirations. Under his leadership, Alchemy was founded and today it is a nationally recognized program that combines mythological traditions, drumming, academic support, cultural enrichment and the guidance of a team of highly accomplished and caring male mentors to encourage and equip middle and high school adolescent males to develop their full potential, serve others and find their place in life. Alchemy’s name is derived from the ancient art of chemical transformation in which medieval alchemists attempted to transform a lower base metal or prima materia, into gold, called the Philosopher’s Stone. Alchemy works to transform prima materia (urban male youth) into the Philosopher’s Stone (the gold inherent within our youth). Kwame became interested in studying and using mythology to connect with youth after being initiated into the Akan System of Life Cycle Development (African-based rites of passage) and reading the works of Carl G. Jung whose work addressed the concept of the collective unconscious. Jung’s work led Kwame on a reading journey that included the works of Joseph Campbell (The Power of Myth) and Michael Meade (Men and the Water of Life). These and other readings confirmed his desire to pursue the use of myth in his work with youth. It also strengthened his educational aspirations. Kwame holds a Ph.D. and M.A. Degree in Mythological Studies with an emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. In addition he holds a M.S. Degree in Technical Education with an emphasis in guidance and counseling from the University of Akron.

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#214 - Focusing with Ann Weiser Cornell

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:45:15 -0700

Ann Weiser Cornell, Ph.D., for more than 30 years, has been refining an approach to personal change that she calls “Inner Relationship Focusing.” Ann was getting her PhD in Linguistics at the University of Chicago when she met and worked with Dr. Eugene Gendlin, the originator of Focusing, as one of his earliest students. After teaching Linguistics at Purdue University, Ann returned to Chicago to assist Gendlin with his Focusing workshops and eventually, with Gendlin’s blessing, created her own approach to Focusing. Today Ann is perhaps the best-known Focusing teacher in the world, having taught in 18 countries worldwide over the past 29 years. Eugene Gendlin says about Ann: “In person and through her students and writings she has given Focusing to far more people than any other single individual.” Inner Relationship Focusing is based on the Focusing process of Eugene Gendlin combined with Ann’s “facilitative language” and her work with her colleague Barbara McGavin on action blocks, addictions, resistance, obsessions, and inner critics. Ann’s own journey of personal growth has included recovery from severe writer’s block and an addiction to alcohol. Ann is the author of the bestselling book The Power of Focusing, as well as The Radical Acceptance of Everything.

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#213 - The Highly Sensitive Person with Ted Zeff

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:19:20 -0700

Ted Zeff, Ph.D., is the author of two books on the highly-sensitive person: The Highly Sensitive Person's Survival Guide and a workbook titled, The Highly Sensitive Person's Companion. He is currently working on a third book: The Highly Sensitive Boy-Helping Your Son Become a Strong, Confident, Emotionally-Healthy Man. He received his doctorate in psychology in 1981 from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA. He currently teaches workshops on coping techniques for highly sensitive people. He has taught stress reduction and insomnia management for over fifteen years at various hospitals and medical groups. Dr. Zeff has recently been giving many radio interviews throughout the United States and Canada at such stations as NPR affiliate KCLU in Santa Barbara, CA., cable talk CRN with Jack Roberts in Los Angeles, WTMD in Baltimore and WZLX in Boston. In addition, he has been interviewed on the popular TV show "Good Morning Bay Area."

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#212 - Archetypal Dreamwork with Marc Bregman Christa Lancaster

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:12:14 -0700

Marc Bregman and Christa Lancaster are co-directors of The Center for Archetypal Dreamwork. Marc Bregman founded Archetypal Dreamwork in 1973 and is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of North of Eden and The Center for Archetypal Dreamwork . Marc is a master Archetypal Dreamwork Therapist, in practice since 1973, a teacher and a trainer of teachers. He is the author of The Deep Well Tapes, The Secret of the Pomegranate, Sex, Trauma and Conjunctio and Hubris of the Heavens: Archetypal Dreamwork and Rudyharian Astrology and is currently working on two books - The Practitioner's Guide to Archetypal Dreamwork and Gravity: A Biography with Susan Marie Scavo. Marc has a Bachelor’s Degree in Religion from the University of Vermont and a Master’s Degree in Special Education from Johnson State College. Marc worked for the United States Postal Service and as a social work for the State of Vermont before becoming a full-time therapist. Marc was born in Philadelphia, spent three years in the Army and traveled for several years before settling in Vermont. Christa Lancaster is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of North of Eden and The Center for Archetypal Dreamwork. Christa is a master therapist, in practice since 1991, a teacher and trainer of teachers. She is the co-author with Marc Bregman of The Deep Well Tapes: Sex, Trauma and Conjunctio – it includes her spiritual memoir of her journey through this work called Vessel. Christa has led groups and events for Archetypal Dreamwork since 1992 before Co-Founding North of Eden. She completed the certificate program at The New England Art Therapy Institute and spent five years studying with Pathwork Vermont. She attended Brown University and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History from Barnard College. Her years of experience working with groups underlie the NOE Retreat process. Christa was born in Bermuda and spent her teenage years in England before moving to New York City in 1976 and settling in Vermont in 1987. Discover these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy , PetMeds , Budget.com car rentals, Brookstone , Avis coupons and Angie's List . A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#211 - Resurrection After Rape with Matt Atkinson

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:46:06 -0700

Matt Atkinson, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker and therapist who works with trauma survivors. He’s also author of the book Resurrection After Rape: A Guide to Transforming From Victim to Survivor. He has worked in crisis services as a staff director with the YWCA in prevention of domestic and sexual violence, where he developed and implemented programs with women's prisons, university sports teams, churches, and Indian tribes. In 2004, he became the first male given the National Award for Outstanding Advocacy and Community Work in Ending Sexual Violence by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. In 2005 he was awarded "Most Therapeutic" by his professional peers at St. Anthony Hospital. In 2006 he began to teach college courses on domestic violence and crisis intervention as an adjunct professor at Oklahoma State University. He also regularly presents trainings at workshops and conferences. In 2009, Matt will begin a series of all-day training workships for therapists, funded through grants and organized by the Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. The methods presented in "Resurrection After Rape" will be the default treatment approach taught to crisis workers/therapists as part of their crisis service certification process. Matt has degrees in Art/Human Physiology, Behavioral Science, and a Master's in clinical Social Work from Oklahoma University. He is married and has two sons, and is an Ojibway Oshkaabewis (pipe-keeper) and regularly participates in ceremonies. My earlier interview with Dr. Edward Tick on War and The Soul makes an excellent companion piece to this interview, if you have not already heard it. He also deals with trauma and draws upon native American traditions in his work. Discover these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals, Brookstone and Angie's List. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#210 - Harnessing Synchronicity with John Valentino

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:40:33 -0700

John C. Valentino is Chief Executive Officer of Psyleron. Psyleron was founded by scientists and associates of the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research laboratory (PEAR) at Princeton University. The PEAR lab spent more than twenty-eight years studying the interaction of the mind with sensitive random physical devices, and demonstrated that consciousness is indeed capable of influencing the physical world. According to their literature, Psyleron builds upon the PEAR work by providing products and technology that enable researchers and members of the public to experience mind-matter effects. Psyleron advocates personal exploration, and a collaborative research approach to better understand and generate applications of consciousness-correlated phenomena. Early innovations have been well-received by the public and are paving the way for a new industry and a new perspective in science. My guest, John Valentino spent a year at the PEAR lab as an intern, where he came to believe that the lab’s work was of great scientific importance and had commercial potential. In his time at the lab, he developed research hardware and software, conducted experiments, and contributed a unique analysis of data that helped address subjective aspects of the experiments. He earned his BS from the Integrated Business and Engineering (IBE) program at Lehigh University, where he served as president of the program, and focused on engineering, entrepreneurship, and product development. He co-founded Psyleron in 2005, and has served as CEO since that date. You might be interested in a pair of past shows that relate to this one. I would suggest my Dean Radin interview, as well as an earlier one with Stanley Krippner.

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#209 - I Am Because We Are: The Family in Africa with Elaine Leeder

Sat, 23 May 2009 12:41:39 -0700

Elaine Leeder, MSW, MPH, PhD is Professor of Sociology and Dean of the School of Social Sciences. She holds an M.S.W. from the Wurzweiler School of Social Work of Yeshiva University, a Masters of Public Health from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Ph.D. from Cornell University. She was a practicing psychotherapist from 1967 to 1992.From 1977 to 2001, she taught in the Sociology Department at Ithaca College and coordinated the social work minor at that institution. She currently teaches Introduction to Sociology and has taught courses on social change, family violence, and the treatment and prevention of family violence and social policy. She is the author of Inside and Out: Women, Prison, and Therapy (2007), The Family in Global Perspective, A Gendered Journey (2003), Treating Abuse in Families: A Feminist and Community Approach (1994) and The Gentle General: Rose Pesotta, Anarchist and Labor Organizer (1993), as well as articles on women's history, treatment of child abuse perpetrators, domestic violence, and spirituality. She has taught courses on the Holocaust to undergraduates at Sonoma State University and Ithaca College as well as to college professors at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Leeder has traveled around the world twice on Semester at Sea, and has visited many programs and universities throughout the globe in an effort to understand the diversity and complexity of family life. Feast your eyes on these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#208 - Pre- and Perinatal Psychology with William Emerson

Fri, 15 May 2009 10:57:13 -0700

William R. Emerson, Ph.D., is a renowned workshop leader, writer, lecturer, and pioneer in the field of pre and perinatal psychology. He is among the first in the world to develop prenatal and perinatal treatment methods for infants and children, is an expert in treatment methods for adults, and is recognized world-wide for his contributions. He is also co-president of APPPAH, the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health, and has been on the Board of Directors for twenty years. He is the author of six books, five self-published, the co-author of Remembering Our Home , and the author of 15 published chapters and journal articles in the field of pre and perinatal psychology. He is also the writer and producer of four video programs. He holds graduate degrees from Vanderbilt and San Jose State Universities, graduating with honors. He has held university appointments as Honorary Faculty, Director of Clinical Training, International Lecturer, and Assistant Professor of Psychology. As an acknowledgment of his contributions to psychology, he received an honorary fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Emerson practiced psychotherapy for 25 years, specializing in psychotherapy and regression therapy for infants, children, and adults, and lectured domestically and internationally on these topics. Dr. Emerson is retired from the practice of psychotherapy and is currently writing a book on spirit and soul wounding, finishing a book entitled: The Dark Side of Childbirth and Its Effects on our Children (Stonebrook Press, June 09), and conducting open workshops and training programs in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Europe. Discover these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone.A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#207 - Hard Core Cons with Dana Houck

Fri, 08 May 2009 11:34:15 -0700

You may recall that Dana Houck D.Min, Ed.D. was my very fascinating guest on Shrink Rap Radio #173 – Prison Dreams and Fairy Tales. He has published a new book, Life Changing Lessons from Hard Core Cons. Dr. Houck is currently a psychotherapist working in Minnesota in private practice and is working part time as a licensed School Counselor working with troubled youth in Rural Minnesota Schools. He worked as a prison Psychologist for over ten years before recently retiring. While working in the prison setting he lead numerous groups of men using myths, fairytales and dream work to assist their development and uncovering the reasons they brought themselves to prison. He also conducted individual therapy sessions using dream work with these incarcerated individuals enabling them to work through issues surrounding their crimes, lifestyles and perceptions preparing them to reenter society as caring and productive individuals. He is an author having recently published, The Hooded Lady Speaks: A Spiritual and Psychological Conversation. Here are my discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#206 - The Yoga of Self-Acceptance with Tony Wolff

Sun, 03 May 2009 09:06:51 -0700

Tony Wolff and I worked together in his consulting company for 18 years or so, when he decided to close up shop and go on a quest to build a more meaningful life. Tony has practiced yoga and Vipassana meditation for over 20 years. He began practicing Transcendental meditation in 1967 and has taught yoga for over 10 years. As founder and President of an international strategy development & consulting firm, Tony Wolff developed some of the earliest tools for understanding audience behavior. Transitioning from the world of consumer products to the emerging technologies of the early 1980’s, Tony Wolff & Co. helped clients understand the impact of rapid technological change on consumer behavior, by focusing on the inner subjective experience of audience members. Scaling back his professional life in the early 90’s Tony traveled to Russia extensively, working on citizen diplomacy issues. He has brought the works of noted Russian artists to American audiences. He founded a non-profit foundation dedicated to cross-cultural arts education and helped establish one of the first independent art schools in post-Soviet Russia. Tony has written short fiction and non-fiction essays, and has published poetry and travel writing. Tony is cofounder of Magic House Pictures whose charter is to assist independent low budget filmmakers in developing direct-to-viewer distribution channels. Magic House Pictures’ first film, “Codes of Silence” is currently in development. Tony serves as Executive Producer. Here are my discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#205 - Healing Troubled Relationships with David Burns, MD

