Kate Sweeney, MS, RDN (German Ernährungswissenschaftlerin) and Zoe Spranger, MSW, LCSW (German Psychologische Beraterin), join TheNPRD Podcast to discuss their new initiative, The Four Roots Collective.

In this culminating episode of our three-part series with Stella Mental Health, we bring together Dr. Eugene Lipov and Dr. Brian Boyle for an in-depth exploration of interventional psychiatry. Both practitioners share a fundamental understanding that mental health treatment requires individualized approaches—there is no one-size-fits-all solution for addressing depression, post-traumatic stress injury, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anxiety.

This episode takes a comprehensive look at specialized care and what a trajectory may look like for individuals navigating the intersection of perimenopause, menopause, eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image challenges. Dr. Boyle and Dr. Lipov demonstrate how targeted interventions can move beyond traditional treatment boundaries to deliver exceptional outcomes for their patients.

In part 2 of our 3-part series with Stella Mental Health, we sit down with Dr. Eugene Lipov, Chief Medical Officer and co-founder of the Stella Centers, to discuss his pioneering work on the Dual Sympathetic Reset (DSR) procedure. Dr. Lipov explains how this minimally invasive treatment, involving small anesthetic injections near the stellate ganglion, has evolved from a pain management technique to a revolutionary non-hormonal option for treating vasomotor symptoms of perimenopause and menopause, as well as PTSI (Post Traumatic Stress Injury) and other psychiatric conditions. Join us as we explore the exciting potential of DSR technology and its expanding applications in mental health treatment, including promising developments in pediatric care.

Part 1 of 3-Part Series with Stella Mental Health

Dr. Brian Boyle, Chief Psychiatric Officer at Stella Mental Health, discusses moving the needle in patient care through integrated TMS treatment. Rather than replacing existing treatment foundations, TMS builds on them with additional tools for patients when current approaches aren’t quite enough.

Transcranial magnetic stimulation is one of the few neuroanatomically focused treatments targeting treatment-resistant depression and OCD, with evolving data for addictive disorders and anxiety disorders.

Join Heather Hirsch, MD, and me for one of the most fun and intimate podcast episodes to date! For both clinicians and consumers, we learn from Heather about how easy it is for women to feel better with – you guessed it – FDA approved hormone therapy. Heather shares her business acumen and the career advice she didn’t take – we’re thankful she didn’t because what she has created is truly amazing. This episode is full of personal stories mixed with professional expertise while including the most refreshing look at women’s health.

Johanna Kandel, founder and CEO of The National Alliance for Eating Disorders, joins us for the third time ahead of Not One More Weekend, February 28th, March 1st and March 2nd, 2025. She updates listeners on all of the Alliance growth over the past year including the community and support for those suffering with eating disorders, disordered eating and body image struggles as well as their loved ones. Have a listen for all of this weekend’s events accessible worldwide as well as parts of Johanna’s own story which are incredibly inspiring.

Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani, founder of the Gaudiani Clinic, providing expert medical care for eating disorders, joins TheNPRD podcast speaking incredibly eloquently on ‘Getting To Yes’. Getting to yes means being hyper-patient centric makes the difference in returning agency to our patients. Her advice and care focus suggesting ‘helping patients feel autonomy around what’s going on’ recognizes how these integral pieces can help heal medical trauma.

Leigh Van Dusen, MS, LDN, owner and director of clinical operations for Van Dusen Nutrition, has a group practice and started the STEP program in 2020. STEP is an acronym for Supplemental Treatment Based in Experiential and Exposure Programming bridging the gap between intensive outpatient and outpatient care. This additional level of care in recovery in an in person intimate setting can be the game changer for long term eating disorder recovery.

Break the glass ceiling on our relationship with body image and healing with Deb Schachter, LICSW, and Whitney Otto, MA, PCC discussing their book Body Image Inside Out. Deb and Whitney suggest finding a third way to connect to our bodies and body image referencing and building on years of experience in their workshops – the precipitants to their book. We can practice having different relationships with our body image through play, self compassion, mindful awareness, curiosity and letting go expectations of perfection.

Katie Gustamachio, MEd, RD, and Kate Craigen, PhD, both of Monte Nido Walden speak to the magic of community being privileged to work with humans and their sacred, vulnerable & honest journeys toward recovery from binge eating disorder within Free To Be. Binge eating disorder remains the most common eating disorder and having Free To Be as a virtual program licensed in over 20 states available to humans struggling is the topic of this episode of TheNPRD podcast. Hope for change is necessary and incredibly possible as we hear in this conversation.