Episodes
June 11, 2020
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 have pondered-Why do we pay to be scared by horror movies? Why do sto...
June 4, 2020
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 patients they felt responsible to heal. First Responders, caregivers, tea...
May 7, 2020
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 connection keep unfolding. In this episode, Dr. John Duffy, clinical psyc...
April 23, 2020
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 Covid-19. She answers the questions that parents have been holding – ...
April 16, 2020
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 resilience and foster stress reduction in medical and mental health ...
April 2, 2020
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. This show takes a close look at the varied forms of Alternative Med...
March 26, 2020
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 Children -The little boy who insists he is a girl, the teen who ide...
Feb. 27, 2020
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 consider our online exposure. In this episode, Dr. Sheri Bauman, au...
Feb. 13, 2020
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 teens have difficulty speaking about sex or really understanding ...
Jan. 30, 2020
Police Suicide: An Epidemic of Tragic Loss
In this episode, Dr. John Violanti, psychologist, researcher and retired 23-year police veteran draws upon his important book, Police Suicide: A Blue Epidemic, ( 2nd Ed.
Jan. 23, 2020
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? In this episode, Anne Corley Baum, a Senior Lehigh Executive and t...
Jan. 9, 2020
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, award winning author of Living with Depression, Depression and Your...
Dec. 19, 2019
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 addiction. Drs. Jean Petrucelli and Ricardo Rieppi, experienced psyc...
Dec. 5, 2019
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 differs from other losses. Drawing upon powerful examples, Dr. Boss d...
Nov. 21, 2019
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 member is 12–24 years old.
Nov. 7, 2019
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, Science Journalist, draw upon their new book, Wildhood: The Epic Journ...
Oct. 31, 2019
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 debate. In this episode psychologist and author, Dr. Andrew Smiler d...
Oct. 17, 2019
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 addressing the reality that reconciliation may not be instantly possible or...
Oct. 10, 2019
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 Chaos, shares her own experience with depression and credits the power ...
July 25, 2019
The Psychological Impact of Zero Tolerance: Fear, Loss, Hope
In an earlier show on Psych Up Live, Law Professor Sarah Rogerson discussed the legal ramifications of the Immigration Crisis. In this show, Dr. Hawthorne Smith, licensed psychologist and Clinical Director of the Bellevue/NYU...
June 27, 2019
Todays Teenage Girls - Challenges, Needs, Fears and Joys
This episode looks closely at today’s adolescent girls. Guests, Dr. Mary Pipher and Sara Pipher Gilliam draw upon their new updated version of Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescents Girls, to compare the teenage g...
June 20, 2019
Update on The Immigration Crisis - Whats Really Going On?
Regardless of political perspective, it is difficult for anyone to grasp the reality or the implications of the Immigration Crisis today. Are there any routes to citizenship? Is a working visa a possibility? Can a person stil...
June 13, 2019
Dr. Grossmark: The Role of The Unobtrusive Relational Analyst
Whether you are a seasoned psychoanalyst, group therapist or someone interested in how and why psychoanalysis works and how psychoanalytic thinking has expanded – You have to hear Dr. Robert Grossmark. Drawing upon his new bo...
June 6, 2019
Shame: Free Yourself, Find Joy and Build True Self-Esteem
When we consider the definition of shame we often compare it to Guilt. Commonly, it is thought that we feel guilt for something we have done that is unacceptable; but with shame, we feel that we are unacceptable. In this epis...