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:00:53 -0700

David Burns, MD is an Adjunct Clinical Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine and has served as Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Medical School. He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. His best-selling book, Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, has sold over five million copies worldwide and is the book most frequently “prescribed” by American and Canadian mental health professionals for patients suffering from depression. His latest book, Feeling Good Together, was released in January of 2009 (New York: Broadway Books) and focuses on the causes of, and cures for, relationship problems. Dr. Burns has appeared on numerous radio and television shows and has won many awards for his research and teaching. He has been named "Teacher of the Year" on three occasions by the graduating residents at the Stanford Medical School. Use these discount codes !: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#204 - Nightmares As A Tool for Personal Growth with Anne Hill

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:35:28 -0700

Anne Hill, D.Min., is a writer, dream consultant and public speaker based in Northern California. She is author of What To Do When Dreams Go Bad: A Practical Guide to Nightmares. She has a private dream practice, and teaches internationally on dreams and spirituality. Her website is www.annehill.org Anne is the host of Dream Talk Radio, airing every Thursday morning from 9 - 10 on KOWS 107.3 fm, Occidental, California. The show can also be heard streaming on the web at www.kows.fm. Anne writes for the Huffington Post on dreams and culture, and also writes the award-winning “Blog o’ Gnosis.” She is co-author with Starhawk of Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions and her work has been published in many anthologies and periodicals. Discover these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#203 - The Feminine Face of God with Sherry Ruth Anderson

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:27:34 -0700

Sherry Ruth Anderson, Ph.D . is the co –author of best selling The Feminine Face of God: The Unfolding of the Sacred in Women and The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People are Changing the World . Sherry received her B.A. cum laude from Goucher College and Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Toronto. She chaired the Department of Psychological Research at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry from 1975-1982 and was Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto Medical School in Canada. During that time she was a senior scientific consultant to the Medical Research Council of Canada and two branches of the National Institutes of Mental Health in the United States. Her academic publications (under her former name, S.R. Rochester.) include two dozen professional articles, chapters in several books, and a book based on her research on schizophrenic thought disorder, Crazy Talk (Plenum, 1979). From 1977-84, Sherry studied Zen Buddhism and served as Head Dharma Teacher at the Ontario Zen Center in Canada. During this time she taught Zen in North America and Europe. Since 1990, she has been a student the Diamond Approach to Spiritual Development with A.H. Almaas and has been teaching this approach in the United States and Europe since 2000. Sherry anchored her own daily morning show for CKEY radio in Toronto, did a weekly show for CJRT in Toronto, and co-produced with Paul H. Ray the documentary series "Changing Our Minds" on consciousness for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She also produced and hosted a weekly series on The Sacred Feminine for KPFA FM in Berkeley,CA. I have these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy , PetMeds , Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone . A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#202 - Exploring The Promise of Holosync with Bill Harris

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:19:27 -0700

Bill Harris is Director of The Holosync Research Institute. He is a graduate of Portland State University and also has three years of graduate study in music, studying with world-renowned Czech composer Tomas Svoboda and Spanish composer Salvador Brotons. He is a Certified Trainer of Neuro Linguistic Programming and is trained in Ericksonian Hypnosis. He is a long time student of contemporary psychology, quantum mechanical physics, the evolution of non-linear systems (chaos theory) and the effects of a wide range of neurotechnologies on human change, evolution and healing. He is known for his ability to explain difficult subjects in a way that makes them easy to understand. Bill is frequently invited to speak at scientific and transformational forums and conferences across the U.S., and over the years has taught a wide range of workshops and seminars. In the past he has conducted his own private therapy practice utilizing cognitive psychology and Neuro Linguistic Programming. Bill is currently President and Director of Centerpointe Research Institute. Bill started Centerpointe Research Institute in 1989 with borrowed recording equipment set up on his kitchen table. As of 2007, hundreds of thousands of people in over 172 countries on six continents had used Centerpointe programs to improve their lives. In his role as Director of Centerpointe Research Institute, Bill is the creator of The Holosync Solution™ program and The Life Principles Integration Process™. The Holosync Solution program utilizes Centerpointe's proprietary Holosync sound technology, embedded beneath soothing music and environmental sounds, to induce deep meditative states, causing the brain to reorganize at higher levels of functioning. The Life Principles Integration Process is designed to help people discover how they unconsciously create their internal states and external results, and show them how to take control of these internal processes to create whatever they want in life. Bill is a member of the Advisory Board of Self Enhancement, Inc., an organization helping inner city young people. He is also a founding member of the Transformational Leadership Council started by best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul author Jack Canfield. Bill is a private pilot and CEO of Mercury Aviation, LLC. He has played saxophone, flute, clarinet, and piano professionally for over 40 years. He lives in Hillsboro, Oregon. You'll be delighted with these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#201 - Energy Psychiatry and Emotional Freedom with Judith Orloff, MD

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:00:36 -0700

Judith Orloff, MD is an assistant clinical professor of Psychiatry at UCLA and author of the 2009 book, Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life. She has spoken at medical schools, hospitals, universities, the APA, Fortune Magazine’s Most Powerful Women Summit, and alternative and traditional health forums. She graduated USC School of Medicine, completed a four year psychiatric residency program at UCLA, and currently mentors UCLA medical students and psychiatry-residents-in-training. Her bestselling books include Positive Energy, Guide to Intuitive Healing, and Second Sight. Positive Energy is a national and Los Angeles Times bestseller which has been translated into 24 languages. Here are discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#200 - Suicide Prevention Among LGBT Youth with Effie Malley (plus Big #200 Celebration)

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:26:24 -0700

Effie Malley is a senior prevention specialist at the national Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC). She is one of the authors of SPRC’s Suicide Risk and Prevention for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth, and has given numerous trainings on the topic. She works with federal grantees, advising them on youth suicide prevention and early intervention. She also works with a number of statewide suicide prevention coalitions. She is particularly interested in research to practice issues and coalition building. Prior to working at SPRC, she was director of the Suicide Prevention Partnership for five years. She also consulted several years with nonprofit organizations and foundations where she focused on health issues in the areas of mental health, brain injury, and suicide prevention. Earlier Effie spent several years working in New Hampshire state government. She is the former state director of the NH Division for Children and Youth Services with responsibility for child protective and juvenile justice services. Effie Malley will be speaking at the upcoming 42nd Annual conference of the American Association of Suicidology, April 15-18, 2009 in San Francisco. You can find complete program details on their website . You can find a whitepaper by Effie Malley and others on “Suicide Risk and Prevention for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth.” Hunt for these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#199 - The Secret History of Dreaming with Robert Moss

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:36:18 -0700

Robert Moss is the pioneer of Active Dreaming, an original synthesis of shamanism and modern dreamwork, and he will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming International Association for The Study of Dreams annual conference . Born in Australia, he survived three near-death experiences in childhood. He leads popular seminars all over the world, including a three-year training for teachers of Active Dreaming and a lively online dream school. A former lecturer in ancient history at the Australian National University, he is a best-selling novelist, journalist and independent scholar. His seven books on dreaming and imagination include Conscious Dreaming, Dreamgates, The Three "Only" Things: Tapping the Power of Dreams, Coincidence and Imagination and The Secret History of Dreaming. His website is www.mossdreams.com . The IASD annual conference will be held June 26-30, 2009 at the Wyndham Hotel near Chicago's O'Hare Airport. www.asdreams.org/2009 And you don’t have to be a member of the organization to attend. And, you don’t have to be a professional to join the organization. It’s really there for anyone and everyone who is passionate about the topic of dreaming. Plus, they have a wonderful newsletter and a variety of online dream events that members can participate in. Check out their site at www.asdreams.org . Discover these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy , PetMeds , Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone . A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#198 - Understanding Teenage Psychology with Annie Fox

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:26:44 -0800

In 1977, Annie Fox, M.Ed. and her husband David co-founded the Marin Computer Center in San Rafael, California. It was the world's first public access microcomputer facility. There she began exploring ways technology could be used to empower kids. This led her to write her best selling introductory computer book, Armchair BASIC, which launched her as a nationally respected writer/designer of children's software. In 1996, at the dawn of the Internet Age, Annie dreamed up the idea for The InSite, a highly acclaimed web resource for teens. (www.TheInSite.org) One of The InSite’s most popular features is Hey Terra, a Cyberspace relationship adviser. Annie’s award-winning book The Teen Survival Guide to Dating and Relating is based on hundreds of email questions from teens around the world and Annie’s responses to them. Annie’s second book for teens Too Stressed to Think? A teen guide to staying sane when life makes you CRAZY (co-written with Ruth Kirschner) was published recentlyl. Annie’s currently working on a new series of books for middle school students which will focus on issues of identity, popularity, personal power, and self-acceptance. Book 1 of the series will be published in Fall 2008 Through her web work, her writing, and her live presentations for students, teachers, and parents, Annie continues working toward her goal of helping teens become thoughtful, compassionate, socially responsible adults. Discover these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#197 - Scientific Parapsychology with Dean Radin

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:00:43 -0800

Dean Radin, PhD , is Senior Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and has served as president of the American Parapsychological Association four times. A little over a year ago, he gave a presentation at Google, which can be found on YouTube, and it has become the most discussed talk of the 1,031 talks given there, as of this writing. His first career as a concert violinist shifted into science after earning a masters degree in electrical engineering and a PhD in psychology from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. For a decade he worked on advanced telecommunications R&D at AT&T Bell Laboratories and GTE Laboratories; for over two decades he has been engaged in consciousness research. Before joining the research staff at IONS, he held appointments at Princeton University, University of Edinburgh, University of Nevada, and three Silicon Valley think-tanks, including SRI International, where he worked on a classified program investigating psychic phenomena for the US government. He is author or coauthor of over 200 technical and popular articles, a dozen book chapters, and several books including the bestselling The Conscious Universe (HarperOne, 1997) and Entangled Minds (Simon & Schuster, 2006). His technical articles have appeared in journals ranging from Foundations of Physics, to Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, and Journal of Consciousness Studies. He has been interviewed for television shows ranging from Oprah and Larry King Live, to the BBC’s Horizon and PBS's Closer to Truth, and he has presented over a hundred invited lectures in venues including Harvard, Stanford and Princeton Universities, Google headquarters, and DARPA. Discover these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy , PetMeds , Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone . A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#196 - Exploring Lacanian Psychoanalysis with Raul Moncayo

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:37:57 -0800

Raul Moncayo, Ph.D. is author of the recent book, Evolving Lacanian Perspectives for Clinical Psychoanalysis. He is also training director for Mission Mental Health, San Francisco under the Department of Public Health. He is a member of the Research Faculty at Alliant University (formerly The California School of Professional Psychology] and a Training Analyst at the Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis in Berkeley, California. He also has a private practice in which he provides Psychoanalytic psychotherapy, consultation, and supervision. Dr. Moncayo was born in Chile to an American mother and a Chilean Father. He was first introduced to Psychology and Psychoanalysis while attending university in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a city known for being a world center of psychoanalysis. After graduating university, he worked in Geneva for the United Nations, and then studied with the renown psychiatrist R.D. Laing in London before ultimately relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area where he begin working as a therapist doing group psychotherapy with Schizophrenic patients on an inpatient unit. Subsequently, he did graduate work at the psychoanalytically inclined Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA. He has continued to live and work in the San Francisco area, and presently works for the Mission Mental Health public health clinic in that city. Dr. Moncayo laments the current American approach to treating psychiatric illnesses, and the dismissal of the psychoanalytic psychotherapy approach by the American medical and psychotherapy communities. He notes that while psychoanalysis is still alive and well within university humanities departments where it has become an important part of literary analysis, it is in dramatic decline as a therapy modality. Psychiatrists are not taught about the great psychoanalytic psychiatrists of the past, but instead learn only medicine and biology, and are encouraged to reduce mental disorders to simple brain disorders. In the process, the human aspects of these disorders are ignored and marginalized. See these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#195 - Psychological Entrepreneurship with Colleen Long

