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Psych Up Live
Psych Up Live turns up your psychological perspective on life issues. With a wide variety of guests, Host Suzanne Phillips passes forward the latest in books, findings, and information relevant to your life and the world you live in. She explores topics as varied as family relationships, binge eating and violence on campus. In a conversational style, Suzanne and her guests translate the latest in psychology to exemplify ways of coping with child rearing, divorce, medical diagnosis, campus…
Episodes
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How Can I Stop Nail Biting, Hair Pulling, Skin Picking? Answers
In this show, Stacy Nakell, author of the new and important book, Treatment for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors: An Integrative Psychodynamic Approach…
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Lifeway Network: Ending Human Trafficking - Reclaiming Life
It is often hard to believe that Human Trafficking, Forced Labor, and Sexual Trafficking of children, all forms of Modern Slavery, are hiding in plain sight…
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OpSAFE- Protecting Children from the Impact of Traumatic Events
There is no end to the reality of traumatic events suffered world-wide, be they man-made atrocity or natural disaster. What about the children caught in the…
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Curbing Gun Violence: Gun Laws, School and Community Strategies
In the first 185 days of 2022 there have been 11 mass shootings per week. When does this stop? How can we make a difference? Our guest is Sara Rogerson, a…
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Why Are Most Mass Shooters Men? – Important Answers
According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have already been more than 240 mass shootings in 2022 in the United States. A striking 98% of Mass Shooters are…
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"My So-Called Selfish Life"- The Filmmaker's Insider View
In this show Host Suzanne Phillips is joined by Award Winning Filmmaker, Therese Shechter who discusses her new and powerful film, "My So-Called Selfish Life."…
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Who's Mothering Mother? The Power of Authentic Connections Groups
Across time and cultures and against the backdrop of medical, social, economic, political, gender and racial issues, mothers face a lot and give a lot. Whether…
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"MORE" A Proven and Effective Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
Someone has finally found a way to address opioid misuse and addiction among people with chronic pain. In this show, Dr. Eric Garland, the world's leading…
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Understanding and Responding to Anger in Children
In this show, Dr. Deborah Serani, psychologist, award winning author and media expert returns to Psych-Up Live to discuss her new children's book " Sometimes…
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Holiday and Year Round Survival Tips for Divorced Parents
It goes without saying that this is a stressful as well as special Holiday time of the year. For millions of divorced parents there are additional challenges…
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Strength-Based Prevention for Violence & Public Health Problems
Nationally and Internationally people are exposed to violence on a daily basis. We read about it in the paper. We see it in the images of violence on TV and…
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How Do We Pass On the Gift of Gratitude to our Children?
In a complex culture with non-stop invitations to do and have more, parents often wonder how to raise grateful kids. In this show, Dr. Rebecca Hershberg…
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Voices Center for Resilience – 20 Years with the 9/11 Community
This year we commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks, an unspeakable event that took the lives of 2.996 people and caused the death of…
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A Surprising New Look at the Benefits of Forgetting
In this episode Dr. Scott Small, esteemed neurologist and neuroscientist known for his work in Alzheimer's disease, discusses his important new book…
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Five Respectful Ways to Address an Antivaxxer's Hesitancy
As anxiety escalates in face of a resurgence of Covid-19 fueled by variants, tension builds between those who recognize the vaccine as a lifesaving answer and…
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Why Losing a Dog Hurts So Much!
There is little question that when a person suffers the death of their dog, the loss is excruciating. Why? In this episode, Dr. Frank McAndrew, evolutionary…
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A Closer Look at The Secret Lives of Men: Pain and Possibilities
This show is for men and everyone who loves them. In it, psychotherapist, James Hawes draws upon his years of clinical experience with men and his book, The…
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Workplace Harassment Reaches into The Remote Workplace: Concerns
As we consider how to open the workplace with possible hybrid options, one reality that has received too little attention is the increase in Workplace…
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From Neurons To Nations: Regulating For The Benefit Of All Beings
In this show, our guest Boaz Feldman will be calling in from Geneva Switzerland with great interest in connecting to our listeners. Much as the title suggests…
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Supporting Transgender Teens: What Parents Need to Know
The journey that a transgender teen takes from confusion and fear to acceptance and consolidation of gender identity is often a difficult one for them and…
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Porn Literacy: How Do Parents Talk to Their Teens about Porn?
