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A Different Kind of Psychiatry A Different Kind of Psychiatry
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4.8 • 18 Ratings
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This podcast features the care of patients by the ACO doctors who practice a different kind of psychiatry.
Medications address symptoms, but not their underlying cause. For most people, the word “psychiatrist” conjures up a doctor who prescribes medications for a biochemical mental disorder. The American College of Orgonomy (ACO) trains psychiatrists in medical orgone therapy, a unique approach that focuses on helping you achieve the best way to function not dependent on medication but by looking more deeply into what sets off your anxieties, fears and negative thinking.
Healthy expression is essential for satisfaction in life. Medical orgone therapists are trained to be keen observers of how people express themselves both verbally and with body language. They can help you become aware of and understand the consistent, automatic ways you handle your emotions—your individual character—and how that impacts your life. They also work with you to identify and express healthy aspects of your nature that can help you overcome your problems.
An awareness of the connection between mind and body forms a foundation for the therapeutic approach taught at the ACO. It addresses the underlying emotional reasons why some people are stiff-necked, tight-lipped, tight-assed, scatter-brained and a host of other ways that emotions are held and processed in the body. You may act out of rage or sadness and not even be aware that those feelings fuel your actions. To handle your emotions more constructively, this therapy improves your capacity for better contact with yourself.
We invite you to listen in on the therapy of some of our patients and see for yourself what's different about this kind of psychiatry.
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The Briefest Treatment I Ever Provided: Journal of Orgonomy Article
This episode features the article The Briefest Treatment I Ever Provided by Theodota Chasapi, M.D. from the Journal of Orgonomy Volume 55 number 1 narrated by Hilary Kayle Crist. Listen in to hear how a newly-married young woman responded to Medical Orgone Therapy in one session and overcame her difficulties with her overbearing mother-in-law; improved her relationship with her husband and gained new self-awareness of how she handled her emotions.
If you're interested in learning more about character diagnosis you can read Man In The Trap by Elsworth F. Baker, M.D.
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To Sleep, Perchance to Dream: A Conversation with Dr. Crist
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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When Yelling Is Music: Journal of Orgonomy Article
This episode features the article When Yelling is Music by Virginia L. Whitener, Ph.D. from the Journal of Orgonomy Volume 56 number 1 narrated by Hilary Kayle Crist. The article is a beautiful vignette of a medical orgone therapist dealing with her patient’s difficulty with maintaining perspective during the resolution of a crisis by allowing the patient to express her feelings in therapy rather than by dismissing or dulling them.
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A Troubled 74-Year-Old Man Finally Gets the Right Diagnosis
This episode features the audio from one of the ACO case presentation series webinars, “A Troubled 74-Year-Old Man Finally Gets the Right Diagnosis.” In this episode, Philip Heller, M.D. tells Susan Marcel, D.O. about his 74-year-old patient who was feeling inferior, full of doubt, and isolated from others. Listen in to hear how Dr. Heller connected with his patient, what he saw in his symptoms and behaviors, and how the treatment resulted in a surprising response.
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Like Mother, Like Daughter
This episode features the audio from one of our ACO case presentation series webinars, “Like Mother, Like Daughter.” In this episode, Chris Burritt D.O. tells Edward Chastka, M.D. about his twelve-year-old patient, Olivia, who was anxious and withdrawn and brought for treatment by her parents. The mother, Sabrina, was also very anxious and by working with both the mother and daughter, Dr. Burritt learned just how profound an effect Sabrina had on her daughter. Listen in to hear more about Olivia and Sabrina’s struggle with anxiety and how they both made significant improvements in their lives.
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Problems of Childhood Self-Regulation in an Age of Permissiveness: Journal of Orgonomy Article
This episode features the narration of the article Problems of Childhood Self-Regulation in an Age of Permissiveness by Peter A. Crist, M.D. reprinted in the Journal of Orgonomy Volume 46 number 2. Originally published in Volume 33 in 1999, Dr. Crist's article is even more applicable today as parenting has become increasingly indulgent in today's anti-authority social environment. We hope you'll share this important information with parents and educators so that those responsible for child-care can have a functional perspective, free of both moralism and an “anything goes” lenient approach.
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Customer Reviews
The Chaotic Life of a Troubled Teenager
This Podcast does a great job of describing how a teenager with deep emotional problems was helped by Medical Orgone Therapy. The episode talks about the therapist “meeting the patient where they are”, which to me means that the therapist accepts whatever the patient feels and says as a means of making deep emotional contact with the patient. I am amazed at how this therapeutic approach can have such deep and long-lasting positive impact on people. I Iook forward to hearing all the podcasts in this series.
Dr Burritt Interview
I was moved by this interview and particularly by Dr Burritt’s explanation how focusing on and accepting feelings vs projecting them onto others or turning them on oneself is essential for emotional health. Otherwise one can confuse reality and/or cause distress and lack of contact with those around oneself.
A different kind of podcast
When I need a break from podcasts that seem deep but end up going nowhere or pundits ranting into the microphone, I come here. Because, in a world that makes increasingly less and less sense, here is a podcast that explores the fundamental motivations behind people and there relationship to each other and to the world. And that’s what it’s all about, folks. Thankfully, I always come away with a sense of calm owing to the realization that it is POSSIBLE for the world to make sense again someday. There is hope!
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