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:18:39 -0800

Dr. Colleen Long, Psy.D. was trained as a clinical psychologist but quickly learned her path would not be a traditional one. Dr. Long started to recognize the burgeoning number of professionals in the psychology/psychiatry industry being interviewed for their expertise on major news outlets such as CNN, FOX, and ABC’s Good Morning America. She decided there needed to be a place where these media outlets could go to find psychological experts for their interviews. That led her to create FreudTV. FreudTV is not Long’s only entrepreneurial endeavor. She also started her own coaching practice (www.DrColleenLong.com) and a third party reproduction agency to match infertile couple up with egg donors- Aesthetic Genetics (www.AestheticGenetics.com). “I am constantly looking for creative ways we [psychologists] can apply our skill set to other fields." See these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#194 - Life Among The Piriha, An Amazonian Psychology with Daniel Everett

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:28:29 -0800

Dan Everett, Ph.D. is author of Don't Sleep, There are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazon Jungle, as well as Professor of Linguistics, Anthropology, and Biological Sciences and Chairman of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Illinois State University in Normal, IL. He received his Sc.D. from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil, in 1983. He has taught at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Manchester, England. He is also a frequent Visiting Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. He has conducted research in the Amazon jungle of Brazil for more than thirty years and has authored nearly 100 scientific articles and six books. His most recent book is Don't Sleep, There are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazon Jungle from Pantheon Books in the US and Profile Books in the UK. It will appear later in 2009 in Korea, Germany, and France, among other countries. His research on the Piraha Indians of Brazil and his conclusions on the evolution and nature of human language have sparked tremendous controversy internationally. He has been featured in the New Yorker magazine, New Scientist magazine (three times), Scientific American, Science News, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, The Independent, El Mundo (Spain), and other newspapers in countries from Holland, India, Japan, and elsewhere, including extensive coverage in most major Brazilian newspapers and news magazines. PBS Nova and the BBC are planning a documentary on his research. He speaks Portuguese, Piraha, Spanish, and English. Here are discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#193 - Holistic Psychotherapy with Sarah Chana Radcliffe

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:11:33 -0800

Sarah Chana Radcliffe, M.Ed., C.Psych.Assoc. is a registered Psychological Associate in Ontario, Canada. Over the past 30 years, she has counseled thousands of parents, couples and individuals in her full-time private practice in Toronto, Canada. She practices Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples, Process Experiential Psychotherapy, Energy Psychology, EMDR and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for parents. She is the author of Raise Your Kids without Raising Your Voice. She conducts parenting classes, keynote lectures and workshops locally and internationally. Her articles and comments appear in numerous print and on-line journals including The New York Times, The Toronto Sun, and The National Post, She can be found on YouTube answering parenting queries and on iTunes with her own bi-weekly parenting podcast. Sarah Chana has been a guest on radio and television shows in the United States and Canada. Her web site http://www.parenting-advice.net offers education and practical advice to the international community on all aspects of parenting. She was also interviewed on Shrink Rap Radio #148 as well as on my Wise Counsel Podcast. Discover these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#192b - Looking Forward and Giving Back with Isabelle St. Jean

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:24:43 -0800

Isabelle St-Jean is a Certified NLP Practitioner, Professional Life Transitions coach and Certified Retirement Coach with a background including decades of personal development and a degree in social work and psychology. Pursuing her interest in human development and the midlife journey at this pivotal point of our evolution on Earth, Isabelle has authored the new book Living Forward, Giving Back: A Practical Guide to Fulfillment in Midlife and Beyond. Following graduate studies in authentic leadership at Naropa University in Boulder, Isabelle initiated and co-authored the award-winning anthology Einstein’s Business: Engaging Soul, Imagination and Excellence in the Workplace. She is also a contributing editor to the forthcoming anthology Audacious Aging: Eldership as a Revolutionary Endeavor which further supports boomers and elders to live “full on” as they lead and/or participate in the necessary, ongoing transformation of our world. Through her company Inspired Momentum Development Isabelle offers keynote presentations, seminars, workshops and one on one coaching services that help people to negotiate life transitions, align with their purpose to embrace their authentic vocation and passions and make a difference in the lives of others. You may visit her website at www.inspiredmomentum.com Here are some discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#191 - Stopping Self-Sabotage with Pat Pearson

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:05:28 -0800

Pat Pearson, M.S.S.W., is an internationally known psychotherapist, motivational speaker, and business builder for over thirty years with companies such as Mary Kay Cosmetics, IBM, Century 21 and many more. The author of four books, Pearson has thousands of subscribers to her Audio-of-the-Month Club. She has traveled throughout the world sharing her practical methods for helping people mobilize their resources to achieve greater success in their businesses and personal lives. Her new book, STOP SELF-SABOTAGE! Get Out of Your Own Way to Earn More Money Improve Your Relationships and Find the Success You Deserve (December 2008; McGraw-Hill; $16.95), was just released. For more information about Pat Pearson, please visit her website. Discover these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#190 – IconiCards- The UnTarot with Sharon Livingston

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:14:06 -0800

Sharon Livingston, Ph.D. is a psychologist and is President of The Livingston Group, a market research consulting firm in Windham, New Hampshire. She is one of my long-time market research colleagues and friends and I previously interviewed her back on Shrink Rap Radio #11. She is well-known for the creativity that she brings to her consulting practice. She recently stepped down from the presidency of the Qualitative Research Consultants Association, of which she was one of the founding members. Of particular interest here is the fact that she has just developed a new sort of Tarot deck, called IconiCards which can be used not only for market research, but also for psychotherapy, counseling, personal coaching, self-exploration, and party fun. Look at these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#189 - Lucid Dreaming with Robert Waggoner

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:12:19 -0800

Robert Waggoner is the author of the 2008 book Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self and the co-editor of the quarterly publication, The Lucid Dream Exchange. Lucid dreaming refers to the ability to become consciously aware in the dream state while dreaming. Those who have experienced this unique state are likely to agree with the first scientist to prove lucid dreaming, Dr. Keith Hearne ,“Philosophically, scientifically, it [is] simply mind blowing.” Over the past 30 years, Robert has logged more than 1,000 lucid dreams, and deeply explored the dream state’s potential for information, healing and creativity while consciously aware. In the book, Robert explains how to become consciously aware in dreams, maintain your awareness, and actively engage the dream environment, plus the apparent awareness behind the dream. A summa cum laude graduate of Drake University with a degree in psychology, Robert also is President-Elect of the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD). See these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#188 - Technology and The Evolving Brain with Gary Small, M.D.

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:29:10 -0800

Gary Small, M.D. is co-author (along with his wife, Gigi Vorgan) of the 2008 book, iBrain: Surviving The Technological Alteration of The Modern Mind. In addition, Dr. Small is a professor of psychiatry at the UCLA Semel Institute and directs the Memory and Aging Research Center and the UCLA Center on Aging. He is one of the world's leading experts on brain science and has published numerous books and articles. Scientific American magazine named him one of the world's top innovators in science and technology, and he frequently appears on The Today Show, Good Morning America, 20/20 and CNN. Dr. Small has invented the first brain scan that allows doctors to see the physical evidence of brain aging and Alzheimer's disease in living people. Among his numerous breakthrough research studies, he now leads a team of neuroscientists who are demonstrating that exposure to computer technology causes rapid and profound changes in brain neural circuitry. Use these discount codes!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#187- Happy At Last with Dr. Richard O'Connor

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:19:41 -0800

Richard O’Connor, MSW, Ph.D. is the author of Happy At Last: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Finding Joy. His earlier books are Undoing Depression and Undoing Perpetual Stress. For fourteen years he was executive director of the Northwest Center for Family Service and Mental Health, a private, nonprofit mental health clinic serving Litchfield County, Connecticut, overseeing the work of twenty mental health professionals in treating almost a thousand patients per year. He is currently a practicing psychotherapist with offices in Connecticut and New York. Here are discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#186- What Happy Women Know with Cathy Greenberg, Ph.D.

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:31:29 -0800

With two decades of real world expertise, Dr. Cathy Greenberg focuses on the successful integration of business strategies and human performance. Cathy maximizes the outcomes of business change through executive coaching, using leadership and organizational assessments while developing internal coaching networks for enterprise wide success. Working with executives and CEO’s in the global Fortune 500 she has spanned all industries including financial services and insurance. Cathy Greenberg, Ph.D., a keynote and facilitator at the World Economic Forum, has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, London Times, The Financial Times, Australia’s The Boss, Stanford Executive videos, and a host of international media, radio and talk shows including CNN, Martha Stewart Living SIRIUS Radio and is a featured guest on American Airlines In Flight Entertainment. Cathy, an International Member of Who’s Who was named one of the Top 50 Female Entrepreneurs of 2004. Her most recent book “What Happy Women Know” Rodale Press, 2007 is featured in Oprah Magazine. Cathy, an executive in her own right, was a founding Partner in charge of CSC’s Global Organization Change Practice and the cofounder of the Executive Leadership Theme Team at the Accenture Institute for Strategic Change. She and a team of world wide experts, including the father of leadership, Warren Bennis, completed the most comprehensive work to date on developing the Executive of the Future and is featured in the Drucker Foundation series Leading Beyond Walls, Coaching for Leadership, and The Future of Leadership with Warren Bennis. Her recent book with best selling co-author Marshall Goldsmith, Global Leadership: Next Generation, ranked as the number one leadership book on Amazon.com and HBR. Her book with best selling co-author Dan Baker, “What Happy Company’s Know: How The New Science of Happiness Can Change Your Company for the Better, Prentice Hall Business Books, 2006 is in its second printing. Discover these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#185 - At The SF Happiness and Its Causes Conference

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:47:16 -0800

We deviate from our regular format of interviewing a single person. Last week I attended a four-day conference in San Francisco on Happiness and It’s Causes. The conference was sponsored by a Tibetan Buddhist organization to raise money for an initiative known as the Liberation Prison Project, which supports the spiritual practice of thousands of prisoners in the USA and Australia. What you will hear here are a selection of short interview clips from attendees and organizers, along with my commentary. While the conference was sponsored by a Buddhist organization, the roster of speakers an amazing mix of researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines and perspectives. You will have already heard my interview with Dr. Philippe Goldin of Stanford University on Shrink Rap Radio #182, who is using fMRI technology to study both mindfulness and CBT. In part, I wanted to attend the conference to scout out other good guests to bring you, my wonderful audience. And, I’m happy to report, there are a number of excellent folks who I hope to have on the show in the coming months. Behold these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#184 – Working with Families and The Courts with Dana Schneider

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:40:23 -0800

Dana Schneider, MA, MFT is a lecturer at Sonoma State University and a licensed marriage and family therapist. In addition to 29 years of clinical experience working with children, adolescents and their families, she has extensive training and experience in the field of divorcing families. She has served as a special master for the Sonoma County Courts. As a member of the Collaborative Council of the Redwood Empire, an organization committed to a non-adversarial resolution of divorce related issues, she is committed to helping families through this often-contentious process. Along with a group of experienced co-parent counselors in Sonoma County, Dana has implemented a new approach to working with high conflict families called the Co-Parent Project. She is a co-author of a published article in the Journal of Divorce and Remarriage entitled “Children’s Ability to Cope Post Divorce: The Effects of Kids’ Turn Intervention Program on 7–9 Year Olds.” Super discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#183 – Mindfulness, Harm Reduction and Relapse Prevention with Alan Marlatt

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:51:11 -0800

G. Alan Marlatt, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington and Director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at that institution. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Indiana University in 1968. After serving on the faculties of the University of British Columbia and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he joined the University of Washington faculty in the fall of 1972. He has conducted pioneering research in three areas: harm reduction, brief interventions, and relapse prevention. In 1996, Dr. Marlatt was appointed as a member of the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH). He served as the President of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors; President of the Section for the Development of Clinical Psychology as an Experimental-Behavioral Science of the Society of Clinical Psychology; and President of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy. Dr. Marlatt's books include Alcoholism: New Directions in Behavioral Research and Treatment (1978), Relapse Prevention: Maintenance strategies in the treatment of addictive behaviors (1985, 2005), Assessment of Addictive Behaviors (1985; 2005), Addictive Behaviors Across the Lifespan (1993), Harm Reduction: Pragmatic Strategies for Managing High-Risk Behaviors (1998), Changing Addictive Behavior (1999), and Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) Manual (1999), The Tao of Sobriety: Helping You to Recover from Alcohol and Drug Addiction (2002), and Therapist's Guide to Evidence-Based Relapse Prevention (2007). In addition, he has published over 200 book chapters and journal articles and served on the editorial boards of numerous professional journals, including the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Addictive Behaviors, and Journal of Studies on Alcohol. In 1990, Dr. Marlatt was awarded The Jellinek Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to knowledge in the field of alcohol studies from the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism. In 2001, he was given the Innovators in Combating Substance Abuse Award by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and in 2004 he received the Distinguished Researcher Award from the Research Society on Alcoholism. He received the Distinguished Psychologist award for Professional Contribution to Knowledge from the Washington State Psychological Association in 1990 and the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology in 2000. Find amazing discount codes : GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#182 - Effects of Meditation and CBT on The Brain with Philippe Goldin

