Finding My Psych Podcast - Mastering Applied Positive Health Psychology

In our previous episode, "Sexual Abuse Trauma, Clinical Insights and Observations," we discussed the effects of sexual abuse, especially in settings permissive (and therefore complicit) to the trauma.  Listeners have been asking for details about the therapeutic process when working with trauma.  Today, we deliver.

In an effort to break up our content delivery approach to keep things interesting, today we are publishing our first, "It's Obligatory," style episode, a periodically published show format focusing on the impact of current affairs on mental and emotional wellbeing.

Today we cover the Vancouver Housing Crisis, Bush as a saviour to POTUS Trump, and Legalization of Marijuana in Canada

"Harm Reduction is a public health policy, not a form of treatment."

In our discussion today, I start by addressing two listener questions about the nature of Positive Psychology and Behavioural Medicine.  I then cover my personal brush with panic this week, followed by a review of the changes I have seen in the field of addictions treatment over the years.

"Embrace your own journey with compassion and understanding."

On today's show, we are honoured to sit down with author, athlete and raw food vegan, Tim Van Orden.

Tim and I sit down and discuss the personal challenges encountered in any personal transformation journey.  We also confront the dangers of fully embracing a plant-based identity as a form of public recognition.

For today's example on conquering depression, in order to illustrate the efficacy of the CHANGES model, we discuss the case of Ed, a middle aged man who suffers from Major Depression (Severe, Recurrent). Ed experiences a typical insidious onset that cycles about once every two months. Ed has taken time away from work, through short-term disability benefits, to get a handle on his most recent depressive episode.

Learn about the theory that continues to challenge the status-quo throughout our mental health and substance misuse service continuum. Be willing to forget everything you know about mental health treatment, (e.g., clinical depression), and problem solving - We challenge you to try on a new perspective for the next 40 minutes. Dive deep into the world of Positive Psychology!

In today's episode on the Finding My Psych Podcast, we discuss the effects of childhood sexual trauma, with a special focus on the extended trauma caused when communities fail to intervene. We also review clinical observations of adulthood maladaptive coping, styles that worked well in childhood, but leave us marginalized as we get older.

Estelle Matheson and I sit down over coffee to catch up on her past year. As a paddler from Vancouver BC, Estelle has participated in a variety of local races and is an active member of the Jericho Paddling Club. She enjoys hitting the water with both an outrigger and stand-up paddle board (SUP). You can find her almost daily along English Bay and up the Burrard Inlet pushing waves.

Welcome! Time for a launch party!  We are so proud to announce the launch of our new podcast venture. If you have followed our previous work, you know about the, "Svelte Yeti Podcast," later rebranded as the, "Jerod Killick Podcast." We published just under 50 episodes while we were in operation. Well, it is time for something new! Check it out!