Psychology Has It Backwards

Christine Heath and Judy Sedgeman
  • 4.9 (79)
  • MENTAL HEALTH
  • BIMONTHLY SERIES

We're offering mental health professionals a fresh look at the fundamental cause of stress and distress, and the fundamental source of cure. It's simpler than it has seemed, and the result is sustained mental well-being. Psychology has had it backwards.

  1. EPISODE 1

    Episode 1: Introduction

    Who are we, and why are we so passionate about our work? We are mental health professionals and we have seen results for more than 30 years. Support the show

    16 min

  2. EPISODE 2

    Episode 2: Why Psychology Has It Backwards

    Psychology has been treating all the outcomes of insecure, misunderstood thinking as though they were the problems. The one underlying problem is what creates insecurity. Support the show

    17 min

  3. EPISODE 3

    Episode 3: How Do We See Psychology Differently?

    We see resiliency and mental health as our "starter kit," the essence of our being that cannot be lost, only obscured. We see our misunderstood use of thought as the way we obscure it. Support the show

    18 min

  4. EPISODE 4

    Episode 4: Listening and Insight

    The essential capacities of mental health practitioners are the ability to listen, not for our checklist of symptoms but for the heart of our clients, and then to have no fear of speaking from our own insights and pointing out our clients' insights. Support the show

    20 min

  5. EPISODE 5

    Episode 5: What Is Innate Health?

    When people understand their power to think, and their capacity to allow thoughts to come and go, they get in touch with the Innate Health that is their essence, and they discover the wisdom that arises through their own uncluttered thinking. Support the show

    20 min

  6. EPISODE 6

    Episode 6: What Are the Principles?

    We've been referring to Principles underlying our work.  Here's a deeper description of the three Universal Principles of Mind, Consciousness and Thought. Support the show

    19 min

  7. EPISODE 7

    Episode 7: What Is a Diagnosis?

    When we feel mental distress, we seek help, just as we do when we feel physical distress. We get a diagnosis of our presenting problem. Is that diagnosis a long-term label, or just an observation about a temporary, misunderstood state of thinking? What if diagnoses are descriptions of the many ways we thinkers can get distressed and insecure and, without meaning to, start to use our thinking against ourselves? Support the show

    19 min

  8. EPISODE 8

    Episode 8: Can We Get Beyond Trauma?

    Many people think experiencing trauma dooms us to long-standing psychological pain. No doubt, trauma results in horrible memories that are distressing when they come to mind. But with an understanding of how the mind works and what the past really is, we can allow those thoughts to come and go, and move on with life. Support the show

    21 min
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We're offering mental health professionals a fresh look at the fundamental cause of stress and distress, and the fundamental source of cure. It's simpler than it has seemed, and the result is sustained mental well-being. Psychology has had it backwards.

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  • Creator
    Christine Heath and Judy Sedgeman
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    207
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Psychology Has It Backwards
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    Psychology Has It Backwards

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