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:02:55 -0800

Philippe Goldin, Ph.D. is a research scientist and heads the Clinically Applied Affective Neuroscience group in the Department of Psychology at Stanford University. He spent 6 years in India and Nepal studying various languages, Buddhist philosophy and debate at Namgyal Monastery and the Dialectic Monastic Institute, and serving as an interpreter for various Tibetan Buddhist lamas. He then returned to the U.S. to complete a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Rutgers University. His NIH-funded clinical research focuses on (a) functional neuroimaging investigations of cognitive-affective mechanisms in adults with anxiety disorders, (b) comparing the effects of mindfulness meditation and cognitive-behavioral therapy on brain-behavior correlates of emotional reactivity and regulation, and (c) training children in family and elementary school settings in mindfulness skills to reduce anxiety and enhance compassion, self-esteem and quality of family interactions. Dr. Goldin will be one of the featured speakers at the upcoming conference on Happiness and Its Causes in San Francisco, Nov. 24 through 25, 2008. Here are some discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#181 - The Art of Engagement in Organizations

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:08:55 -0800

Jim Haudan is CEO of Root Learning and author of the 2008 book, The Art of Engagement: Bridging The Gap Between People and Possibilities. For the past 20 years, he has not only built a thriving business, but has helped numerous individuals unleash their hidden potential. With origins as a coach and school administrator, it’s easy to see what led him to co-found a company dedicated to business learning. His innovative, creative methods draw people into a business by tapping into basic human curiosity and intelligence. By fully engaging people in their work, they become ready, willing and able to deliver on company strategies, producing real results. Root Learning has made the list of the Best Small and Medium Companies to work for in America for four straight years – obviously, Mr. Haudan is on to something. Jim is also a frequent speaker on a variety of topics and has contributed to several business publications. When not traveling the globe to visit clients, he enjoys relaxing with his family at their lake cottage, playing golf, and going to Jimmy Buffett concerts. Discover these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy, PetMeds, Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#180 - Consciousness and Technology

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:07:25 -0700

Nova Spivack is one of the leading voices of the emerging Semantic Web, what is sometimes referred to as Web 3.0. Nova founded Radar Networks to develop the next-evolution of social software, Twine, based on the Semantic Web. Twine is a unique, Semantic Web application that that helps users organize, share and discover information around their interests, with networks of like-minded people. In 1994, Nova co-founded EarthWeb (IPO 1998). Nova has worked at Individual, Xerox/Kurzweil, Thinking Machines, and also with SRI International on the DARPA CALO program and nVention. Nova founded Lucid Ventures and co-founded the San Francisco Web Innovators Network As a grandson of management guru Peter F. Drucker, Nova shares his grandfather’s interests in the evolution of knowledge work. He has a BA in Philosophy from Oberlin College and did graduate study at the International Space University. In 1999 Nova flew to the edge of space in Russia with Space Adventures. Nova blogs at Minding the Planet. Nova gives the following on his background in Buddhism: “I met my first lama as a child -- Lama Gompa, the first Nyingma lama to teach in the US. I began reading and studying sutra in my early teens. In college I focused on cognitive science and AI, and that led me to intensive study of the Buddhist theory of mind. I then met Namkhai Norbu. After college in 1992 I went to Japan, Thailand, and India for a year. I lived and practiced in Dharmasala, Bodhgaya, Varanasi, Kathmandu and other places in monasteries and retreat centers. I studied with many great lamas in all four schools, plus Bonpo as well. In the late 1990's participated in five years of intensive one-month summer retreats with Penor Rinpoche focused on Dzogchen. I also did numerous summer retreats with Lopon Tenzin Namdak of the Bonpo tradition. After that I met another (secret) lama from Tibet who is now my main lama. He is the greatest Dzogchen master I have met, but for varous reasons I do not discuss him. I have been working since the late 1990's on a number of relief efforts in Bhutan, Nepal, India and Tibet. I have helped to build monasteries, retreat centers, nunneries, old-age homes, health clinics, libraries, and more. I continue to do serious retreats every year.” Check out these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy , PetMeds , Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone . A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#179 - A Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:29:36 -0700

Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT , founder/developer of A Psychobiological Approach To Couples Therapy™ integrates neuroscience, infant attachment, arousal regulation, and therapeutic enactment applied to adult primary attachment relationships. He maintains a practice in Calabasas, California, and runs a bi-weekly clinical study group for medical and mental health professionals (www.ahealthymind.org/csg) and training programs in Seattle and San Francisco. Dr. Tatkin received his early training in developmental object relations (Masterson Institute), Gestalt, psychodrama, and family systems theory. His private practice specialized for some time in the treatment of adolescents and adults with personality disorders. Over the last decade, his interests branched out toward psycho-neurobiological theories of human relationship, integrating principles of early mother-infant attachment with adult romantic relationships. He speaks to professional audiences on subjects of couples therapy and preventative psychotherapy through early intervention with infants, children and their parents. He has published several articles on the psychobiology of couples' therapy and is currently training therapists on his unique approach to couples work using attachment theory, neuroscience, and principles of arousal and affect regulation. Dr. Tatkin was a primary inpatient group therapist at the John Bradshaw Center where, among other things, he taught Mindfulness to patients and staff. He was trained in Vipassana meditation by Shinzen Young, Ph.D., and was an experienced facilitator in Vipassana. He was also trained by David Reynolds, Ph.D., in two Japanese forms of psychotherapy, Morita and Naikan. Dr. Tatkin was clinical director of Charter Hospital's intensive outpatient drug and alcohol program, and is a former president of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Ventura County chapter. In addition to his private practice, he teaches and supervises first through third-year family medicine residents at Kaiser Permanente, Woodland Hills, through which he is an assistant clinical professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine. He is also adjunct faculty for Antioch University, Santa Barbara Graduate Institute, and California Lutheran University. Dr. Tatkin is a veteran member of Allan N. Schore's study group. He has trained in the Adult Attachment Interview through Mary Main and Erik Hesse's program out of University of California, Berkeley. He is a contributing editor on a book with Allan Schore entitled, Reader's Guide to Intersubjective Neurobiology, for W.W. Norton & Company due out in Summer 2008 and is currently co-writing Love and War in Intimate Relationships with Marion Solomon for W.W. Norton due out in Summer 2009. I have these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy , PetMeds , Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone . A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#178 - Intuition and The Voyager Tarot

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:54:29 -0700

James Wanless, Ph.D. , is a former political science professor and creator of the best-selling Voyager Tarot and author of Intuition@Work. A popular keynote motivational speaker and seminar leader, Wanless travels the world teaching the 21st century skills of creativity, personal sustainability, intuition and leadership. You can view his work on websites www.voyagertarot.com and www.greenwisdomcards.com . Be sure to check out these discount codes for you!: GoDaddy , PetMeds , Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone . A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#177 – A Live Presentation on Technology and The Millennials

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:26:27 -0700

This is presentation I gave at Sonoma State University. As in several previous semesters, Dr. Shepherd Bliss invited me to be a guest speaker in his psychology class, The Person in Society. I tried to make the session interactive, though I ended up talking more than I intended. You will hear comments and reactions from a number of students in the class as well as some very spirited rejoinders from Shepherd. My comments on technology will be familiar from conversations you’ve heard here between me and my friend Jerry Trumbule. In particular, I refer to the Atlantic Magazine article " Is Google Making Us Stupid? ", to the Business Week article " Marketing to Millennials ," to the Esquire article "The Unspeakable Odyssey of The Motionless Boy ," and a Santa Rosa Press Democrat article " Baby Online ."

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#176 - The Dave and Jerry Show #13

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:03:25 -0700

Jerry Tumbule, M.S, ABD and I have another one of our wide ranging conversations. As usual, it is both personal and psychological. Among the topics we discuss are the impact of cell phones upon sleep and health , self-awareness in elephants and other large-brained creatures, speech recognition areas in the monkey brain, the universal human propensity for storytelling . Mevio discount codes for you!: GoDaddy , PetMeds , Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone . A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#175 - Toltec Wisdom Teachings

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:36:40 -0700

Allan Hardman describes himself as a relationship coach, author, teacher, and Toltec Master, trained by Miguel Ruiz in the tradition of The Four Agreements . He teaches in Sonoma County, CA, and guides “Journeys of the Spirit” to sacred sites and tropical beaches in Mexico and beyond. He is the author of The Everything Toltec Wisdom Book, and contributor to two books with Deepak Chopra, Dr. Andrew Weil, Caroline Myss, and others. During the winter Allan lives in the tropical beach village of Chacala, Nayarít, Mexico, and invites you to join him there for a wellness vacation, a personal intensive, relationship counseling, or his annual Valentine's Week Workshop on Love, Romance, and Relationship (February 9 ~ 13, 2009). Allan is known as the "High-Tech Toltec" for his dynamic online teaching and spiritual networking community called "TACO.” Accessible through www.joydancer.com. For information about Allan’s work with The New Relationship, spiritual coaching, journeys, teleclasses, and to subscribe to his free e-newsletter, “The Weekly Word and News,” visit: www.joydancer.com. Or call (707) 528-1271. E-mail: allan@joydancer.com Check out these Mevio discounts: GoDaddy , PetMeds , Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone . A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#174 - Murder Most Psychological

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:01:21 -0700

Roberta Isleib, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist with a mystery series starring a Connecticut psychologist and advice columnist. Her mystery series debuted in 2007 with Deadly Advice . Book three, Asking For Murder , has just been released. She says the work of the detective in a mystery has quite a bit in common with long-term psychotherapy: Start with a problem, follow the threads looking for clues, and gradually fill in the big picture. So this career move turned out to be a natural progression! Roberta is also the president of National Sisters in Crime, founded by Sara Paretsky in 1986 to combat discrimination against women mystery writers. Her books and stories have been short-listed for Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. Click here for Mevio discounts from GoDaddy , PetMeds , Budget.com car rentals and Brookstone . A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#173 – Prison Dreams and Fairy Tales

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:04:01 -0700

Dana Houck D.Min, Ed.D. is currently a psychotherapist working in Minnesota in private practice and is working part time as a licensed School Counselor working with troubled youth in Rural Minnesota Schools. He worked as a prison Psychologist for over ten years before recently retiring. While working in the prison setting he lead numerous groups of men using myths, fairytales and dream work to assist their development and uncovering the reasons they brought themselves to prison. He also conducted individual therapy sessions using dream work with these incarcerated individuals enabling them to work through issues surrounding their crimes, lifestyles and perceptions preparing them to reenter society as caring and productive individuals. He is an author having recently published, The Hooded Lady Speaks: A Spiritual and Psychological Conversation and is currently working on his next book, Lesson of Life from Hard Core Cons in which he revisits the stories of Inmates as they began their process of change. Click here for Mevio discounts from GoDaddy and Brookstone .

#172 - The David and Jerry Show #12: Tweets for Twits?

