A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back

Does DBT Work as a Model for Understanding and Addressing a Fascist Takeover? – Episode 124

DBT’s emphasis on behavioral specificity, validation, and dialectical thinking, while effective for therapy, must be sufficiently grounded in deep moral convictions and motivational forces if it is to be used to address a fascist takeover of our society. View video version of this podcast [https://charlieswenson.com/videos/#podcasts]

Bystanders Get Off the Sidelines Please – Episode 123

In this podcast Charlie reviews the six categories of people in the United States insofar as they are actors in the drama between democracy and authoritarianism, highlighting where it might be possible to change the momentum. He then discusses the role of “bystanders” and the psychology of bystanders, with a plea to convert bystanders to more active participants View video version of this podcast [https://charlieswenson.com/videos/#podcasts]

Nuggets of Gold in Piles of Sand – Episode 122

In this podcast, Charlie reflects on a recent consultation as a window into the way in which memory is tethered to certain moments, as an example of Linehan’s metaphor for validation as finding a nugget of gold in a pile of sand, and as a segue into the integration of DBT and depth psychology in therapy. View video version of this podcast [https://charlieswenson.com/videos/#podcasts]

Amputation of Morality: What to Do About It? – Episode 121

The perspective within this podcast is that our current political process is seriously dysfunctional, having been taken over by decision-makers who seem disconnected from normal human morality. After noticing the resemblance of that process to what goes on in mob organizations and families, and in some families where incest occurs, we will identify the various roles in this ugly process and consider what can be done to improve things. View video version of this podcast [https://charlieswenson.com/videos/#podcasts]

Getting Out of Hell and Into Reality – Episode 120

This podcast focuses on the fact that we spend most of our lives living in the stories we tell ourselves about reality, but not in reality itself. Hear how DBT helps us to find our way back to reality, and how doing so increases the quality of our lives and the lives of those around us View video version of this podcast [https://charlieswenson.com/videos/#podcasts]