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. Read More
#150 - Wisdom Councils and Dynamic Facilitation
April 25, 2008
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.
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#149 - Shrink Rap Radio LIVE #8
April 21, 2008
Jerry Trumbule, M.A., A.B.D. and Dr. Dave do a live session, discussing issues relating to their longstanding interests in psychology and technology. In particular, the discussion focuses on the Internet as a prosthesis for the brain, memory, elephants that paint, and other delights. The photo above is Jerry as a young scientist of 9 years or so, working in his lab beneath the stairs.
#148 - Ego States Psychotherapy
April 18, 2008
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. Read More
#147 - Nirvana and The Brain
April 11, 2008
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. Read More
#146 – The Individual vs. The Collective on The Internet
April 4, 2008
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. Read More
#145 - A Psychoanalyst’s View of HBO’s “In Treatment”
March 28, 2008
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. Read More
#144 - Psychoanalysis From Both Sides of The Couch
March 21, 2008
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… Read More
#143 - Shrink Rap Radio LIVE! #7
March 16, 2008
Jerry Trumbule, 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
March 14, 2008
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. Read More
#141 - Hypnotic Dreamwork and EFT
March 7, 2008
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)
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#140 - Adventures in Jungian Typology
February 29, 2008
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. Read More
#139 - Conscious Living and Dying
February 22, 2008
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. Read More
#138 - MindMentor - The NLP RoboTherapist
February 15, 2008
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. Read More
#137 - Buddhist Happiness
February 8, 2008
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. Read More
#136 - Shrink Rap Radio LIVE! #6
February 3, 2008
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. Read More
#135 - Jungian Sandplay Therapy
January 30, 2008
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. Read More
#134 - Sign Language for Babies
January 25, 2008
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. Read More
#133 - Worldwork
January 18, 2008
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.” Read More
#132 - The Psychology of Doll Work
January 13, 2008
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. Read More
#131 - Confronting Death
January 4, 2008
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. Read More
#130 - Shrink Rap Radio LIVE! #5
December 30, 2007
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
December 28, 2007
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. Read More
#128 - Shrink Rap Radio LIVE! #4
December 23, 2007
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. Read More
#127 - The Authoritarian Personality
December 19, 2007
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 . Read More