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:42:23 -0700

What you have here is another session between Jerry Trumbule and me. For the moment, I’ve decided to back off from calling these episodes Shrink Rap Radio LIVE, since we are no longer doing the in the call-in format. So, rejecting the few renaming suggestions I’ve received, I think I like The Dave and Jerry show. In this episode, we discuss two articles that appeared in the New York Times . The first is from September 7, 2008 and is titled,” Brave New World of Digital Intimacy” and touches upon themes near and dear to the two of us. This leads us to discuss such topics as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. The second article/topic is from the Septemember 5 New York Times and is titled: “For The Brain, Remembering Is Like Reliving.” It described groundbreaking brain research on memory and touches upon issues I knew would be relevant to Jerry’s research in the past. Jerry makes mention of his novel-in-progress, LandLordLand, which you can take a look at here . A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#171 - View From University Counseling Center

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:57:22 -0700

Tom Murray, PhD. , is the Director of Counseling and Disability Services at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Dr. Murray’s is a licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed professional counselor, and board certified in clinical hypnotherapy. He received his graduate training from the University of Florida’s Department of Counselor Education in 2001 and 2005. Dr. Murray has worked within higher education since 1999 at several institutions, including the University of Florida and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dr. Murray is on the editorial board of the Journal of Mental Health Counseling and serves as Secretary of the North Carolina Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. As a self-proclaimed professional gadfly, Dr. Murray writes and speaks about issues that negatively impact the curative factors of quality mental health care. Specifically, Dr. Murray has published several peer reviewed articles concerning the role and ethical implications of psychopharmacology on the profession. Dr. Murray’s current interests also include the adoption of client-directed, outcome informed mental health delivery within college and university counseling centers, as well as the negative impact that the belief in the disease model has on the psychology of clients. Another psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#170 - From Dreambody to Worldwork

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:10:42 -0700

Drs. Arnold and Amy Mindell come out of the Jungian tradition and have been doing pioneering work around the world. Dr. Amy Mindell is in private therapeutic practice in Portland, Oregon and teaches in many countries in the world. She helped developed process oriented psychology in the areas of coma, creativity, and dance. She holds a M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology and is a diplomate of the Process Oriented Psychology Center of Zurich. She wrote Metaskills: The Spiritual Art of Therapy, Riding the Horse Backwards with Arny, Coma, a Healing Journey, and An Alternative to Therapy as well as many papers in professional journals. Her work with art, music and puppets appears in her newest book “The Dreaming Source of Creativity”. Her studies of the feeling skills in therapy, or "metaskills", are at the core of much of her work. Dr. Arny Mindell is also in private practice in Portland, Oregon, and teaches with Amy in many places. He is known for his development of the "dreambody" and "process work" (process oriented psychology). He is the author of 19 books in 21 languages, including Dreambody, The Shaman's Body, Quantum Mind, and Quantum Mind and Healing. Arny has an M.S. from M.I.T., was a Jungian training analyst, and has a Ph.D. in psychology. He is also known in the area of conflict management for his Sitting in the Fire and for his integration of psychology and physics, work on dreams, bodywork, relationships, and for interventions in near death situations. Amy and Arny are often keynote speakers at international conferences on therapy, psychology, physics, and conflict work and have been on local and national radio and TV in many other countries. They work together as a team, teaching, doing town meetings, and working on conflict resolution and organizational development projects for small and large businesses, cities, and Aboriginal communities. They have been resident teachers at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, Ca. Members of scientific and Aboriginal communities have applauded Arny and Amy's trans-disciplinary work. They are avid researchers, and love skiing, running and hiking. They reside part of the year in Portland Oregon, where they give classes at the Processwork Institute with many other colleagues. They live part of the year on the Oregon coast where they do residential seminars and watch whales. Another psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#169 - Way of The Scottish Ninja

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:43:50 -0700

Jock Brocas is author of the book Powers of The Sixth Sense: How To Remain Safe in A Hostile World . In addition to being an author, Jock is also an expert in security and martial arts, as well as a professional psychic medium. He works worldwide with his wife, demonstrating the continuance of life after death and teaching that your intuitive connection can save your life in a hostile world. According to his bio, he uniquely blends the gifts of mediumship and psychic ability to provide a new weapon in the fight against terrorism, violence and abuse. He is known to be witty, fearless, controversial and accurate in his readings. He regularly appears on radio and writes for international magazines and, along with his wife, has investigated and worked on cases of a more sinister nature including murder, missing persons, hauntings and possessions. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#168 - An International Conference on Shamanism

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:20:38 -0700

Juliette Hanauer, Dr. Jurgen Kremer , and Gail Hayssen are organizers and presenters at the upcoming 25th Annual International Conference on the Study of Shamanism and Alternative Modes of Healing which will take place August 30 through Sept 1, 2008 at the Santa Sabina Retreat Center in San Rafael, CA. The first interview is with Juliette Hanauer, who has worked as a healer with individual clients for 20 years. Now she pursues using the media for healing large groups of people at once. To this purpose she makes documentary films for television about healing. She has just completed a 13 part series "SHAMANS, PHYSICIANS,& HEALERS". Juliette traveled around the world filming indigenous healers, and had thir results documented by a western physician. Now she uses this footage to make presentations to physicians about alternative healing. My next interview is with Jurgen Kremer, Ph.D. who describes himself in the following terms: “In recent years I have been involved in interdisciplinary work with indigenous peoples as part of my practice of socially engaged spirituality. My theoretical work is an attempt to transgress the established boundaries of nature, culture, and gender, and to walk in the spaces between and across disciplinary territories exploring the transformative dimensions of current and traditional thought and practice. I received my education at the University of Hamburg in Germany and am an Executive Editor of ReVision -- Journal of Consciousness and Transformation. My past positions include, Dean of Faculty and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Saybrook Institute in San Francisco; Academic Dean, of the Integral Studies Program and of the East-West Psychology Program and I was co-director of the PhD program for Traditional Knowledge at the California Institute of Integral Studies. I have (co)written several books and contributed extensively to journals, handbooks, readers, and more popular venues. "Towards a Person-Centered Resolution of Intercultural Conflicts" (1980) is the title of one of my books. After receiving my doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and working for some years in private practice, I relocated to San Francisco to teach at Saybrook Institute Graduate School. I have edited special ReVision issues on: Peace and Identity; Paradigmatic Challenges; Culture and Ways of Knowing; Indigenous Science; and Transformative Learning. Recently I have written about ethnoautobiography, dissociation, healing and cosmology, Ken Wilber, trance, the history of sense alienation in euro-centered cultures, my travels in Sápmi (Lappland), the bear in circumpolar stories, the obligations of a white man, ancestral conversations, and violence against indigenous peoples.” My final guest is Gail Hayssen who says about herself: Gail Hayssen is an intuitive, paranormal researcher, Reiki Master and mother. Gail is the author of the autobiography "Small Medium at Large -- Adventures of a Psychic Traveler", which documents extraordinary remote viewing, medical diagnosis, and other experiences. Gail has participated in many published paranormal research experiments with Dr. Dean Radin, Russell Targ and others, at Interval Research and at The Institute of Noetic Sciences. They include Effects of Intentionally Enhanced Chocolate on Mood, Double-Blind Test of the Effects of Distant Intention on Water Crystal Formation and most recently, Compassionate Intention As a Therapeutic Intervention by Partners of Cancer Patients: Effects of Distant Intention on the Patients' Autonomic Nervous System. Gail has participated in the Ruth-Inge Heinze International Shamanic Conference since 2005. She has a unique connection with shamans of Mongolia, shamans and friends among the Huichol Indians in the remote mountains of Mexico, and the Haida Indians of Alaska. Gail has hosted the shamans in the US as well as being a welcome guest in their homes. Gail is married with three children and lives in Sebastopol, California. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#167- Shrink Rap Radio LIVE#11 - Chumps for Chimps!

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:50:28 -0700

Jerry Trumbule, M.A., ABD and I engage in a discussion about the ethics of animal research, with a focus on his experiences working with chimpanzees. Jerry was inspired to go down memory lane by a recent episode on the Australian Broadcasting Company's All In The Mind. titled, " Apes, legal personhood and the plight of Nim Chimpsky ." In that episode, reference is also made to the new book by Elizabeth Hess, Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#166 – A Jungian View of The Feminine in Film

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:23:24 -0700

John Beebe, M.D. , is co-author, along with Virginia Apperson of the new book, The Presence of The Feminine in Film. You may recall that Dr. Beebe, was my guest on show #140 which dealt with Jungian Typology. Dr. Beebe is a Jungian analyst in practice in San Francisco. He received degrees from Harvard College and the University of Chicago medical school. He is a past President of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, where he is currently on the teaching faculty, as well as Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California Medical School, San Francisco. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association . An avid film buff, Beebe frequently draws upon American movies to illustrate how the various types of consciousness and unconsciousness interact to produce images of Self and shadow in the stories of our lives that Jung called individuation. Dr. Beebe is particularly well known for his elaboration in C.G. Jung’s theory of psychological types. A popular lecturer in the Jungian world, Dr. Beebe has spoken on topics related to the theory and practical applications of analytical psychology to professional and lay audiences throughout the United States as well as in Canada, China, Denmark, England, France, Italy, Germany, Israel, Mexico, and Switzerland. Dr. Beebe is the Founding Editor of The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal, a quarterly of reviews with an international readership, and he was the first American co-editor of the London-based Journal of Analytical Psychology. Dr. Beebe has contributed many book chapters and published in a wide range of journals. For eample, with Donald Sandner, he is the author of “Psychopathology and Analysis,” an article on Jungian complex theory used in many training programs, and with Thomas Kirsch and Joe Cambray the author of “What Freudians Can Learn from Jung.” Dr. Beebe is the author of the book Integrity in Depth, a study of the archetype of integrity. Dr. Beebe’s reviews and articles about movies have reached a wide audience. Following up on Jung's theory of psychological types, Beebe developed an archetypal model of a dialogical self wherein conscious functions contend with functions in the shadow. A person's superior (preferred] function is the hero (or heroine), most closely allied with a semi-conscious function called the anima (or animus). An auxiliary function (the good parent) may be counteracted by a shadowy Witch/Senex function, and a child-like tertiary function by a more juvenile Trickster. The Anima may find itself forced to compete with a demonic personality function which threatens to destroy it. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#165 - Irritable Male Syndrome

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:59:15 -0700

Jed Diamond, Ph.D. has been a licensed psychotherapist for over 43 years and is the author of seven books including the international best-selling Male Menopause and Surviving Male Menopause that has thus far been translated into 32 foreign languages and the recently released The Irritable Male Syndrome: Understanding and Managing the 4 Key Causes of Depression and Aggression , which is also developing a world-wide readership. Jed is Director of the MenAlive, a health program that helps men live long and well. Though focused on men’s health, MenAlive is also for women who care about the health of the men in their lives. Since its inception in 1992, Jed has been on the Board of Advisors of the Men’s Health Network. He is also a member of the International Society for the Study of the Aging Male and serves as a member of the International Scientific Board of the World Congress on Men’s Health. He has also written numerous booklets, e-booklets, audio, and video programs. He has taught classes at U.C. Berkeley, U.C.L.A., J.F.K. University, Esalen Institute, The Omega Institute, and other centers of education throughout the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. His PhD dissertation, Gender and Depression, broke new ground in creating a better evaluation system for diagnosing and treating depression in men and women. He lives with his wife, Carlin, on Shimmins Ridge, above Bloody Run Creek, in Northern California. They are proud parents of five grown children and eleven grandchildren. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#164 - A Holistic Approach to Treating PTSD in Israel

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:44:40 -0700

Rabbi Immanuel Yosef Legomsky MA , has been researching and practically integrating mind/body therapies in Israel since relocating from the USA in 1987. In 2002, he started www.IsraelTraumaCare.org to give free psychotrauma care to terror victims, and train facilitators to serve the public. He focused on EFT (Emotional Freedom Therapy) as the tool of choice and has trained nearly 600 facilitators. Now, Rabbi Legomsky is networking with physical medicine specialists to offer a comprehensive 6-month residential program for adult women to cure emotional disorders. This program will provide total care, and feature daily sessions of NeuroCARE EEG Neurofeedback,EFT and NLP (Rabbi Legomsky and wife are Trainers), together with complete mind-body exercise, Bio-Identical Natural Hormone Treatment, a personalized Vitamin/Mineral/Nutrition regime, occupational therapy, and spiritual healing. The goal is to refine and provide a model that can be replicated to heal emotional disorders worldwide. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#163 - Exercise and The Brain

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:18:27 -0700

John J.Ratey, M.D. is author of the new book, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and The Brain . Dr. Ratey is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and has a private practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more than a decade he taught residents and Harvard medical students as the Assistant Director of Resident training at Massachusetts Mental Health Center. He continues to teach psychiatrists as a regular instructor in Harvard’s Continuing Medical Education program. As a clinical researcher he has published more than 60 papers in peer-review journals in the fields of psychiatry and psychopharmacology. In 1986 he founded the Boston Center for the Study of Autism, and in 1988 he founded a new study group of the American Psychiatric Association focused on the study of aggression, which grew out of his research and development of novel drug treatments for aggressive behavior. During this time Dr. Ratey lectured internationally on aggression and disturbances in the brain that affect social functioning. Dr. Ratey and Dr. Hallowell began studying ADHD in the 1980s and co-authored Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood (1994), the first in a series of books that demystify the disorder. Dr. Ratey also co-authored Shadow Syndromes (1997) with Catherine Johnson, PhD, in which he describes the phenomenon of milder forms of clinical disorders. He most recently authored the bestselling book, A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention and the Four Theaters of the Brain (2000) which translates how neuroscience affects emotions, behavior and overall psychology. Since 1998 Dr. Ratey has been selected each year as one of the best doctors in America by his peers. Most recently, Dr. Ratey was the recipient of the 2006 Excellence in Advocacy award from the non-profit group PE4Life, for his work to promote the adoption of regular, aerobic-based physical education. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#162 - Tea and Empathy: Combining Acupuncture, Hypnosis and NLP

