Sanity

This podcast was recommended to me by my professor, Dr. Kang. I listened to episode 2 of the psychedelic assisted therapy series which talked about both the risks and benefits of using psychedelics to treat conditions like PTSD, depression, anxiety and substance use disorders. What stood out to me most was the discussion around harm especially the concept of ego dissolution, where a person can lose their sense of self and feel disconnected from their body and language during a psychedelic experience which can be very scary without the right preparation and support. They were open about the fact that bad trips are real and can stick with a person long after the experience but they also made a point to emphasize that these difficult experiences aren’t always a bad thing. When they happen in safe controlled settings, they can lead to real and meaningful change by helping people face and work through deep emotions like grief or fear. This episode was really helpful from a research perspective because it showed how much goes into making psychedelic therapy safe and effective including strong support and controlled environments. This is definitely something I will keep in mind when thinking about how to evaluate new and emerging treatments!!!

I really enjoyed listening to this episode of the Sanity x ABCT podcast. As someone who is interested in pediatric psychology, I found it really interesting to learn about Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. The podcast explained the topic in a way that was easy to understand. I liked how the speakers talked about how improving the relationship between parents and children can help reduce challenging behaviors. I also liked that they talked about the role of parents, because it helps us understand the child’s side even more. I think this approach could be really helpful for families who feel like they do not have the strongest connection with each other. Overall, this episode gave a clear explanation of how therapy can help support families and children.

I, often, spend most of my time worrying about many things. Whether it is big things, such as my future career, or even smaller things, such as what I will be eating for dinner that night I am constantly finding myself being worried about something. A major fact I learned from this podcast is when Dr.Leahy said that worrying can lead to anxiety development because it is often true. I truly admired Dr.Leahy when he said how we should not be worrying about nonproductiveness but we should be worrying about productiveness and focus on the good and not the bad. I truly enjoyed this podcast.

I was recommended to listen to these podcast by my college professor. I listened to them on my iPhone in the podcast app for easy acess. I listened to the episode Sanity x ABCT: Parent Child Interaction Therapy with Dr.’s Kate Gibson and Corey Lieberman. I love having a good podcast playing in my headphone while I do other things. Or just laying in bed while listening to it. I really liked how they started off strong in all the great achievements of both the guest. I don’t have children of my own but I do hope to one day therefore I believe this is an excellent podcast topic in which can help prepare me. I do however work at a daycare and i really enjoyed her first couple points where she states how children are having disruptive behaviors at school and getting help for it but then being send home for a week without the therapy. So these practices also have to be enforced at home. Working with children I see progress made and also progress being ruined because of only having limited sections. She claims to let parents know the practices she uses so they can also follow them at home. What I found most memorable about the podcast was the acronym mentioned in the podcast that they teach parents to use to show children they are listening to their child. P.R.I.D.E. Praise,reflect, imitating, describe, and enjoy. Even though this podcast is for children and parents I do believe that this podcast can in fact, help future teachers, and also using some of these tactics and techniques in order to get to a child. Learning news ways of positive communication strategies and behavior management. As a future teacher, these are all great things to learn, especially for myself going to be a new and young teacher in the environment. It is good to learn more about child Interactions. As I said before this episode is directed towards parents, but it can also be used as a teaching tool for new teachers coming into a teaching environment or even older ones who have been there to learn new methods that are more up-to-date.