The Savvy Shrink

The Savvy Shrink podcast interviews Dr. Carly Snyder, MD, NYC-based women's reproductive psychiatrist, on emotional wellbeing during the childbearing year and across the lifespan. Dr. Snyder addresses stigma-busting and compelling information that will help listeners to learn more about the number one complication of childbirth, perinatal depression/anxiety. She also addresses mental health during fertility challenges, pregnancy, postpartum, birth trauma and perimenopause.

Her weekly radio show, MD for Moms, can be heard Wednesdays at 1pm ET on the BBM Global Network and TuneIn radio, or anytime on BBMglobalnetwork.com/MD-for-moms. Dr. Snyder’s HuffPost parenting blog shares the MD for Moms moniker.

Dr. Snyder is the Director of Women’s Health for Family Health Associates.

www.carlysnydermd.com

 

SPD (Sensory Processing Disorder) impacts approximately 1 in 6 children, which results in difficulty with self-regulation, academics, and social relationships. SPD is often misdiagnosed or overlooked as a valid concern impacting the functioning of young children. A neurobiological condition, SPD is not bad parenting. Parents of children with SPD need and deserve support and resources.

childNOW.org

spdstar.org

sensoryplanet.com

 

Carolyn Reinach Wolf is an Executive Partner in the law firm of Abrams Fensterman and Director of the firm’s Mental Health Law practice. She specializes in guiding families through the complex landscape of legal issues that impact loved ones with serious mental illness and/or substance abuse. Ms. Wolf serves as a frequent source for media covering issues of mental illness, and was the subject of a 2013 The New York Times profile, “A Guide in the Darkness.”  Acclaimed NYC-based mental health attorney Carolyn Wolf has published a Huffington Post article about holiday season support needed by shooting survivors and others in crisis, and how their families can best help. We thought you’d be interested in having Ms. Wolf join on air to discuss this important topic sometime during the holiday season.

Sharie Stines, PsyD, The Recovery Expert, joins The Savvy Shrink to discuss the challenges of co-parenting with a narcissistic (ex) spouse. She addresses how the non-narcissistic parent can avoid parental alienation and how survivors can raise their children to safely protect them from emotional abuse. Her books are available on Amazon here. 

www.therecoveryexpert.com

 

 

 

 

Claudia Moscovici, founder of Psychopathy Awareness Blog (psychopathyawareness.wordpress.com) joins Andrea Schneider, LCSW today to discuss the prevalence of psychopathy and the covert nature of this form of psychological abuse. She shares with listeners her expertise on how the public can be informed and protected from psychopathic (and narcissistic) abuse.

Moscovici was born in Bucharest, Romania. At the age of 12, she immigrated with her family to the United States where she has gone on to obtain a B.A. from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Brown University. Moscovici taught philosophy, literature and arts and ideas at Boston University and at the University of Michigan. Born in Bucharest, Romania, she writes from her experience of life in a totalitarian regime, which marked her deeply.

In 2002, she co-founded with Mexican sculptor Leonardo Pereznieto the international aesthetic movement called “Postromanticism”,[2] devoted to celebrating beauty, passion and sensuality in contemporary art. She wrote a book on Romanticism and its postromantic survival called Romanticism and Postromanticism, (Lexington Books, 2007) and taught philosophy, literature and arts and ideas at Boston University and at the University of Michigan. Most recently, she published a nonfiction book on psychopathic seduction, called Dangerous Liaisons (Hamilton Books, 2011) and a psychological thriller called The Seducer (forthcoming in March, 2012), which tells the story of a woman lured by a dangerous psychopathic predator.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Moscovici

Andrea Schneider, MSW, LCSW, psychotherapist and author of Soul Vampires: Reclaiming Your LifeBlood After Narcissistic Abuse, talks about the concept of cognitive dissonance in the aftermath of healing from narcissistic abuse, in addition to clinical interventions  that are evidence-based, trauma-informed, and strengths-focused for survivors. She draws upon her ebook for discussion. A second edition of the book is in the works with more elaboration on clinical interventions.  