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:45:35 -0700

Randy Clere, Lic Ac, CH. MNLP is a licensed acupuncturist and hypnotherapist in private practice in Seattle, Washington. He has three decades of clinical practice in the arts of acupuncture, Oriental Medicine and hypnotherapy, specializing in Japanese-style acupuncture and Zen Shiatsu. He also uses NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP), Neuro-Semantics, Ericksonian Hypnotherapy and Self Relations therapy when working with his clients. Randy has also been involved with hospice in-patient home care since 1983. Since early in his life, Randy has practiced martial arts and meditation. He has actively been involved in personal development since the early 1970’s. Randy specializes in giving his patients personal care, empowering them to heal and introducing them to that tender place within themselves of unconditional positive regard. Randy is also a semi-professional musician playing electric bass and Chapman Stick. He has played with Taj Mahal, Sam Weis, and Scott Cossu and many others. Beyond this, he’s an amateur chef who loves all things curry and barbecues up a feast on the weekends. Randy is happily married to Debra and they share five lovely daughters. We close the show with a new single by Geoff Smith. You can subscribe his new new CD by clicking here . A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#161 - Shrink Rap Radio LIVE! #10

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:49:25 -0700

Once a month, Jerry Trumbule, M.A., ABD and I get together on blogtalkradio to discuss psychology. I later put the show up here. In this show, the discussion focuses on whether Google and the Internet are making us stupid. In the course of the discussion, we refer to three different articles. The first is by Leonard Pitts, Jr., a nationally-syndicated columnist. His piece was in reaction to a recent Atlantic article by Nicholas Carr,"Is Google Making Us Stupid?" Synchronistically, an article in the most recent issue of Wired struck me as relevant, as well: "The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete" by Chris Anderson. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#160 - Drunk With Wonder

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:06:13 -0700

Steve Ryals is author of the new book Drunk with Wonder: Awakening to the God Within . Through learning to be present to his own deep feelings, Ryals was able to let go of years of addictive behavior, including freeing himself of decades of alcohol abuse seven years ago. He attributes his current health and happiness to his direct experience that "healing takes feeling" and says healthy sharing of feelings is key to a wonder-filled life. Drunk with Wonder: Awakening to the God Within is the culmination of years of research and decades of personal experience. It's been hailed as where "Conversations with God meets What the Bleep Do we Know?" Steve Ryals, lives off the electrical grid in Northern California, has a publishing company, was a music reviewer for years, has made and lost a million dollars, and has been studying mind/body health his entire adult life. He is very knowledgeable about the interface between science and philosophy/religion and has written a book, which is a compendium of the literature to date (with exhaustive bibliography), combined with his own story of going from homeless and Methedrine-addicted to graduating from U.C. Berkeley on the dean's list. The show raps up with a podsafe music selection by Geoff Smith , titled Ones and Os . A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#159 - Therapist to The Hollywood Stars

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:43:00 -0700

Dennis Palumbo, M.A., MFT is a writer and licensed psychotherapist in private practice, specializing in creative issues. He’s the author of Writing From the Inside Out, as well as a new collection of mystery short stories, From Crime to Crime . Formerly a Hollywood screenwriter, his credits include the feature film My Favorite Year, for which he was nominated for a WGA Award for Best Screenplay. He was also a staff writer for the ABC-TV series Welcome Back, Kotter, and has written numerous series episodes and pilots. He’s the author of a novel, City Wars , and his short fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, The Strand and elsewhere. He provides feature articles and reviews for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, EMMY Magazine, and many others. His column, “The Writer’s Life,” appeared monthly for six years in Written By, the magazine of the Writers Guild of America. Currently, he’s a contributing writer to The Lancet, Britain’s leading medical journal, and does commentary for NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Dennis conducts workshops throughout the country. Recent appearances include the Family Therapy Network Annual Symposium, the Association for Humanistic Psychology, Cal State Northridge, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, PEN West, the Writers Guild Foundation, the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Screenwriting Expo, USC, the Directors Guild, and UCLA. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and Pepperdine University, he serves on the faculty of UCLA Extension, where he was named Outstanding Teacher of the Year. A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#158 - Psychology, Economics, and Learning Communities

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:29:04 -0700

Arthur Warmoth, Ph.D. is professor of psychology at Sonoma State University in Northern California, where he has taught since 1969. He has served three terms as department chair and is currently chair of the Academic Planning Committee. He is also past president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology (AHP) and has served as a member of Division 32, Humanistic Psychology, of the American Psychological Association (APA). He currently teaches Community Psychology and is involved in community projects related to sustainability, including complementary currencies and the economics of the commons. Dr. Warmoth has been involved in humanistic psychology since 1959, when he went to Brandeis University to pursue doctoral studies with Abraham H. Maslow. This was the period just following the publication of Maslow's ground-breaking Motivation and Personality. At that time the use of the terms "humanistic" and "existential" were still being debated, and the idea of the "Third Force," which Maslow introduced in his 1962 book, Toward a Psychology of Being, was still being formed. While at Sonoma State, he was co-founder, with Dr. Eleanor Criswell, of the Humanistic Psychology Institute (now Saybrook Graduate School in San Francisco). He also served as founding consultant to the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and has served on the boards of several nonprofit organizations. He has taught and consulted in Mexico with the Universidad Autónoma de La Laguna in Torreón, Coahuila. Dr. Warmoth has published in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, the AHP Perspective, the Sonoma Management Review, The Humanistic Psychologist, and Humanity and Society, among others. (Psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.)

#157 - The Psychology of SecondLife

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:03:00 -0700

Wagner James Au is author of the 2008 book, The Making of Second Life: Notes from The New World . From April 2003 to February 2006, he was a contract writer for Linden Lab, creators of Second Life, primarily hired by the company to cover SL as an embedded journalist in an emerging society-- its controversies, its personalities, its innovations and ambitions, along with larger themes of identity, social norms and organization, and cultural expression important to online worlds in general. That contractual relationship has ended, but the story continues in his book and his New World Notes blog . He’s been interviewed about his work as the embedded journalist for Second Life by CNN International, NPR’s All Things Considered, the BBC, The Los Angeles Times, Harvard Business Review, News.com, the San Jose Mercury, the Associated Press, Wired Online, Presstime, and the East Bay Express, among other publications. He has spoken on the subject for The Education Arcade (sponsored by MIT), twice at South by Southwest in Austin, and twice at State of Play (sponsored by Yale and New York Law School.)

#156 - My Three Shrinks

Fri, 30 May 2008 09:38:24 -0700

My Three Shrinks and its associated blog, Shrink Rap , are hosted by three psychiatrists. Inasmuch as they keep their online identities, anonymous, they are simply Dinah, Roy, and ClinkShrink. The name of their show and blog are so to Shrink Rap Radio that I thought it would be fun for us to get to know one another, here. Dinah is an outpatient private practice psychiatrist who also works in a community mental health clinic and also a book author and mother of teenagers. ClinkShrink is a forensic psychiatrist who works in a correctional setting and she is also a computer programmer. Roy is a general hospital-based psychiatrist, performing consultations on medically-admitted and emergency department patients and he is also a department chair, computer geek, and father of a teenage artist.

#155 - Shrink Rap Radio LIVE #9

Mon, 26 May 2008 09:32:08 -0700

Jerry Trumbule, M.A., ABD and I have been getting together on BlogTalkRadio about once a month for a free-wheeling discussion of things mostly-psychological that have caught our current fancy. In this episode, we discuss memory, the clever intelligence of crows, and our recent forays into the virtual world of SecondLife. Jerry was in a Navy scholarship program when we first met in college. The photo above shows him during that period, at about age 18 or 19, aboard the U.S.S. Wasp.

#154 - The Good News on Memory

Fri, 23 May 2008 07:14:01 -0700

Dr. Sue Halpern is author of the book, Can’t Remember What I Forgot: The Good News from The Front Lines of Memory Research. She is also scholar in residence at Middlebury College in Vermont. Here’s what she says about herself: “I was educated at Yale and at Oxford, where I was a Rhodes Scholar, and from which I received a doctorate in political theory. Before I received my degree I worked with young men just released from prison and with welfare mothers at the Vera Institute of Justice in New York. After I got my degree I spent a few years teaching, first at Columbia Medical School (ethics) and then at Bryn Mawr (politics), all the while writing for various magazines and newspapers. Writing was more compelling to me than teaching, so I left academia to write full time, and to move to the Adirondacks, where I wrote my first book, Migrations to Solitude. In addition to writing, I helped start and edit, with Robert Coles and Alex Harris, the award-winning documentary magazine, DoubleTake, helped start the first public library in my town, and founded and ran a wilderness-based elementary school there. In Vermont, where I am a scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, I am on the board of three schools and the director of a national civic education program for high school students that uses journalism to inculcate democratic values called The Face of Democracy, which I founded in anticipation of the 2006 midterm elections. Can’t Remember What I Forgot is my fifth book; the movie version of my last book of non-fiction, Four Wings and a Prayer, will be released in late 2007. I live in the Green Mountains in a town of 500, on land once owned by Robert Frost. I am married to the writer and environmental activist Bill McKibben, and we have a teenaged daughter.”

#153 – Medicine Dance - A Shamanic Journey

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:02:33 -0700

> Marsha Scarbrough is author of the book Medicine Dance: One woman’s healing journey into the world of Native American sweatlodges, drumming meditations and dance fasts , which was a finalist in USA Book News National 2007 “Best Books” Awards, New Age Non-Fiction category. As a freelance journalist, Marsha has had over 75 articles published in national magazines such as TV Guide, Body & Soul, Natural Home & Garden and Millimeter: The Motion Picture and Television Production Magazine. As a contributing editor for Written By: The Magazine of the Writers Guild of America, west, Marsha interviews Hollywood’s most prominent screen and television writers. As a graduate of the Directors Guild of America’s prestigious Assistant Directors Training Program, Marsha spent 17 years scheduling, planning and running the sets of major feature films, prime time television series, movies of the week and network sitcoms. She has handled logistics, organization and administration for various directors including Clint Eastwood, Leonard Nimoy, Blake Edwards and Carl Reiner. Marsha wrote, produced and directed the award-winning children’s video, The Magic of Martial Arts, which has been honored with the Gold Award from the National Association of Parenting Publications, the Award of Excellence from Film Advisory Board and the KIDS FIRST! endorsement from the Coalition for Quality Children’s Media. Along the way, Marsha traveled with Buddhist teacher Joan Halifax, danced with movement guru Gabrielle Roth, earned a brown belt in karate from martial arts legend Tak Kubota, participated in healing ceremonies with Native American mystic Beautiful Painted Arrow/Joseph Rael and produced workshops for Nigerian master drummer/Yoruba ceremonial leader Ayo Adeyemi. To contact Marsha about teaching a workshop or speaking at an event, email her at mscarb1234@aol.com.

#152 - Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Sat, 10 May 2008 07:48:43 -0700

Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Los Angeles and trained teacher of the increasingly popular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). He stands at the progressive end of integrating mindfulness into the therapeutic setting. He has personally been integrating concepts and behaviors of mindfulness into his daily life, and has helped his clients apply these concepts in both clinical settings and their daily lives. Dr. Goldstein has published the article Sacred Moments: Implications on Well-Being and Stress in the Journal of Clinical Psychology. His study found that integrating mindful principles into daily life for just 5 minutes a day over 3 weeks resulted in significant reductions in stress and significant increases in life satisfaction, positive relations with others, and environmental mastery - all key players in creating a life worth living. He has also given workshops, radio interviews, and lectures in multiple settings on therapeutic benefits of mindfulness, including Kaiser Permanente, UCLA's Neuropsychiatric Institute, and the Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Conference at UCLA headlining Thich Nhat Hanh, Jack Kornfield, and Daniel Siegel in October, 2007. Today Dr. Goldstein lives with his wife in Los Angeles, California where in addition to his work as a Clinical Psychologist, he works as a freelance writer, a mindfulness coach and group leader, consultant to the human development company Aliveworld , and author of the Audio CD Mindfulness for Stress, Anxiety, and Depression, the Audio CD Mindful Solutions for Addiction and Relapse Prevention, the multimedia Guide Mindfulness, Anxiety, and Stress, and co-author of the upcoming Mindfulness and Stress Reduction Workbook.

