Episode #21: Discomfort, Balance, and Deconstruction: Buddhist Psychology in Psychotherapy Practice
Beyond The Two Pillars of Recovery®: a MEETINGHOUSE SOLUTIONS® Podcast With Geoff Kane, MD, MPH
Release Date: 10/16/2024
Episode 25: Everyone is Different and That's Okay
Beyond The Two Pillars of Recovery®: a MEETINGHOUSE SOLUTIONS® Podcast With Geoff Kane, MD, MPH
Psychologist and group psychotherapist Dr. Kavita Avula specializes in conflict resolution and large group dynamics. She explains how we make collaboration possible and grow community when we “avoid the wish to convince” people to think and feel as we do.
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Episode #24: Peace and Social Justice Will Follow Once We Better Distribute “Nutrients for the Human Soul."
Beyond The Two Pillars of Recovery®: a MEETINGHOUSE SOLUTIONS® Podcast With Geoff Kane, MD, MPH
Guest Maria Kontarini, as a diplomat for the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the early 2000s, helped restore stability in Bosnia after the Bosnian War—a conflict known for human-to-human atrocities. Years later, with a person-centered understanding of people and the powerful influence of social context on behavior, she believes humans’ potential for good will outshine their potential for violence, as long as we create communities of listening, empathy, and shared responsibility.
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Episode #23: Becoming Tobacco Free Can Start With One Phone Call or Online Click
Beyond The Two Pillars of Recovery®: a MEETINGHOUSE SOLUTIONS® Podcast With Geoff Kane, MD, MPH
Tobacco users in every state in the U.S. can connect with well-trained helpers who listen—not lecture—and provide encouragement and resources to individuals who want to leave tobacco behind. On request, some states, including Vermont, send free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) such as patches, gum, and lozenges. Guest Dana Bourne MPH manages telephone and online “quit” services for Vermont residents and describes how call centers operate locally and nationally. Many individuals quit tobacco simply because they keep at it and don't go it alone.
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Episode #22: Explore Other’s WHY of Change with Active Listening
Beyond The Two Pillars of Recovery®: a MEETINGHOUSE SOLUTIONS® Podcast With Geoff Kane, MD, MPH
Dr. Theresa Moyers, Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico, has collaborated on the methods, research, and dissemination of motivational interviewing since the early 1990s. In this episode, Terri describes therapist attitudes and skills that promote successful addiction treatment and deeper connections in relationships. Recommended video: The Confirmed Smoker Recommended book: Effective Psychotherapists: Clinical Skills that Improve Client Outcomes (Miller & Moyers, Guilford Press, 2021) Also mentioned: Bill Miller on Social Dominance https://vimeo.com/281421233
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Episode #21: Discomfort, Balance, and Deconstruction: Buddhist Psychology in Psychotherapy Practice
Beyond The Two Pillars of Recovery®: a MEETINGHOUSE SOLUTIONS® Podcast With Geoff Kane, MD, MPH
Paul Rodrique—psychotherapist, teacher of insight meditation and self-compassion, and serious bicyclist— converses with Geoff and Erin about how Buddhist psychology informs his work with clients and shares his view that references to an “authentic self” can distract us from awareness of a greater whole.
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Episode #20: We are All “Relatable” in our Pursuits of Pleasures and Rewards
Beyond The Two Pillars of Recovery®: a MEETINGHOUSE SOLUTIONS® Podcast With Geoff Kane, MD, MPH
Content warning: This episode contains discussion of suicide at the end of the podcast. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988. The Lifeline provides 24-hour, confidential support to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. Call 911 in life-threatening situations. Addiction medicine physician Dr. Cara Poland is a lively educator who advocates person-first language in healthcare—and recognition that patients hold leadership positions. One of her priorities is helping early-career professionals relate to...
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Episode #19: SUDs Require Socioeconomic Remedies as well as Individualized Clinical Care
Beyond The Two Pillars of Recovery®: a MEETINGHOUSE SOLUTIONS® Podcast With Geoff Kane, MD, MPH
Dr. Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar applies her background— family medicine, public health, and addiction medicine— to conscientious, respectful, individualized clinical care to people with substance use disorders, including their medical complications. She reminds us all, however, not to stop there. For lasting change, we must also think about and intervene on the “broader social and economic factors” that initiate harm “upstream” from our hospitals and clinics.
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Episode #18: Helping Teens Find Their Place in the World
Beyond The Two Pillars of Recovery®: a MEETINGHOUSE SOLUTIONS® Podcast With Geoff Kane, MD, MPH
Guest Jessica Kessler is a licensed clinical social worker so attracted to the energy and idiosyncrasies of teenagers that, for 15 years and counting, she has served middle and high school students (parents and staff as well) in a small Vermont town. Jess describes the importance and satisfactions of connecting with youth, how her school system provides essential resources to kids when resources are limited at home, and how a foundation grant enabled her to visit other schools in Vermont, Puerto Rico, and Norway to explore ways to further promote the agency and independence of young people.
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Episode 17: Recovery Coaching – To Reach the People Who Aren't Being Reached
Beyond The Two Pillars of Recovery®: a MEETINGHOUSE SOLUTIONS® Podcast With Geoff Kane, MD, MPH
Guest Kevin Diakiw, a recovery coach trainer and mindfulness practitioner near Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, serves people experiencing tremendous hardships—at times traveling to remote Indigenous communities to do so. He expresses deep appreciation and respect for those he serves, and he looks forward to when well-intentioned service providers spraying water on raging social fires will stop accusing one another of “using the wrong hose."
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Episode 16: If you Build Muscle with Testosterone, Know and Manage the Risks
Beyond The Two Pillars of Recovery®: a MEETINGHOUSE SOLUTIONS® Podcast With Geoff Kane, MD, MPH
Some cisgender men, both gay and straight, inject testosterone to increase muscle mass. Dr. Eric Kutscher, researcher and specialist in primary care, addiction, and HIV medicine, describes how he helps men committed to this practice limit their risk of complications such as high cholesterol, heart problems, infection, excess blood cells, and stroke.
info_outlinePaul Rodrique—psychotherapist, teacher of insight
meditation and self-compassion, and serious bicyclist—
converses with Geoff and Erin about how Buddhist
psychology informs his work with clients and shares his
view that references to an “authentic self” can distract us
from awareness of a greater whole.