Understanding DBT: Four Components and Three Pillars Explained
Dr. Laura explains in more detail about Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and its four core components: distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness training, mindfulness, and emotional regulation...
3 Touko 202318min
Pain is inevitable: suffering is optional
I chat with Dr Laura Petracek about unnecessary suffering. There is a famous saying: ”Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional”.We all experience inevitable pain such as bereavement, separation, illn...
26 Huhti 202318min
Power and Control - The Duluth Model
In this episode Stephen Herd and I continue our discussion on the power and control wheel.The Power and Control Wheel was developed by a group of activists in Duluth, Minnesota, in the 1980s, who reco...
19 Huhti 202313min
The Power and Control Wheel
In this episode Stephen Herd and I discuss the Power and Control Wheel: a widely used tool to help understand the dynamics of family violence and identify ways to address it.The Power and Control Whee...
13 Huhti 202313min
Breaking the Silence: Understanding the Complexity of Family Violence
Steve Herd is an expert in the field of family violence. In our first of a series of conversations, he explains that family violence is not just physical abuse. It includes emotional, psychological an...
6 Huhti 202314min
Trauma Assessment and Management
In this episode of Cracking Addiction, we are again joined by addiction psychiatrist Dr Dan Pham and discuss how to take a trauma history without further traumatising or triggering a patient. We also ...
29 Maalis 202318min
Trauma, PTSD and Addiction
In the episode of Cracking Addiction, we are joined by Dr Daniel Pham an Addiction Psychiatrist working at Turning Point who discusses with us the differences and similarities between Addiction Medici...
22 Maalis 202320min
Working with Colleagues in the Grip of Addiction
Join us in this episode as we hear from Dr. Tony Weeks, a former Director of Anaesthesia at Alfred Health, as he shares his experiences in treating doctors with addiction and working in a medically su...
15 Maalis 202341min
