Category Archives: Consciousness
#278 – The Use of Active Imagination in Jungian Sandplay with Maria Hess, PhD
September 9, 2011
Maria Hess, Ph.D. has been a practicing depth oriented psychotherapist and therapist educator in Sonoma County for over 25 years. She was the founding clinical director and supervisor for Lomi Community Clinic and for Humanidad Counseling Services. An Associate Professor of Psychology at Sonoma State University Maria teaches clinical courses to prepare undergrads for advanced [...]
#275 – Understanding Laughter as Medicine with Madan Kataria, MD
August 19, 2011
Madan Kataria, MD is the founder of Laughter Clubs International. We’ve all heard that laughter is the best medicine. If you’re old enough you may recall Norman Cousins’ 1979 book, Anatomy of An Illness. Norman Cousins was the editor of the Saturday Review magazine and he had come down with a serious, life threatening disease [...]
#269 – The Power of Relationship in Psychoanalysis and Buddhism with Pilar Jennings, Ph.D.
July 8, 2011
Pilar Jennings, Ph.D. is a writer and researcher who has focused on the clinical applications of Buddhist meditation practice. She received her Ph.D. in Psychiatry and Religion from Union Theological Seminary, and has been working with patients and their families through the Harlem Family Institute since 2004. Dr. Jennings is also a researcher at the [...]
#266 – More on Hypnogogia with Jerry Trumbule
June 5, 2011
Jerry Tumbule, M.S, ABD and I have yet another one of our wide ranging conversations, picking up the thread about sleep, lucid dreaming, and hynogogia more or less where we left off on Shrink Rap radio # 262. Gerald (Jerry) Trumbule, B.S. Univ. of Md. 1965, M.S. Univ. of Pa., 1970, has been a neuropsychological [...]
#259 – The Slippery Slope of Reality (2) with Jerry Trumbule
February 26, 2011
Jerry Tumbule, M.S, ABD and I have yet another one of our wide ranging conversations. This is the second of three recent conversations. This time we focus on the work of Stuart Hameroff, M.D. and Robert Lanza, M.D. Robert Lanza, M.D. is considered one of the leading scientists in the world. He is currently Chief [...]
#257 – The Slippery Slope of Reality (1) with Jerry Trumbule
February 12, 2011
Jerry Tumbule, M.S, ABD and I have another one of our wide ranging conversations. As usual, it is both personal and psychological. Among the topics we discuss in this first episode of a three-part series is an article that appeared in the December 13, 2010 issue of The New Yorker, titled
#256 – Mindful Sleep, Mindful Dreams with Rubin Naiman PhD
January 27, 2011
Rubin Naiman, PhD is an internationally recognized leader in integrative sleep and dream medicine. He is director of Circadian Health Associates, an organization that provides information, goods and services in support of sleep health. Dr. Naiman completed his undergraduate studies at Rutgers University and the University of Arizona where he received a B.A. in Anthropology [...]
#255 – Mindsight with Daniel Siegel, MD
January 14, 2011
Daniel J. Siegel, MD received his medical degree from Harvard University and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA with training in pediatrics and child, adolescent and adult psychiatry. He served as a National Institute of Mental Health Research Fellow at UCLA, studying family interactions with an emphasis on how attachment experiences influence emotions, behavior, [...]
#251 – Mindfulness and Psychotherapy with Patrick Thornton
November 11, 2010
Patrick Thornton, PhD, who had been an evangelical clergy at the time, left the church because, as he often will say—quoting the Hebrew Prophet Isaiah— “the bed [was] too short to stretch out on, and the covering so narrow that [he could not] wrap himself in it.” He applies this quote to the doctrine and [...]
#249 – Buddha’s Brain: The Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, & Wisdom with Rick Hanson
October 16, 2010
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist and founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA, he teaches at universities and meditation centers in Europe, Australia, and North America. His work has been featured on the BBC and in Consumer Reports Health, U.S. News and World Report, [...]
#248 – Sound Sleep, Sound Mind with Barry Krakow, MD
October 1, 2010
Barry Krakow, MD is a board certified internist and sleep disorders specialist who has spent over 30 years in medicine in the fields of internal, emergency, addiction and sleep medicine. He has conducted more than two decades of research in the treatment of chronic nightmares and disturbing dreams at the University of New Mexico School [...]
#246 – Exploring Savant Syndrome with Darold Treffert, MD
September 16, 2010
Darold Treffert, M.D., a Wisconsin psychiatrist, has been studying Savant Syndrome for over 40 years. His most recent publication, Islands of Genius: The Bountiful Mind of the Autistic, Acquired and Sudden Savant, was published by Jessica Kingsley, Inc. in April 2010 in both the United States and England. His earlier book, Extraordinary People, was the [...]
#240 – Unconscious Mental Factors in HIV Infection with Peter B. Todd
June 25, 2010
Peter B. Todd B.A. (Honors, Psychology), MAPS graduated from Sydney University in 1968, becoming a member of the Australian Psychological Society in 1975. He started to work as a post graduate research psychologist at the School of Surgery, St. George Hospital (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) after his undergraduate degree in 1973. This [...]
#226 – Dream Sight with Jane Teresa Anderson
December 18, 2009
Jane Teresa Anderson is the author of six books including Dream Alchemy and 101 Dream Interpretation Tips, a regular guest on Australian television, and an accomplished radio dream talk-back expert, interpreting callers’ dreams on more than 1,500 shows. She also hosts her own weekly podcast series, The Dream Show.
#220- Healing and Transformation Through Imagery with Leslie Davenport
October 2, 2009
Leslie Davenport, M.A., MFT is a pioneer in the role of guided imagery in psychotherapy and integrative medicine, and is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with Master’s Degrees in both the arts and psychology. Leslie is also an ordained minister in an interfaith Sufi tradition. Her unique background and creative work has been influential [...]
#219 – More Archetypal Dreamwork with Rodger Kamenetz
September 17, 2009
Rodger Kamenetz, Ph.D. is an award-winning poet and author of nine books, including the landmark international bestseller The Jew in the Lotus and the National Jewish Book Award-winning Stalking Elijah. His latest book, The History of Last Night’s Dream:Discovering The Hidden Path to The Soul, was featured on Oprah Winfrey’s Soul Series.