#151 - Relationships in The Workplace

Fri, 02 May 2008 14:49:03 -0700

Bob Murray, PhD, and Alicia Fortinberry, MS , are a husband and wife team who are internationally-recognized experts in psychology, leadership development and organizational change. With 20 year’s experience in mental health and organizational psychology, Bob and Alicia lecture at universities such as Duke, Tufts and California State. As consultants, speakers, trainers and executive coaches, Bob and Alicia apply a highly practical, research-backed approach to help organizations build leadership that measurably enhances performance, engagement, retention and the capacity for positive change. Multinational clients include PricewaterhouseCoopers, PepsiCo, Ford Motor Co, Bain & Co., Deloitte and Oracle. They also work in the not-for-profit sector and for government departments. Bob and Alicia’s book Creating Optimism is an international best-seller and their latest book, Raising an Optimistic Child , also published by McGraw-Hill, was recently featured in Time Magazine and is a New York Times best-seller. Their next book guides business leaders to create a positive relationship environment that enhances fulfillment, retention and health. Bob and Alicia are quoted frequently in major publications from The New York Times to Entrepreneur.

#150 - Wisdom Councils and Dynamic Facilitation

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:41:13 -0700

Jim Rough is a consultant, speaker, seminar leader, author, and social innovator. He originated Dynamic Facilitation, a new way of facilitating meetings that assures creative collaborative thinking, which is now being used all over the world. For almost two decades he has presented public seminars on this innovation. Jim also created the Wisdom Council, which is a new approach to facilitating large systems of people to work together creatively. Check out his websites at www.dynamicfacilitation.com and www.wisedemocracy.org . Jim describes this innovation as applied to the nation and the world in his book, Society’s Breakthrough! Releasing Essential Wisdom and Virtue in All the People. Jim is co-founder of the non-profit, Center for Wise Democracy, which helps people in cities like Victoria BC, Port Townsend WA, and Bregnez Austria, implement the Wisdom Council. Since 1999 Jim has hosted a TV show focusing on democracy and social innovations, which is viewable on the web. He is a keynote speaker at many conferences, including “The Great Turning” an environmental conference in New Hampshire, a Policy Governance Conference in Washington DC, and the Collective Wisdom Conference in Wurtzburg Germany. For twenty years Jim was on the faculty of annual Creative Problem Solving Institutes in Buffalo NY. Jim's education includes a B.A. in physics from Occidental College, M.S. and M.B.A. degrees from Columbia University and independent study in Jungian psychology.

#149 - Shrink Rap Radio LIVE #8

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:03:30 -0700

#148 - Ego States Psychotherapy

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:46:30 -0700

Sarah Chana Radcliffe, M.Ed., C.Psych.Assoc . is a registered Psychological Associate in Ontario, Canada. Over the past 30 years, she has counseled thousands of parents, couples and individuals in her full-time private practice in Toronto, Canada. She practices Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples, Process Experiential Psychotherapy, Energy Psychology, EMDR and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for parents. She is the author of Raise Your Kids without Raising Your Voice. Mrs. Radcliffe conducts parenting classes, keynote lectures and workshops locally and internationally. Her articles and comments appear in numerous print and on-line journals including The New York Times, The Toronto Sun, and The National Post, She can be found on YouTube answering parenting queries and on iTunes with her own bi-weekly parenting podcast. Sarah Chana has been a guest on radio and television shows in the United States and Canada. Her web site http://www.parenting-advice.net offers education and practical advice to the international community on all aspects of parenting.

#147 - Nirvana and The Brain

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:02:08 -0700

Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D. is a Harvard-trained and published neuroanatomist who teaches at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Bloomington, Indiana. She is the author of the extraordinary book, My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey which tells the story of a stroke which essentially knocked out her left hemisphere and enhanced the functioning of her right hemisphere. In this right-hemisphere state she seemed to experience something akin to enlightenment. I learned of Dr. Jill through an incredible video presentation she gave at a recent TED Conference in Monterey, California. Dr. Jill has dedicated her career to the advancement of postmortem research into the human brain and to the education of the public about the fragile, yet resilient, nature of this incredible organ. Because of the long-term shortage of brain tissue donated for research into the severe mental illnesses, she travels throughout the country. By sharing her science and her unique personal journey, she communicates a message of hope, education, and celebration.

#146 - The Individual vs. The Collective on The Internet

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:54:31 -0700

This audio is from an invited presentation I recently gave at Sonoma State University. The class is called Person in Society and it is being taught by Dr. Shepherd Bliss who I interviewed on Shrink Rap Radio #82 almost a year ago exactly. I was interested in exploring the impact of new communication and social networking technologies on the lives of these students. I wanted my presentation to be as interactive as possible and, after my introductory remarks, the students made a number of excellent comments. The whole session ran a bit long. I’ve tried to shorten it by taking out several sections of me talking about Shrink Rap Radio and podcasting generally. I hope you find it of some interest. I promised to make internet stars of those students who spoke up!

#145 - A Psychoanalyst's View of HBO's "In Treatment"

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:12:03 -0700

You’ll recall from last week’s episode that Fern W Cohen, PhD , is a psychoanalyst and psychotherapist in private practice in New York City. Both of us have been fascinated by the fictional depiction of psychotherapy in HBO's cable television series, "In Treatment." Dr. Cohen graciously agreed to come back on to Shrink Rap Radio to discuss the series with me. Dr. Fern Cohen has long been committed to conveying in everyday language what the psychoanalytic process is about and how it works. She is the author of the 2007 book, From Both Sides of The Couch: Reflections of A Psychoanalyst, Daughter, Tennis Player, and Other Selves… A graduate of Radcliffe College, Dr. Cohen earned her Ph.D. in School Psychology from New York University and completed her analytic training at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis as well as the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR) of which she is a member. When she is not playing tennis, hanging out with her grandchildren or mastering music for two pianos, she is practicing psychoanalysis in New York City.

#144 - Psychoanalysis From Both Sides of The Couch

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:55:32 -0700

Fern W. Cohen, PhD , a psychoanalyst and psychotherapist in private practice in New York City, has long been committed to conveying in everyday language what the psychoanalytic process is about and how it works. She is the author of the 2007 book, From Both Sides of The Couch: Reflections of A Psychoanalyst, Daughter, Tennis Player, and Other Selves… A graduate of Radcliffe College, Dr. Cohen earned her Ph.D. in School Psychology from New York University and completed her analytic training at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis as well as the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR) of which she is a member. When she is not playing tennis, hanging out with her grandchildren or mastering music for two pianos, she is practicing psychoanalysis in New York City.

#143 - Shrink Rap Radio LIVE! #7

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:26:49 -0700

Jerry Trubule, M.A., ABD and I speak on a live episode about the brain, communication, autism, animal intelligence, and Second Life. In particular. We comment on "Inside Animal Minds" which can be found in the March 2008 issue of National Geographic and also "The Truth About Autism: Everything You Know Is Wrong" which is in the March 2008 issue of Wired Magazine. The Wired article is about Amanda Baggs and it helps if you take a look at this video on YouTube. We also talk about an amazing presentation by Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D ., a neuroscientist who had a sort of nirvana experience of her right brain after her left brain was knocked out by a stroke. Here is a link to her "must see" video.

#142 - The Happiness Hypothesis

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:02:49 -0700

Jonathan Haidt, Ph.D. is a social and cultural psychologist and author of the 2006 book, The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom .He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992 and then did post-doctoral research at the University of Chicago and in Orissa, India. He has been on the faculty of the University of Virginia since 1995. His research focuses on morality – its emotional foundations, cultural variations, and developmental course. He began his career studying the negative moral emotions, such as disgust, shame, and vengeance, but then moved on to the understudied positive moral emotions, such as admiration, awe, and moral elevation. He is currently developing a comprehensive theory about the "five foundations" of human morality which describes the "first draft" of the moral mind drafted by natural selection, and also describes the cultural and developmental processes by which that draft gets revised into multiple forms. He is applying this theory to understand political divisions in the United States. He is the 2001 winner of the Templeton Prize in Positive Psychology, and a 2004 winner of the Virginia "Outstanding Faculty Award," conferred by Governor Mark Warner. He was the Laurance S. Rockefeller Distinguished Visiting Professor at Princeton University in 2006-2007.

#141 - Hypnotic Dreamwork and EFT

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:09:26 -0800

Nancy Hunter is a psychotherapist in private practice, in Toronto, Ont., Canada. Nancy has been working in the field of personal change since 1989. She is: * a clinical member of the Ontario Society of Psychotherapists (OSP) * a master practitioner of classic and advanced Ericksonian hypnosis, certified with the National Guild of Hypnotherapists (CHt) * certified in advanced Emotional Freedom Techniques * a master practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming * a registered Canadian Art Therapist (RCAT) - registered with the Canadian Art Therapy Association (CATA) Nancy has experience working with a wide variety of clients' life issues, from the simple to the more complex. She has worked with people having concerns such as smoking cessation, weight management, habit changes, phobias, anxieties, depression, childhood abuse or trauma (sexual, physical, and psychological) and disordered eating. She has worked with children as young as 4, and adults as old as 75, and every age group between. Nancy graduated in 1989 from a 2 year graduate level course at the Toronto Art Therapy Institute. Since then she worked at hospitals, schools and other community institutions, and has been trained in hypnosis, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). She went in to private practice full time in 1996. In addition to this, she teaches courses and workshops at Sheena’s Place, a place for people with eating disorders. She now also offers courses on EFT to the general public, and has made 2 hypnosis recordings, on sale from her website - www.InnovativePsychotherapy.com

#140 - Adventures in Jungian Typology

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:04:20 -0800

John Beebe, M.D. , is a Jungian analyst in practice in San Francisco. He received degrees from Harvard College and the University of Chicago medical school. He is a past President of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, where he is currently on the teaching faculty, as well as Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California Medical School, San Francisco. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. A popular lecturer in the Jungian world, Dr. Beebe has spoken on topics related to the theory and practical applications of analytical psychology to professional and lay audiences throughout the United States as well as in Canada, China, Denmark, England, France, Italy, Germany, Israel, Mexico, and Switzerland. Dr. Beebe is the Founding Editor of The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal, a quarterly of reviews with an international readership, and he was the first American co-editor of the London-based Journal of Analytical Psychology. Dr. Beebe has contributed many book chapters and published in a wide range of journals. For eample, with Donald Sandner, he is the author of “Psychopathology and Analysis,” an article on Jungian complex theory used in many training programs, and with Thomas Kirsch and Joe Cambray the author of “What Freudians Can Learn from Jung.” Dr. Beebe is the author of the book Integrity in Depth, a study of the archetype of integrity. An avid film buff, Beebe frequently draws upon American movies to illustrate how the various types of consciousness and unconsciousness interact to produce images of Self and shadow in the stories of our lives that Jung called individuation. Dr. Beebe is particularly well known for his elaboration in C.G. Jung’s theory of psychological types. Dr. Beebe’s reviews and articles about movies have reached a wide audience. Following up on Jung's theory of psychological types, Beebe developed an archetypal model of a dialogical self wherein conscious functions contend with functions in the shadow. A person's superior (preferred] function is the hero (or heroine), most closely allied with a semi-conscious function called the anima (or animus). An auxiliary function (the good parent) may be counteracted by a shadowy Witch/Senex function, and a child-like tertiary function by a more juvenile Trickster. The Anima may find itself forced to compete with a demonic personality function which threatens to destroy it.

#139 - Conscious Living and Dying

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:18:11 -0800

Annamaria Hemingway, M.A., ABD, is the author of the 2008 book Practicing Conscious Living and Dying and also writes articles for various magazines on this topic. She is a member of the International Association for Near-Death Studies and a spiritual counselor. Annamaria has an MA in Consciousness Psychology and also in Mythology and Depth Psychology and is currently completing her doctoral dissertation on the topic of The Near-Death Experience: A Mythic Model for Conscious Living and Dying. She has also worked in hospice.

