Mysteries Of The Mind

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Mysteries of the Mind | Episode #43 | “How I Helped An Impossible Patient”

Posted October 17, 2019 • 00:14:29

I present my work with a woman who was constantly suicidal for a year, frequently phoning me from the equivalent of “the ledge.” I felt overwhelmed...

Mysteries of the Mind | Episode #42 | “Trump’s Psyche Under Pressure”

Posted October 10, 2019 • 00:10:11

I review three aspects of Trump’s psychology—First, his need to lie all the time in order to ward off humiliation, Second, his inability to separate...

Mysteries of the Mind | Episode #41 | “Understanding the Meaning of Sexual Fetishes”

Posted October 3, 2019 • 00:10:54

Sexual fetishes refer to situations in which someone is sexually aroused by either an inanimate object or by a part of someone’s body or personality. ...

Mysteries of the Mind | Episode #40 | “Are Parents Always to Blame?”

Posted September 26, 2019 • 00:12:35

Therapists seem to routinely blame parents, particularly mothers, for everything that goes wrong in a child’s development. Following WWII there...

Mysteries of the Mind | Episode #39 | “Understanding Trump Fatigue”

Posted September 19, 2019 • 00:09:43

Trump Fatigue refers to the experience of being beaten up and enervated by President Trump’s paranoid and narcissistic behavior. The fatigue results...