In today's high speed internet world, teens are merely a few clicks away from free access to streaming porn. A Nationally Representative Youth Internet Safety…
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Guns, Suicide, Violence and Gun Safety in Uncertain Times
Half of all suicide deaths are caused by firearms, and suicides account for nearly two thirds of all deaths by firearms. We are horrified by the epidemic of…
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Age-Proof Your Sex Life: Information, Realities and Strategies
In a manner that is personal, specific, at times funny and underscored with thirty years of writing and talking about sex, Tracey Cox invites us to age-proof…
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Make Effective Feedback Your Superpower: Strategies
In this episode, Dr. Therese Huston draws upon her new book, Let's Talk: Make Effective Feedback Your Superpower, and her experience speaking to academic…
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Black Physician Helps Black Communities Trust the Vaccine
The Racial Inequities of the Coronavirus are clear. Three times as many Black and Latino Americans have become infected with the Corona Virus compared to their…
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Career Planning During a Pandemic – Lessons for Everyone
Among other things, the pandemic has taken jobs, economic stability, business ventures and the hope of new employment for many. In this episode we address this…
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Untangling, Understanding and Improving In-Law Relationships
Whether you are newly married, a middle aged couple, the identified In-Laws or the bewildered Out-Laws of an expanded family, you need to hear this show. In…
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Encore "Uncover the Power Within" – A Program To Take Back Your Life
In this show Dr. Elisha Goldstein returns to Psych Up Live to describe, discuss and exemplify aspects of his important new program " Uncover the Power Within"…
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Grieving is Loving: Embracing Our Response to Loss
We are in a time of extraordinary loss of loved ones. Worldwide, more than a million people have died from Covid-19. Countless others have died of other…
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Racism and Black Mental Health – How Do We Make a Difference?
In this show, Dr. Juliette McClendon, Research Psychologist in the Women's Health Sciences Division of the National Center for PTSD at VA Boston and Assistant…
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The Power of Self-Compassion to Enhance Coping in Difficult Times
Dr. Kristin Neff is the recognized pioneer in the field of Self Compassion research and the author of the important book, Self-Compassion-The Proven Power of…
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Revolutionizing the Way People Find Love: Deeper Dating Online
In this episode, Ken Page, psychotherapist and author of "Deeper Dating: How to Drop the Games of Seduction and Discover the Power of Intimacy" returns to…
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From Frontier Days to Present Day: The Search for Love Through Personal Ads and Online Sites
In this episode, author Francesca Beauman draws upon her interesting and well researched book, Matrimony, Inc. to invite us to consider that from Frontier…
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An Insider Look at the Message of " BARS" by Pravin Wilkins at Four Walls Theater
Four Walls Theater is a grassroots socially responsible theater that produces new plays with diverse artists from around the country. Their upcoming show is…
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How Do We Cope With Two Epidemics – COVID-19 and Violence
We face a time of misinformation and ongoing fear of the COVID-19 Virus which has already taken the lives of 200,000 in the US. Concurrent with that is the…
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Preventing Physician Suicide – Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
This show deals with a dangerous but unknown reality – According to the American Federation of Suicide Prevention, 300 to 400 doctors in the US die by suicide…
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The Single Fathers Due to Cancer Support Group – Finding Their Way Together
In this episode, Dr. Justin Yopp, psychologist at the North Carolina Cancer Hospital, draws upon his work and co-authored book, The Group: Seven Widowed…
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Constructive Conflict – Make Your Arguments Matter
If you are in a relationship, you have to hear this episode. It will be as enjoyable as it will be strikingly helpful to you and your partner. According to…
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Beyond Burnout: The Moral Injury of Doctors
During this pandemic, most people have been grateful for the courage of medical workers. We have heard about the physical demands and emotional burnout they…
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Behaving Bravely: Tools for Making Important Life Changes
Whether faced with unforeseeable life circumstances, economic hardship, physical or emotional distress, many people wish that they could re-invent or re-define…
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What Can Parents Do When Their Children Are Sad?
