Shrinks Rap

Rafael and Jim talk about their experience and ideas about the co-relationship between trauma and addiction

Dr. James H. Bramson is a licensed psychologist and social worker with over 25 years of experience. He is the director of the Mindful Alliance Center and Co-Founder of the East Bay Mindfulness Center. James continues to work as a clinical director, supervisor, organizational consultant, neuropsychologist, forensic psychologist, expert witness, and clinician. He utilizes a strategic-solution-focused, CBT, & IFS approach to help individual clients (and couples) optimize their full potential to live, work, and love mindfully. He is a trainer for BAPTI & the Australian Psychological Society. To learn more about Dr. Bramson click here

Rafael J. Cortina is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the State of California. As a bilingual (English-Spanish) therapist he has worked in Mexico and the United States. He has over 20 years of experience working with individuals, couples, families, and groups. He has a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology and a Masters in Business Administration with an Emphasis in Marketing from the National University in San Diego. Rafael is a Master Addiction Counselor, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Certified Gestalt Therapist, and a Certified Gestalt Couples Therapist and he has specialized training on EMDR, TRM, addiction treatment, and trauma work. He is currently an Adjunct Faculty Member at the National University and Newsletter Editor/Board Member at the International Association of Advancement in Gestalt Therapy. To learn more about Rafael,  click here

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Michael Murphy is a graduate of Stanford University, co-founder of Esalen Institute, founder of Esalen's Center for Theory and Research, and author of numerous books. His novels include The Kingdom of Shivas Irons, Golf in the Kingdom, Jacob Atabet, and An End to Ordinary History. His latest nonfiction work is God and the Evolving Universe, co-authored with James Redfield and Sylvia Timbers. Other nonfiction work includes: In the Zone, an anthology of extraordinary sports experiences, co-authored with Rhea White; The Life We Are Given, a book about transformative practice, co-authored with George Leonard; The Future of the Body, and The Physical and Psychological Effects of Meditation, co-authored with Steve Donovan. For more click here
 
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In this episode, Dr. James Bramson talks with Gerald Smith, Ed.D., about burnout, working with Virginia Satir, managing a private practice, and more wisdom from his 50-year career.

Dr. Gerald Smith began working with couples who were having difficulties in their relationship in 1962. For decades has specialized in meeting with individuals, families and has work with hundreds of couples who are faced with some difficult transitions. Usually this work has been short-term, as few as three or four meetings.  Dr. Smith is an author of 2 books and has  led 120 workshops at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California.

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In this episode, Rafael sits down for a conversation with Erving Polster, Ph.D. At the age of 99 years old, Dr. Polster shares some poignant moments of his long and illustrious career, as well as experiences from his personal life that contributed to his development as one of the world's leading Gestalt therapists.
 
Erving Polster, Ph.D., is a veteran teacher of Gestalt therapy and the author of several books. He trained with Fritz Perls in the 1950s and has been influential in the growth and development of Gestalt Theory and Methodology for over six decades. He was one of the founders of the Cleveland Gestalt Institute. He and his late wife, Miriam, co-directed the Gestalt Training Center of San Diego. His major interests have long been the transformation of psychotherapy as a curative process into psychotherapy as a communal source of orientation and guidance. In January of this year, at 98 years of age,  he published his latest book, Enchantment and Gestalt Therapy.

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Welcome to the first episode of Shrinks Rap. In this episode, Rafael and Jim discuss the origins of the Podcast and their hopes for its evolution.
 
Dr. James H. Bramson is a licensed psychologist and social worker with over 25 years of experience. He is the director of the Mindful Alliance Center and Co-Founder of the East Bay Mindfulness Center. James continues to work as a clinical director, supervisor, organizational consultant, neuropsychologist, forensic psychologist, expert witness, and clinician. He utilizes a strategic-solution-focused, CBT, & IFS approach to help individual clients (and couples) optimize their full potential to live, work, and love mindfully. He is a trainer for BAPTI & the Australian Psychological Society. To learn more about Dr. Bramson click here

Rafael J. Cortina is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the State of California. As a bilingual (English-Spanish) therapist he has worked in Mexico and the United States. He has over 20 years of experience working with individuals, couples, families, and groups. He has a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology and a Masters in Business Administration with an Emphasis in Marketing from the National University in San Diego. Rafael is a Master Addiction Counselor, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Certified Gestalt Therapist, and a Certified Gestalt Couples Therapist and he has specialized training on EMDR, TRM, addiction treatment, and trauma work. He is currently an Adjunct Faculty Member at the National University and Newsletter Editor/Board Member at the International Association of Advancement in Gestalt Therapy. To learn more about Rafael,  click here

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