This episode features the audio from one of the ACO case presentation series webinars, “Suicide Prevention: Relationships Matter.” In this episode, Susan Marcel, D.O. tells Chris Burritt D.O. about her patient Mr. B, who was in deep emotional distress with pain, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. Listen in to hear how he was able to weather the storm with the trust and emotional connection he shared with Dr. Marcel in therapy.
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This episode features a discussion with Peter A. Crist, M.D. about sleep. Dr. Crist talks with Dr. Burritt about the latest research, outlines a way to look at sleep functionally, and gives examples from literature, his practice and his own life about how sleep is so often ignored and yet vital to human functioning.
Dr. Crist quotes from the episode:
“Sleep is a spontaneous process.”
“There is no such thing as a bad dream.”
“What we don’t understand we ignore, neglect, or treat with contempt.”
“Sleep is essential for physical and emotional health.”
Journal of Orgonomy Issues mentioned during the episode:
Volume 41 Issue 1
Volume 42 Issue 2
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This episode features the moving story of a patient named Jen who shares a part of her emotional development and reveals how her experience in medical orgone therapy changed her life for the better. Dr. Burritt’s interview with Jen touches on her unhappiness in a family relationship; the difficulty she faced in college where almost everyone around her used drugs or alcohol to help them navigate their new-found independence and the pressure of academia; the challenges and joy of becoming a mother and how therapy enabled her to find deep satisfying love.
A Different Kind Of Psychiatry
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This episode features an interview with Chris Burritt, D.O., our usual podcast host. This time, he is in the interview seat as he discusses with Peter A. Crist, M.D. how he first learned about Wilhelm Reich and orgonomy as a high school student. Three years later, while grieving the death of his mother and feeling lost, he began medical orgone therapy. His sessions had such a profound effect on his life that he decided to pursue a career in medicine in order to become a medical orgonomist and help others in the same way that his medical orgone therapist helped him.
A Different Kind Of Psychiatry
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This episode features the audio from one of the ACO case presentations series webinars. Howard Chavis, M.D. tells Peter Crist, M.D. about several of his patients and how his immediate understanding of their character—their typical way of reacting and defending themselves from painful emotions—was beneficial in his ability to treat them and provide relief. Dr. Crist offers insight into his experiences with patients as well. Listen in to hear how two medical orgonomists identify and treat a patient’s emotional character in therapy and the significant impact that it can have on their well-being.
A Different Kind Of Psychiatry
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This episode features audio from one of our webinar presentations. Chris Burritt, D.O. and Alberto Foglia, M.D. discuss the care of Dr. Foglia’s patient, Mario. He was a hyperactive, aggressive, and angry three-year-old boy who terrorized other children in his pre-school. The presentation and discussion demonstrate the powerful effects of medical orgone therapy but also highlight a key aspect: the importance of distinguishing primary healthy expressions and emotions from secondary unhealthy ones. Listen in to hear how Dr. Foglia helps Mario and his mother and demonstrates the importance of setting boundaries and asserting natural parental authority when raising children.
A Different Kind Of Psychiatry
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This episode features an interview with Jackie Bosworth, M.D. Wilhelm Reich’s work and medical orgone therapy impacted Dr. Bosworth so profoundly that at the age of 48 she entered medical school with the goal to become a medical orgonomist. Dr. Burritt hears from Dr. Bosworth about how she first learned of Wilhelm Reich and his work and what drove her to pursue learning more about orgonomy and becoming a medical orgonomist.
A Different Kind Of Psychiatry
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In this episode we hear the audio from one of our webinar presentations. Dr. Rosin shares the moving case of a retired Marine who presented with unusual and painful sensations unaware of what was going on within him emotionally. Following the presentation, Dr. Howard Chavis and Dr. Ed Chastka join Dr. Rosin for a discussion with questions from the webinar audience.
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What happens emotionally and physically in non-suicidal self injury? What is the difference between guilt and shame? Is it OK for a psychiatrist to reveal personal information?
Listen in on a mentoring session and learn more about a different kind of psychiatry. You’ve heard patient cases presented for a live public audience but this is something different. Hear two medical orgonomists, Susan Marcel D.O. and Peter Crist M.D., discuss patients with a focus on: examining the patient’s character and how it manifests physically and psychologically, looking for the healthy nature or core of a person, and being careful to identify the effect of an intervention and not just the intended benefit
A Different Kind Of Psychiatry
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