37 episodes
Finding Our Minds Dr. Margaret Arnd-Caddigan
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- Health & Fitness
In Finding Our Minds, Dr. Margaret Arnd-Caddigan (she/her) LCSW, Associate Professor of Social Work at East Carolina University, discusses her mind-centered depth approach to therapy with her co-host Leah Faye (she/they). Season 1 defines the use of the word "mind" in the therapeutic field. Season 2 uses that lens to examine what goes on in a relationship between a narcissist and their victim. In season 3 the co-hosts unpack how we define the self, and tie this together with how this impacts the therapeutic alliance between a therapist and their clients.
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Season 3 Wrap Up
It's (finally) the final episode of the season! Dr. Mac and Leah wrap up this season's discussion on "the sense of self." Why is the medical model not the best way to look at mental un-wellness and the healing journey? How can we help our clients without infantalizing them? How dose a mind-centered depth-approach therapy allow for an individual's healing journey to inform the therapeutic process, better than evidence-based practice? This and more on today's episode.
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Self Work
Today's final episode of this season's lecture series, Dr. Arnd-Caddigan discusses what it takes for inner change to occur in an individual, and how other people are involved in the process.Works discussed in today's episode include:Benjamin, J. (2004). Beyond doer and done-to: An intersubjective view of thirdness. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 73, 5-46Benjamin, B. (1988). Bonds of love: Psychoanalysis, feminism, and the problem of domination. Pantheon.Chessick, R. G. (1990). Se...
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Character
Our final installment of discussing identity, personality, and character, Dr. Arnd-Caddigan discusses what makes up one's character. She goes on to review personal ethics in the context of forming identity and character, and how this relates to treating mental suffering in the therapeutic context.Works cited in today's episode:Carol Gilligan (1982) In a Different VoiceJohathan Haidt, Fredrik Björklund, and Scott Murphy (2000). Moral Dumbfounding: When Intuition Finds No Reason. https://...
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More on Personality
Today's episode is a review of personality through the lens of developing a healthy self. How does this relate to identity, character, and development? Dr. Arnd-Caddigan and Leah Faye discuss.
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Identity
In this episode Dr. Arnd-Caddigan and co-host Leah Faye discuss the various ways in which those suffering from mental illness choose to identify. Today's lecture unpacks how mental suffering can arise when a society chooses to project an identity onto an individual whose sense of self is at conflict with the societal projection.
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Meditation: The Self
This meditation is meant to be paired with episode 5, and focuses on our sense of self.