Tag: Forensic Psychology

Many of our listeners probably they got along better with their kids. Dr. Kevin Fell & his son Austin increase their bond by living for five years as college roommates. Dr. Fell got his Ph.D. in psychology and Austin transformed from a high school dropout, felon, and suicidal teen into a college grad, loving dad, and thriving professional with a clean record. 

Please welcome to the show Dr. Kevin & Austin Fell.

Was your experience as roommates together an identical experience to the 1986 classic Rodney Dangerfield film “Back To School’?  

What did you learn about each other during your experience together in college?

As of today, you both work with parents to help them reconnect, repair their relationships, and solve problems with even the most difficult teens. What are some of the methodologies you developed for doing this?

Did either of you ever complain to the RA about your roommate?

To millions of children, Santa Claus is a beloved, colorful individual who brings them joy. However, if we dig deeper and examine Santa’s personality qualities it reveals that this is a deeply disturbed individual. The fact that Santa “sees you when you’re sleeping and knows when you’re awake” is a characteristic associated with tyrants. It’s quite disturbing. The all-seeing eye keeps those who are observed in a perpetual state of fear. Having privacy and personal space are positive components to an individuals mental health.

Santa Claus has a naughty and nice list which reveals he is judgmental. According to Caroline J. Simon Ph.D “Being judgmental distorts our perception of other people, of ourselves and of what matters most in living a well-lived human life. It feeds on and engenders a lack of sympathetic understanding of others.  It is often linked with other related character flaws: hypocrisy, self-righteousness, malice, insensitivity, and the enjoyment of destructive gossip.”

Santa is grossly overweight which could indicate that he is an emotional eater. It could also indicate that he may not think too highly of himself knowing the long term effects of obesity can be heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and others. 

Santa only works one day a year which may reveal that he has a lack of motivation or ambition to do more things with his life. Santa still wears the same outfit he’s worn for the past two hundred plus years which could also indicate that he’s not a risk taker.

Overall, I think that Santa Claus should start seeing a therapist because he does have a plethora of issues that deserve immediate attention.

Dr. John Huber (www.mainstreammentalhealth.org) 

Dr. Jeffrey L. Gurian is a comedy writer, performer, director, author, producer, doctor and Healer.

He was a Cosmetic Dentist and lecturer, with a D.D.S. degree from Temple University School of Dentistry in Philadelphia, and spent 12 years at the NYU School of Dentistry as a Clinical Prof. in the Oral Medicine/Oro-Facial Pain Department. He is very involved with Alternative Medicine and Energy Healing for most of his adult life.

Jeffrey is author of the new book Healing Your Heart, By Changing Your Mind: A Spiritual and Humorous Approach To Achieving Happiness

Jeffrey is also on the board of The Assoc. for Spirituality and Psychotherapy since 1999, and has lectured at several energy psychology conferences in this country and Canada.

On the comedy side, he’s written material for comedy legends such as Rodney Dangerfield, Joan Rivers, George Wallace, Phil Hartman, Richard Belzer, and Andrew “Dice” Clay, among many others. Jeffrey has performed stand-up at most of the big clubs in NY and L.A. and was featured several times on Comedy Central’s hit Kroll Show with Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Amy Poehler, Seth Rogen, Laura Dern and Katy Perry. He was in the viral “Too Much Tuna” sketch and is also a regular on-air personality on Sirius XM’s Bennington Show, where he also brings on special guests/friends like Russell Peters, Trevor Noah, Colin Quinn, Artie Lange, Susie Essman, D.L. Hughley, and Lisa Lampanelli.

For more on Jeffrey and all that he does, visit Jeffrey’s website at http://www.comedymatterstv.com To see his Comedy Matters TV channel go to http://www.youtube.com/guriannewsnetwork

Featured Guest: Helaina Hovitz is an editor, writer, content strategist, speaker, and author of the memoir After 9/11. She has written for and worked with 50 publications including The New York Times, Salon, Glamour, Reader’s Digest, Forbes, Women’s Health, Newsweek, The Fix, and Teen Vogue. She is a mental health advocate, nonprofit enthusiast, rescue dog lover and, at 28, has dined at approximately 50 million billion restaurants. Helaina talks with Dr. Huber about about mental health issues affecting people this month and all year long.

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Helaina Hovitz was 12-years-old and in middle school three blocks from the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. Her memoir encapsulates the journey of a girl growing up with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after living through the events of 9/11 firsthand, chronicling its effects on a young girl at the outset of adolescence and following her as she spirals into addiction and rebellion, through loss, chaos, and confusion.

Anyone who has survived a horrific event knows that just because a body remains in motion does not mean everything will simply “go back to normal.” The chemistry of the brain and the body changes, impacting our relationships, our choices, and how we experience the world around us. Yet, we rarely find out what actually happens to people as they try to move on from a life-threatening experience—especially children, who are just beginning to develop an understanding of the world around them.

The NYPD’s Lone Ranger always sits tall in the saddle in his kemosabe’s memories. Retired Det. Lou Telano can’t help but grin when he recalls all the adventures he had with his late partner John Sepe in the 1960s and ’70s — when the weapons the two plainclothes investigators had ranged from their trusty revolvers and street smarts to, when necessary, long skirts and high heels.

