Problems of Childhood Self-Regulation in an Age of Permissiveness: Journal of Orgonomy Article

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Beyond Tantrums: Connecting with a Troubled Three-Year-Old

September 30, 2023alternative health, child care, mother, orgonomy, psychiatry, psychology, therapyanger, child, children, emotions, orgonomy, parenting, psychiatry, psychotherapy, rage, Reich, relationships, tantrum, Wilhelm Reichadifferentkindofpsychiatry

This episode features the audio from one of our ACO case presentation series webinars, “Beyond Tantrums: Connecting with a Troubled Three-Year-Old” In this episode, Alberto Foglia, M.D. tells Dr. Burritt about a three-year-old girl named Aline that he’s treating for terrible tantrums, problems sleeping, and silly clown-like behavior. He explains how her treatment vividly demonstrates a key discovery of Wilhem Reich which is fundamental for Medical Orgone Therapy.

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Medical Orgone Therapy: Journal of Orgonomy Article

September 1, 2023functional thinking, health, orgonomy, psychiatry, psychology, therapyfunctional thinking, Journal of Orgonomy, orgonomy, psychiatry, psychotherapy, Reich, therapy, Wilhelm Reichadifferentkindofpsychiatry

This episode features the narration of the article Medical Orgone Therapy by Howard Chavis, M.D. from the Journal of Orgonomy Volume 31 number 2. It is a comprehensive introduction and overview of the type of therapy taught at the ACO and will also be available on Substack as our first post. Listen in to hear more about some of Wilhelm Reich’s major discoveries, the development of medical orgone therapy and what sets it apart from any other psychiatric treatment.

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The ACO Sociopolitical Discussion Group: Addressing Polarized Political Views

October 27, 20222016 election, 2020 election, Conservative, Liberal, orgonomy, politics, psychiatry, psychology, relationships, Trump2016 election, 2020 election, ACO, conservative, Democrat, functional thinking, liberal, orgonomy, polarization, Reich, Republican, social orgonomy, Trump, Wilhelm Reichadifferentkindofpsychiatry

With the social and political divide that intensified in the U.S. after the 2016 election, doctors Peter A. Crist and Edward Chastka, two ACO psychiatrists, started a sociopolitical discussion group in February of 2017. They wanted to give people an opportunity to look at varying social and political views in our country and in the world using principles from their therapy practices that would allow participants to discuss opposing views with an open mind and get to the heart of the problem. The two doctors taught the group basic principles about how people think and express themselves, so that participants were then able to apply those precepts to working with others in the group, in other social and political situations, and in their personal lives. Listen in to hear an interview with the doctors about the group and their experience.

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Quiet Quitting: What’s The Doctor’s Diagnosis?

September 30, 2022psychiatry, psychology, workACO, burn out, emotions, functional thinking, orgonomy, quiet quitting, Reich, workadifferentkindofpsychiatry

In this episode, Dr. Burritt interviews Peter Crist M.D., about the concept of “quiet quitting,” a term proliferating in recent articles across the political spectrum about how workers look at their jobs. Dr. Crist touches on the concepts of work-life balance, the desire for meaningful employment and how different generations view their work lives in this timely interview. Looking at “quiet quitting” as a physician with a functional approach, he explains that before we can come up with a solution or treatment we must first diagnosis or identify the problem. In his characteristic way, Dr. Crist takes us below the surface and gets to the heart of the problem.

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How I Became A Medical Orgonomist: Chris Burritt D.O.

February 27, 2022orgonomy, psychiatry, therapy, UncategorizedACO, depression, mental health, music, psychiatry, psychotherapy, Reich, therapyadifferentkindofpsychiatry

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.

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How I Became A Medical Orgonomist: Peter Crist M.D.

October 29, 2021orgonomy, psychiatry, therapyACO, emotions, mental health, orgonomy, psychiatry, Reich, therapyadifferentkindofpsychiatry

This episode features an interview with Peter Crist, M.D. He discusses with Dr. Burritt how he first learned about Wilhelm Reich and orgonomy as a college biology student. Through a series of chance encounters and important moments in his life, his path brought him to medical orgone therapy, medical school, and then training to be a medical orgonomist.

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How I Became A Medical Orgonomist: Salvatore Iacobello M.D.

June 30, 2021orgonomy, psychiatry, therapyACO, mental health, orgonomy, psychiatry, Reich, Wilhelm Reichadifferentkindofpsychiatry

Salvatore Iacobello M.D. tells Dr. Burritt how he came to the practice medicine and medical orgone therapy. As a young man, Dr. Iacobello had hopes for helping those around him but he was under the impression that political solutions were the answer. It wasn’t until he read Wilhelm Reich’s The Mass Psychology of Fascism that he learned that politics couldn’t solve humanity’s problems and that his path would take him to working with his fellow man’s emotional life.

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Identifying The Health In A Patient

April 30, 2021alternative health, health, orgonomy, psychiatry, psychology, therapyACO, anxiety, emotions, mental health, orgonomy, psychiatry, psychotherapy, Reich, therapy, Wilhelm Reichadifferentkindofpsychiatry

This episode features the audio from one of our recent webinar presentations. Chris Burritt D.O. discusses his first appointment with a young man named Barry who was struggling with his deepening relationship with his girlfriend and came to therapy because of his anxiety. Dr. Burritt describes how he was able to connect with Barry in that first session by identifying his health and helping Barry to see it too. Following the presentation, Dee Apple Ph.D. and Jackie Bosworth, M.D. join for a discussion with questions from the webinar audience.