The Higher Practice Podcast for Mental Health Providers

In this episode, Timothy Wienecke is going to give an insider’s perspective about the real issues that military service members face and the resources they need in order to live healthy and productive lives outside of service.

Keith Kurlander, CEO of Higher Practice, is going to share his personal story of an extremely challenging crisis that began in college and led to discovering a mystical connection between trauma and spirituality, and what’s possible in the evolution of the human spirit.

Our guest, Reuvain Bacal, is going to share a new approach to helping men feel safe and connected in a group process, why it's so relevant right now for men to do group work, ways to work with anger and helping men embody healthy power, how to process somatic experiences of survival, why knowing your life's purpose is so important, and a bunch of other really compelling topics.

In this episode, Joe Sanok will cover the podcast basics for therapists such as how much time it takes to learn how to setup a podcast, monetizing what you love, how to deal with starting a podcast if you're fearful of technology, the actual technology you will need and more.

Our guest, Mark Roberts, is going to cover the essentials of Facebook advertising for therapists. He will discuss how to advertise private practices with integrity, Facebook ads 101, using local campaigns designated by Facebook, the term traffic temperature and why it's so important, and utilizing metrics in Facebook to see if your ads are working and getting you new clients.

In this episode, Dr. Annie Brook is going to explore psychological imprints from conception through the birth process and how those imprints impact your behavior in life. She’s going to discuss interventions that can take place as early as infancy, as well as during adulthood. This conversation will challenge everything you believe about your history and when your mind truly started to form.

Our guest, Ellen Boeder, discusses her personal story of motherhood, how she overcame the challenges of conflicting roles in society, how therapists can support moms, the signs and signals when a mom is healthy and well-resourced, and, most importantly, what to look out for when a mom needs extra support in her life.

In this episode, Dr. Stephanie Dueger is going to talk about what it looks like to confront the beginning of the attachment process when it’s occurring in infants and toddlers, rather than looking at the regressive psychotherapies once the imprints have already been established for decades.

In this episode, Nataraja Kallio, the Director of the Yoga Studies program at Naropa University, is going to take you through a VERY brief history of yoga, what it was in ancient times, and a fascinating overlap to what occurs in a psychotherapeutic setting.

Sujatha Reddy, Ayurvedic consultant and counselor, is going to discuss the principles of Ayurveda, how it translates into a modern psychological system, an analysis of the mind from this perspective, and a lot of other really interesting information. 

In this episode, we have a special guest, Guili Zavaschi, a former therapist at the Takawasi Rehab Center in Peru. Takawasi is one of the few addiction centers in the world legally using Ayahuasca for the treatment and recovery from devastating addictions. Guili shares his first-hand experience as a therapist working with patients at Takawasi, the amazing process he witnessed patients go through, and an exploration into Ayahuasca’s miracles and potential dangers.

In this episode, Katie Asmus discusses the use of ceremonies in counseling and nature-based rituals. Our connection with nature is paramount to feeling connected to something beyond the self. Without this connection we can feel isolated and empty. This brings into question the role of nature in psychotherapy.

Have you ever had a client with physical or mental health symptoms that festered for months or years but you couldn’t get to the root cause? This courageous woman shares her personal story of a debilitating journey of complex neurological and psychiatric issues that nearly ruined her life until this simple discovery was made.

The medical model commonly found in psychiatry focuses heavily on symptom reduction and remission. Integrative psychiatrist, Dr. Will Van Derveer, explores root causes of mental illness as imbalances in the body created by a number of factors that are easily treatable but often overlooked.

Imagine if your body could talk to you..well, it actually does. In this episode, Susan Aposhyan, a pioneer in the field of somatic psychology, explores some really interesting concepts in biology and cellular physiology that impact mental health and wellness. And of course, the role of embodiment in a therapeutic setting.