Psychology 360 Simon Weissenberger

In this episode I am joined by Dr. Ron Mottern, a clinical psychologist, hypnotist and researcher out of Texas. Ron speaks about the effect of cumulative stress, living through crises moments and what we can do to manage the stress. He also speaks about some of his philosophy in therapy and what we can do to improve our lives in these difficult times.

In this episode I am joined Cameron Davis who has had a 24 year military career. We speak of his personal challenges and reconciling the past to make a creative future, his journey with traumatic brain injury (TBI), education and leadership.

Randy Thornhill joins me to describe his parasite/germ stress theory and its evolutionary adaptive mechanism along with its connection to rising authoritarianism as seen currently around the world and in previous times.

In this brief episode I am joined by Dr. Michael Collins who is an orthopedic surgeon and author of various books .He speaks of his journey from trying out various humble jobs to going into the medical field and raising awareness of suicide in the medical profession, PTSD and recommendations for aspiring doctors.

In this episode I am joined with one of the top developmental and forensic psychologists in the United States, Dr. James Garbarino. Dr. Garbarino is a professor emeritus at Loyola university and has written over 26 books on working as a court appointed psychologist for murder cases often involving minors. Others areas of expertise include trauma and development. Dr. Garbarino is a leading voice in criminal justice reform and humanistic psychology. We go over some of his life experience, theories and works.

In this episode I am joined by Sheldon Solomon who is one of the creators of Terror Management Theory, we speak about his philosophy and research in the last decades.