“We weren’t the first cops to do undercover work, but we definitely paved the way,” said Telano, also 76, who still proudly refers to himself as Sepe’s “Tonto” as he regales listeners to his radio show on WGBB.

The two cowboy cops — the inspiration for the ’70s TV show “Starsky and Hutch” — made an art form out of “decoy work,” in which cops dressed like potential victims to draw out criminals in high crime areas, according to Telano. And their costumes got more and more elaborate each year.

1. Always act as if you are in total control.

There’s a quote often credited to Ignatius: “Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.” (Cool quote.)

The same premise applies to luck. Many people feel luck has a lot to do with success or failure. If they succeed, luck favored them, and if they fail, luck was against them.

2. Put aside things you have no ability to impact.

Mental strength is like muscle strength–no one has an unlimited supply. So why waste your power on things you can’t control?

3. See the past as valuable training and nothing more.

The past is valuable. Learn from your mistakes. Learn from the mistakes of others.

Then let it go.

4. Celebrate the success of others.

Many people–I guarantee you know at least a few–see success as a zero-sum game: There’s only so much to go around. When someone else shines, they think that diminishes the light from their stars.

The five stages of grief

Experts used to talk about grief and closure, but it’s now better acknowledged that grieving continues but changes, and there’s a continuing bond with the person who has gone, says Cantwell-Bartl. However, according to the Mental Health Information Service, there are still five main stages.

How to help someone who is grieving

Be patient. Stay in regular contact and organise simple activities that will give the person an opportunity to talk – coffee, lunch or even a phone call.

Be available to listen to the same story over and over – this helps with the feeling of disbelief that comes with loss.

There will be times when grief is particularly intense – for example, on anniversaries and birthdays. Contact at this time can be especially supportive.

Be aware that different cultures have rituals and ways of behaving after a bereavement.

Death ends a life, not a relationship. Don’t change the subject if the deceased’s name comes up.

Avoid well-meaning remarks such as: “She’s lucky to have lived to such a ripe old age”, or “It was God’s will.”

Offer practical help such as doing household tasks or preparing meals.

How can we still achieve our dreams despite experiencing a traumatic, life changing event? Today our featured guest will discuss and share her insight on how you can process & manage pain & post traumatic stress disorder. Our featured guest can also discuss what you can do if you have been the victim of sexual harassment.

Dr. Tiffany D. Sanders, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist.  She is founder of Sanders & Associates, a private mental health practice. Dr. Tiffany specializes in treatment of depression, anxiety, trauma and other mental health challenges. She is the Author of “My Purpose Is For Real: 7 Simple Steps to Get Back on Track to Achieve Your Dreams”.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

What are three things indications that a person has PTSD?

When a person is experiencing a flash back of a horrible memory, what can they do to pull themselves out of it?

How do you recommend helping a friend with PTSD?

If a person has been victimized, how can they rebuild their image & self esteem?

Kevin Spacey, Charlie Rose, Jeremy Piven and several other celebrities have been accused of sexual harrassment & assault. Which ones appear to be telling the truth? Which accused celebrties actually appear to be innocent? Three top psychologists weigh in.

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Texas Based – Dr. John Huber (www.mainstreammentalhealth.org) is the Chairman for Mainstream Mental Health, a non-profit organization that brings lasting g and positive change to the lives of individuals that suffer from mental health issues.  A mental health professional for over twenty years, Dr. Huber is a Clinical Forensic Psychologist, and he is a practitioner with privileges at two long term acute care hospitals.  In addition, Dr. John Huber is a professor and teaches undergraduate and graduate psychology at Texas State University. 

Gayani DeSilva, MD., is the author of A Psychiatrist’s Guide: Helping Parents Reach Their Depressed Tween. Gayani dedicates her psychiatric practice to improving children’s health and wellness. Straight talk and practical expertise are her tools of the trade to address the mental health needs of children and their families. She wields not just her expert medical opinion; she advocates to achieve wellness for the entire family.

Ever since A Course in Miracles transformed the self-study / self-awareness arena from a niche market into a multi-million dollar industry, people have searched for guides, gimmicks and gurus to help them achieve spiritual transformation. Rob Moore, author of THE CONSCIOUSNESS PAPERS and the companion workbook SELECT WISDOM, spent decades on the search himself, never imagining that one day he would be called to deliver messages to help guide others to the knowledge that was being revealed through him.

The Consciousness PapersFollowing a near-death experience in which Rob left the body and learned that everything beyond this life is going to be fine, he was able to embrace a new perspective on his existence here in the present armed with the knowledge that things were “as they should be.” This escalated his internal desire to reach higher levels of truth, but meant deep changes like ending a long-time dependence on smoking, which he successfully overcame.

Less than a month later, Rob perceived his first words from a higher place. As messages came down the pike, it rapidly became apparent that what was happening was beyond anything his brain could possibly produce; entire concepts were delivered to him that were beyond anything he had put conscious study into. He wrote them down and kept coming back to these pages again and again. As days passed into weeks and eventually years, the words became Rob’s reality and, more profoundly, they illustrated levels of reality beyond his ability to cognitively formulate into sentences. After ruminating on these words for ten years, he felt compelled to publish THE CONSCIOUSNESS PAPERS: 90 Days of Consideration and its companion piece, SELECT WISDOM. Together they represent the organizing of these ideas into a simple, twice a day meditation on ‘being’ that will add up to a more fulfilling, rich and conscious life.