Look, Just Tell Me What To Do.

Oct 17 2023 70 ep. 55 mins 18
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Interviews with mental health care professionals, specialists and persons with knowledge to share on the subject of self improvement and increased well being.

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Retirement, End of Life and Emotional Support: Financial Planning with Jack Scaff

Oct 17 2023 47 mins  
How does one plan for retirement? Or sort through the tragedy of losing a loved one? Today, Jack Scaff discusses a range of issues related to his work as a wealth advisor. We also look at inflation, the economic havoc wrought by COVID as well as San Francisco's apparent struggle to make an economic comeback. You can read more about Jack Here: https://ceritypartners.com/team/jack

In Memory of Seymour Radin

Aug 09 2023 69 mins  
A close look at the man who was my therapist for nearly thirty years. My instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benjaminrussack/ Subscribe to my patreon: patreon.com/LookJustTellMeWhatToDo Archetype of the Apocalypse: Divine Vengeance, Terrorism, and the End of the World. \ Melville's Moby-Dick (STUDIES IN JUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGY BY JUNGIAN ANALYSTS) The Horse Boy: A Father's Mi

What You Probably Don’t Know About: Therapy Speak

May 12 2023 51 mins  
Grossly misused therapy speak Access without education The decline of critical thinking Bonus content: More ways the pandemic messed with our heads The limits of extroverted thinking The travesty that is the Myers-Briggs personality test. Here is a link to MC's amazing book: https://a.co/d/2umWUq9 And here is her instagram: https://instagram.com/mc.phd My instagram: https://www

Relationships! Relationships! Relationships! With Stephanie Hanger, LMFT.

Apr 29 2023 69 mins  
Getting in touch with your breath and body to reduce reactivity with your partner Negative projections Triangulation The negative blame cycle Ineffective behaviors that partners use to cope. When is anger actually useful? Finally Stephanie and I go toe to toe as we roll play an argument from one of my relationships from years past. Stephanie wins. Stephanie Hanger LMFT can be

When The Mirror Betrays Us: On Being Transgender with Flint

Apr 20 2023 73 mins  
Meet Flint, career police officer and Brazilian Jujitsu blackbelt. Today, Flint discusses the paradoxical and profound nature of his transformation--from the person he had been perceived to be, into the person he had always been. Flint also discusses the adversity he encountered while working on the police force, as well as a step by step accounting of his transformation, from a fe

What You Probably Don’t Know About: Diagnosis

Apr 14 2023 56 mins  
Diagnosis! What it means, how it came to be, how it is used for good and for ill. Today I talk with trauma reseracher Mary Catherine McDonald, PHD, about the DSM—the veritable bible of mental health—and the sheer subjectivity with which it was conceived, written and wielded by doctors and insurance companies alike. We also discuss the wonderful madness of Robin Williams, how t

Ask Questions! Get Answers! Q&A with Benjamin Russack, LMFT. Episode 2.

Apr 04 2023 17 mins  
What is the most common way someone will sabotage their own success? What makes for an ideal patient/therapist relationship? Are there any types of patients you refuse to work with? And more! Email me your questions at [email protected] Subscribe and have your questions answered! patreon.com/LookJustTellMeWhatToDo My instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benjaminrussack

Ask Questions! Get Answers! Q&A with Benjamin Russack, LMFT. Episode 1.

Mar 28 2023 22 mins  
How important is the mental health of the therapist? Can your therapist be a wreck and still do great work? How has my work as a therapist changed my views on marriage? What prevents people from entering therapy? If I am diagnosed with clinical depression will I be like that forever? How does dream work help with mental health? How does one safely explore the unconscious? How doe

The Consequences of Drug Culture: Conversations with Chris Howard CADC III and Roy DePerez M.Ed.

Mar 09 2023 80 mins  
In a world lacking in role models and secure family structures, drugs and drug culture have become a dark rite of passage for our young men. Today we interview Chris Howard, Founder of Ethos Recovery and Roy DePerez Founder of Back2bascis Outdoor Adventures on the world of substance abuse and recovery. Chris and I also debate about the underlying reasons people use drugs in the fir

Stress, Anxiety and Trauma: Conversations with MaryCatherine McDonald, PhD

Mar 05 2023 63 mins  
How does trauma affect memory? What biochemical changes occur in the brain following a traumatic event? Today we talk with MaryCatherine McDonald, PHD about her book “Unbroken: The Trauma Response is Never Wrong.” She also presents some tools for managing extreme stress and anxiety. We further discuss how the dogma around religion and psychology have become so intertwined Even