Bystanders Get Off the Sidelines Please – Episode 123
In this podcast Charlie reviews the six categories of people in the United States insofar as they are actors in the drama between democracy and authoritarianism, highlighting where it might be possible to change the momentum. He then discusses the role of "bystanders" and the psychology of bystanders, with a plea to convert bystanders to more active participants.
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Nuggets of Gold in Piles of Sand – Episode 122
In this podcast, Charlie reflects on a recent consultation as a window into the way in which memory is tethered to certain moments, as an example of Linehan's metaphor for validation as finding a nugget of gold in a pile of sand, and as a segue into the integration of DBT and depth psychology in therapy.
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Amputation of Morality: What to Do About It? – Episode 121
The perspective within this podcast is that our current political process is seriously dysfunctional, having been taken over by decision-makers who seem disconnected from normal human morality. After noticing the resemblance of that process to what goes on in mob organizations and families, and in some families where incest occurs, we will identify the various roles in this ugly process and consider what can be done to improve things.
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Getting Out of Hell and Into Reality – Episode 120
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What the fuck? Dialectics and Improvisation in Therapy and Everyday Life – Episode 119
About A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back
This podcast series, “To Hell and Back,” is focused on the nature of hellish experiences in life, how people get into them, and to present and discuss tools for coping with hell and getting out. The various podcasts will move back and forth between different varieties of hell in life, and different tools for coping. The tools will be drawn from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), from other treatments, and from other life experiences.
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