Against the backdrop of a global pandemic, loss of loved ones, school and business shut-downs and social protest, many adults are stressed. Little ones are…
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Why Do People Feel Fear and Attraction to Horror Movies, Haunted Houses, Creepiness and Clowns?
In this show, Dr. Frank McAndrew, social psychologist and the Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology at Knox College, takes on the questions many of us…
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Bearing the Unbearable: Understanding How to Be With Grief
In the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the world is grieving. Families are suffering the traumatic loss of loved ones. Medical professionals grieve for…
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Teens and College Kids Sheltered-in-Place with Parents: Challenges and Connections
In face of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the teens are home and the college kids have returned. The nest is full and challenges to clash and opportunities for…
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The Kids Are All Right: Fostering Resilience through the Parent-Child Connection during Covid-19
In this show, Dr.Rebecca Hershberg, author of The Tantrum Survival Guide, returns to Psych Up live to consider ways to foster resilience in children during…
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Covid 19-Support and Stress Reduction for Medical and Mental Health Professionals
In this show, host Dr. Suzanne Phillips joins her colleagues, Drs. Molyn Leszcz and Craig Haen, from the American Group Psychotherapy Association to support…
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Alternative Medicine and the Surprising Power of Belief
The amount of stress worldwide is at an all-time high as the Corona Virus spreads. Self-Care and understanding alternative ways of easing pain are important…
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Understanding the Gender Creative Child: What Parents and Professionals Need to Know
In this show, Dr. Diane Ehrensaft, expert in gender research and clinical work, offers parents and professionals an insider understanding of Gender Expansive…
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Digital Aggression: Understanding Your Online Exposure
In a culture of teen cyberbullying, claims of fake news, political digital trolling, hacked accounts, cyber-staking and revenge porn, this show invites us to…
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How to Speak to Your Kids about Sex, Dating, Consent, Porn and More
While this is a culture in which most kids have been exposed to images of sexuality in social media, series, advertisements and even porn from early ages, most…
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Police Suicide: An Epidemic of Tragic Loss
Suicide claims the lives of more police officers than violence in the line of duty. The police suicide rate is three times that of the general public. In…
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Identifying Small Mistakes To Succeed in Big and Small Goals
Have you ever wondered why your efforts at work aren't generating sales or despite your efforts to lead a volunteer group, the results are less than expected?…
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Insider Look with Dr. Serani of her Suspense Novel, 'The Ninth Session'
What happens when an esteemed psychologist-psychoanalyst writes a suspense novel? You have a thriller you can't put down. In this episode Dr. Deborah Serani…
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Why and How Does Shopping Become an Addiction?
Against the frenzy of Holiday Shopping with Promotions, Sales, Countdowns, and Pop Up Deals for Only You, this podcast addresses the why and how of shopping…
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Understanding and Responding to Ambiguous Loss
In this episode, Dr. Pauline Boss, esteemed scientist practitioner who coined the term 'Ambiguous Loss,' discusses the meaning of Ambiguous Loss and how it…
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Teen Violence in America-Can We Save Our Teens?
An eighteen year old is charged with the lethal stabbing of a 17 year old boy, who he believed was dating an x-girlfriend. The typical age range for a gang…
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Wildhood: Adolescence Across Species
In this show, Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD, visiting professor in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and Kathryn Bowers…
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Is Masculinity Toxic? A Question We Need to Consider
In the wake of the "Me Too" movement and the upsurge in both feminist and men's rights activism, traditional masculinity has become the topic of impassioned…
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The Road to Reconciliation: Pitfalls and Possibilities
If you are human, it is likely that you have hurt and been hurt by others. What may be less likely is knowing how to find a road to reconciliation or…
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Mindful Tips To Support Mental Health in Adults and Kids
In this Episode Julie Potiker, Mindfulness Expert and author of Life Falls Apart, but You Don't Have To: Mindful Methods for Staying Calm in the Midst of…