#138 - MindMentor - The NLP RoboTherapist

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:05:44 -0800

Jaap Hollander, Ph.D. is co-founder of the Institute for Eclectic Psychology, Holland’s oldest and largest NLP institute. He introduced Neuorlinguistic Programming (NLP), provocative coaching and symbolic modelling in Holland. He developed MindMentor, the robot psychologist, together with his colleague Dr. Jeffrey Wijnberg. Hollander and Wijnberg performed a test-run with 1600 clients from all over the world. Results show that MindMentor, which incorporates principles from NLP, was able to reduce average problem severity by 47% in just one session, a score, they point out, that any real life psychologist would be proud of. Dr. Hollander is the author of six books on psychological subjects, ranging from NLP and provocative therapy to modelling trance rituals in Brazil. You will find MindMentor at www.mindmentor.com/

#137 - Buddhist Happiness

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:27:59 -0800

Sylvia Boorstein, Ph.D. has been teaching meditation since 1985 and teaches both vipassana and metta meditation. She is a founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin County, California. She is also a senior teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. She writes a regular column for Shambala Sun and lectures widely. She is a psychotherapist, wife, mother, and grandmother who is particularly interested in seeing daily life as practice. Her latest book is Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for A Joyful Life. Her previous books are: It’s Easier Than You Think; Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There; That’s Funny, You Don’t Look Buddhist; and Pay Attention for Goodness' Sake.

#136 - Shrink Rap Radio LIVE! #6

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:24:51 -0800

This is one of our LIVE shows that my longtime friend Jerry Trumbule, ABD , and I did on Blog Talk Radio. We had a wide ranging conversation, including a discussion of the new HBO series, "In Treatment"-- a dramatic series about psychotherapy. Other topics we touched on were erotic transference and countertransference, the Internet as a prosthesis for the brain, evidence that evolution is speeding up, camera-aided memory for Alzheimer's patients, and recent findings about certain blind people's ability to sense light and what implications that might have for the mystical "third eye," among other topics.

#135 - Jungian Sandplay Therapy

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:29:25 -0800

Liza J. Ravitz, Ph.D. is a Jungian Analyst who teaches at the San Francisco C.G. Jung Institute’s continuing education program. Liza practices in San Francisco and Petaluma where she works with children and adults, conducts consultation groups for therapists and presents sandplay workshops. Liza studied sandplay in Switzerland and worked in the sand with Dora Kalff. She is a certified teaching member of the International Society for Sandplay Therapy. Liza teaches Sandplay Therapy in the Department of Psychiatry’s Child and Adult Outpatient Clinic at California Pacific Medical Center and helps create sandplay programs and train staff at Mental Health Centers in the Bay area. Liza has presented her work both nationally and internationally. Here is a link to the International Sandplay Association for more information about the technique.

#134 - Sign Language for Babies

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:48:49 -0800

Nancy Hanauer, B.A. is a pioneer in the field of American Sign Language for hearing families. Nancy was one of the first teachers creating and providing classes in North America. Her business has been featured in numerous newspapers and magazines. In 2005, she was quoted in an article about infant sign language in the Life Magazine insert of the Chicago Tribune and the L.A. Times. She was named Seattle's Best-Known Baby Sign Language Instructor by the Seattle Post Intelligencer and A Person You Should Know: "Baby Whisperer" and Infant Sign Language Communication Expert by Seattle Magazine . Nancy began her baby sign language business (formerly known as Signing With Your Baby) on a part-time basis in September of 2000. Due to the amazing response to her classes and workshops, the business quickly became a full-time venture. It took Nancy two years to teach her first 200 families, just two months to teach the next 100 families and less than five years to teach more than 1000 additional families throughout the Seattle area.

#133 - Worldwork

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:50:56 -0800

Max Schupbach, Ph.D. is the president of Maxfxx Inc. , which is based in Portland, Oregon. He uses a facilitative approach in his work as a consultant, executive level coach, trainer and public speaker. According to his website, “Organizational transformation, personal growth, and professional development are inseparable. These disciplines need not be taught; they are inherent in our natures. Worldwork is an approach that connects individuals and organizations to that natural innate tendency, and supports personal and collective awareness for discovering emerging directions.” Max is a Certified Process Worker and a senior faculty member of the Process Work Center of Portland . He is part of the original group that founded the first Process Work Centers in Switzerland and the United States, and has co-founded Process Work training programs in over 15 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia and North America. The vast diversity of his clientele includes Fortune 100 corporations and small businesses, large NGO’s and local grassroots movements, and government agencies and political parties. He conducts a Masterfacilitation Course for individual consultants and consulting groups such as PricewaterhouseCoopers. Max coaches executive level managers of businesses and non-profit organizations, as well as politicians running for and holding state and federal offices. He also facilitates community building among indigenous groups in Australia and North America, and in spiritual groups of various denominations. He has facilitated conflict resolution sessions in many different environments, such as maximum security prisons, Yugoslavian refugee camps with Serbians and Croats, and once in a stand-off between squatters and the police.

#132 - The Psychology of Doll Work

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:03:55 -0800

Geri Olson, Ph.D. is associate professor in the Psychology Department at Sonoma State University, where she will soon assume the role of Department Chair. Geri teaches and leads workshops in the area of creativity and expressive arts. Geri points out that Dolls have been a part of human existence for 25,000 years. From fertility rituals to child’s play, dolls have a central role in portraying the story and values of a culture. The power of the doll is expanded as we move back in time and explore dolls with a cross-cultural perspective. In that search, the importance of dolls in healing, rites of passage, and empowerment become evident. This understanding of the historical and psychological role of dolls has created a revisioning of the influence of the doll. Dolls are used often in sand tray work, hospital programs, and in educational programs for abusive parents, but very little is written about the deeply evocative experience of making a doll. What power does the doll that we create have in revealing the images and narrative of a person’s inner life? How could the doll capture and reflect a glimpse of the psyche? In Geri’s work with students and therapists, dolls are created as mirrors of the self, as figures in a personal myth, and as allies, elders, healers and guides on the path to authenticity and health. The doll narrates a deeply personal story from an adventure to the interior. Geri has integrated the doll process into her work for 25 years and is the coordinator of a Doll Project that has included over 600 K-12 students. Here is a link to a paper she wrote titled : Dolls Protection, Healing, Power and Play which appeared in the journal Somatics. I’ve also put up some photos of dolls she and her students have made here .

#131 - Confronting Death

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:36:16 -0800

Steven Shaps, M.A., MFT , is a Marriage and Family Therapist who practices body-mind psychotherapy in Portland, Oregon. He specializes in the practice of Somatic Psychotherapy and Anger & Stress Management. He works with individuals, couples, families, and groups in his private practice and leads workshops and seminars in Anger & Stress Management, in addition to mindfulness meditation & somatic sensing. He also leads workshops and provides coaching in executive and staff management. He is a Marriage and Family Therapist, and according to his website he has certifications in Anger Management, Eye Movement Desensitization, and Reprocessing (also known as EMDR), clinical Hypnotherapy, Marital & Couples Therapy, and Codependency. He has extensive training in Ericksonian-Mind/body healing therapies, meditation, Somatics, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Movement, Breath, Buddhist meditation and Yoga. Of late, he has added to his roster of activities workshops and classes on death and dying. Beyond all this, he has also been a student of Native American healing traditions.

#130 - Shrink Rap Radio LIVE! #5

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:26:04 -0800

Douglas A. Davis, Ph.D. is a chreished friend from grad school days at the University of Michigan. He recently retired from full-time teaching at Haverford College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania where he was professor of psychology and for many years department chair. A frequent, Shrink Rap Radio guest, Doug drops in for a discussion on cyberpsychology with Dr. Dave and co-host, Jerry Trumbule . It's a wide ranging conversation covering "the memex," Google, science fiction, Second LIfe, Moroccan kids in cyber cafes, and more.

#129 - Process Work

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:36:56 -0800

Julie Diamond, Ph.D. is part of the original group who helped develop Process-oriented Psychology - also known as Process Work. She co-authored its international training program and its Master of Arts degree programs in Portland, Oregon, based on its teachings. About Process Work, Julie writes: “Process Work is based on the simple, yet profound premise that the fluid transfer of information and experience between subjective, imaginative states of mind and our ‘everyday,’ objective, rational mind is critical for our psychological and physical well-being. Research into consciousness, health, creativity, and psychology increasingly supports this idea that the mind is much more than our everyday rational intelligence. The power of emotions, feelings, fantasies, dreams, and other so-called non-linear or non-rational states of consciousness play a key role in our physical health, emotional stability, and psychological well-being.” Julie helps individuals, organizations and communities embrace change, challenges and conflict as vehicles of growth. She is a long-time colleague and student of Jungian Analyst, Dr. Arnold Mindell, is one of the original founders of the Research Society for Process-oriented Psychology in Zurich, Switzerland, and the Process Work Institute in Portland, Oregon. Julie has been a central figure in developing learning centers for Process-oriented Psychology in Switzerland, North America, Australia and New Zealand. She is the author, with Lee Spark Jones, of A Path Made by Walking: Process Work in Theory and Practice (2005), a comprehensive and widely-used text on Process Work theory and methods. She has written several articles on the psychology of democracy. Her article, "A Democracy Dialogue: Getting to the Essence of Freedom," explores how psychology’s subtlest reaches expand democracy beyond freedom from constraint to the freedom of self-actualization. Julie is currently working on a new book, A User’s Guide to Power .

#128 - Shrink Rap Radio LIVE! #4

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:43:41 -0800

Dr. Dave and co-host Jerry Trumbule respond to a listener comment about the previous show on artificial intelligence with more discussion of the intelligence concept, referring to a review by Malcolm Gladwell in the December 17, 2007 issue of The New Yorker , in which he discusses the Flynn Effect.James Flynn of the University of Otago in New Zealand has found that IQ scores across the world have been rising over time, 3 full points per decade. Also discussed are Feeling On The Internet and research on rats laughing and playing .

#127 - The Authoritarian Personality

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:48:19 -0800

Robert Altemyer, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Manitoba and is the world’s leading authority on The Authoritarian Personality, a topic he has researched and written on extensively. In fact, he has made a book on this topic available for free . He describes himself as follows: “Who am I? I’m a nearly retired psychology professor in Canada who has spent most of his life studying authoritarianism. I got into this field by being lazy. When I took the exams for getting a Ph.D. at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh in 1965, I failed a question about a famous early effort to understand the authoritarian personality. I had to write a paper to prove I could learn at least something about this research, which had gotten itself into a huge hairy mess by then. However, I got caught up in the tangle too. Thus I didn’t start studying authoritarianism because I am a left-winger (I think I’m a moderate on most issues) or because I secretly hated my father. I got into it because it presented a long series of puzzles to be solved, and I love a good mystery.”

#126 - Shrink Rap Radio LIVE! #3 - Artificial LIfe and Artificial Intelligence

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:53:38 -0800

Jerry Trumbule and I speak with Tom Barbalet who is originally from Australia and as a teenager became very interested in the concept of artificial life, which refers to the notion of creating a whole microecology of virtual beings within the computer. It’s a form of computer simulation and Tom is among the pioneers to experiment with this sort of thing. My understanding of artificial life is that the designer/programmer sets up a set of rules or evolutionary principles in a computer-generated world and then sees what consequences evolve. Ideally, as in the real world, more complex virtual organisms may develop as a result of competition for resources and interbreeding and unexpected things may happen. Tom’s Noble Ape simulation was among the first and has garnered a worldwide following and put him in touch with many of the leading figures in the field. In addition to being a regular Shrink Rap Radio listener, Tom also is a prolific blogger and podcaster in his own right. Here are some of the links mentioned in this episode: www.nobleape.com and www.biota.org , www.biota.org/podcast/ , Talking Robots: Podcast on AI and Intelligent Robotics .

#125 - The Psychological Roots of Leadership

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:58:02 -0800

Stephen H. Baum is author of the 2007 book, What Made Jack Welch Jack Welch: How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Leaders. Mr. Baum has been an adviser and coach to CEOs for more than twenty years, first as a partner with Booz Allen Hamilton and, now, as an independent practitioner and director of the Point Group Network in New York City. In addition to his private coaching, Mr. Baum chairs a group of New York City CEOs who help one another with sensitive personal and business issues under the aegis of the CEO membership organization, Vistage International. He also hosts a leadership development series at New York City’s Baruch College.