Narcissistic abuse has become a hot buzzword, in part because of recent political events which have made the word "narcissist" common vernacular. No one is immune from the talons of a malignant narcissist, and Andrea discusses how targets of abusers are often highly intelligent, empathic, self-sufficient and successful individuals. Narcissists can sink their talons into unsuspecting people in love, work, family or friend relationships. It's never the survivor's fault they were harmed. The good news is that survivors can heal and move on into a new chapter of reclaiming their wellness. Andrea talks about those steps in this podcast.

www.thesavvyshrink.com

Join host Andrea Schneider, MSW, LCSW and writer/life coach/survivor Shahida Arabi as we discuss evidence-based and trauma-informed theory and interventions for survivors of narcissistic abuse in family-of-origin and adult romantic relationships. Shahida Arabi shares her perceptions and experiences as a survivor and prolific writer on the intersection of complex trauma in childhood and how exposure to narcissistic abuse during such a vulnerable time can prime the survivor for the familiarity of narcissistic abuse in romantic relationships, as well as friendships or workplace. We discuss how survivors can heal and protect themselves.  We also address the difference between trauma bond and co-dependency, and the importance of strengths-focused, empowering language as imperative for survivors in their healing journey and reclamation of their life narrative.

http://www.selfcarehaven.org/

Join the Savvy Shrink, Andrea Schneider, MSW, LCSW as she interviews pioneering maternal mental health researcher and writer, Walker Ladd, PhD on the subject of destigmatizing maternal mental health. We talk about the importance of discerning evidence-based literature and research relevant to maternal mental health. And we address the importance of mothers obtaining qualified mental health services during the childbearing year and beyond. Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) are the most common complication of childbirth. We talk about access to care, advocacy, and where to get help. It's not a woman's fault if she has a PMAD, with help she will be better. Sometimes moms have symptoms of depression and anxiety later on during the child-rearing stages (for example during perimenopause). It's just as important at that life stage to receive qualified and trained clinical support. Dr. Ladd provides us with information about her qualitative research, and shares with us some information about her upcoming work addressing older moms in later life stages past their initial PPD (postpartum depression) or PMAD (perinatal mood and anxiety disorder) and what to do if symptoms come up then. She also shares with us her work addressing bipolar disorder and how impactful this particular chronic condition requires exquisite trauma-informed, client-centered care. Dr. Walker Ladd is the Associate University Research Chair for the Center for Health Engineering and Research, at the University of Phoenix.

walkerladdphd.com

whenppdgrowsup.com

postpartum.net

Join your host Andrea Schneider and lifecoach, author, and healer Kim Saeed for a discussion about Kim's work helping victims of narcissistic abuse. Kim has a methodology around healing that stands apart from the crowd. The focus is on no contact and self-love. There is a reason she has millions of followers of her work.

Kim's organization, Let Me Reach, was created to spread awareness of narcissistic, sociopathic, and emotional abuse, as well as the dynamics of toxic relationships. Here you will find inspiration, motivational quotes, as well as healing resources that will help you overcome the symptoms of PTSD, C-PTSD, abandonment grief, and emotional trauma. 

Topics that are covered on Let Me Reach include: surviving narcissistic abuse, No Contact, cognitive dissonance, detaching from toxic relationships, the power of self-love, and much more. 

Reach for your higher self! Life begins after No Contact!

www.letmereach.com

Andrea Schneider, LCSW and Christine Louis de Canonville ask listeners to explore the difference between codependency and co-narcissism. You'll be surprised and the conversation will make you take a deeper look at the meanings of both of these words.

Christine Louise de Cannonville, B.A.; MIACP; MTCI; MPNLP, CMH; CHyp has been a Psychotherapist and Supervisor of mental health professionals for over 20 years. She has recognized a gap in the training of many therapists.Her book THE 3 FACES OF EVIL - Unmasking The Full Spectrum Of Narcissistic Abuse sets out to address the shortfalls in a therapist’s education so that they become better equipt to work with survivors of narcissistic abuse.

We encourage everyone listening to take the time to read more about her work here.

Christine has created an effective program for working one-to-one with victims suffering from Narcissistic Victim Syndrome, and developed workshops for educating therapists and other health professionals in the whole spectrum of Narcissistic abuse. Much of her knowledge has come from her post-grad studies in Criminology and Forensic Psychology, and it is through these disciplines that she has gained her understanding of the The Dark Triad, (Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy). These Three Faces of Evil are vital information for understanding the full spectrum of narcissistic abuse.