The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 04/18/11

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What can you do as an individual to encourage empathic therapeutic approaches and relationships, while warning people about the dangers of psychiatric drugs and diagnoses? Listen to my guest Dorothy Cassidy, MEd from North Carolina. She has worked within the educational system, and outside the system as well, for more than thirty-six years promoting what's really good for children and adults while speaking out courageously about the harm caused by psychiatric drugs and diagnoses. Be inspired!

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 04/11/11

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The first annual Empathic Therapy Conference vaulted beyond all expectations. My guest Doug Smith, MD, a psychiatrist from Alaska, shares his experience of this marvelous event. Nearly 200 hundred people from around the world attended. In an atmosphere of mutual trust and affection, professionals and laypersons shared their views, including their injuries and losses caused by conventional psychiatry, toward the end of furthering the field of empathic therapy and education. Put next year on your calendar: April 12-15 in Syracuse, New York.

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 04/04/11

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My guest is addiction and trauma specialist, and best-selling author, Charles Whitfield, MD from Atlanta. This is the second time this marvelous doctor has been my guest. We describe how and why psychiatric drugs impede recovery from any kind of emotional or physical trauma, and how relationship ultimate heals. Dr. Whitfield will be at our conference, just a few days away: the first international Empathic Therapy Conference in Syracuse, New York, April 8-10, 2011. You can learn all about it and still sign up at www.EmpathicTherapy.org. We are aiming to make it the best conference in the field of mental health and recovery.

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 03/28/11

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Fred Baughman, Jr. MD is a neurologist and one of the nation’s most heroic, honest and empathic physicians.  He discusses three urgent topics: (1) The ADHD/stimulant drug fraud that currently afflicts 6 million children, (2) Sudden cardiac death in children caused by taking stimulants for ADHD, and (3) Sudden cardiac death caused by multiple psychiatric drugs including antipsychotics and antidepressants in young soldiers diagnosed with PTSD. This hour is packed with new and important information from a genuine scientific investigator. Dr. Baughman, along with dozens of other outstanding presenters, can be heard and met at our upcoming Empathic Therapy Conference April 8-10, 2011 in Syracuse, New York.  For registration information, go to www.EmpathicTherapy.org.

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 03/21/11

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If you think psychotherapy is only for those with mild everyday problems, think again. This hour dives deeply into the essence of empathic therapy and finds that it the best therapeutic approach to anyone who suffers from emotional distress, including those with autism, psychosis and even serious traumatic brain injuries that render them nearly unable to communicate. My guest Richard Gottlieb, MSW, a therapist from Grand Rapids and Holland, Michigan, tells moving stories from his practice to show us how one human being can reach out to another in a healing manner. Along with dozens of others inspiring therapists and scientists, Richard will present at our upcoming Empathic Therapy Conference in Syracuse, New York, April 8-10, 2011. Get all the information you need about the conference atwww.EmpathicTherapy.org. Professionals and the public alike are welcome! See you there.

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 03/14/11

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My guest is Barbara Fisher, PhD, a wise and dedicated clinical psychologist and psychotherapist who offers innovative thoughts about how the brain and mind must recover together from emotional trauma and stress. This hour became an active sharing of ideas between the two of us, focused on common themes across seemingly diverse events such as healing the trauma being experienced by people in Japan, healing the trauma of children who witness these catastrophes on TV, and healing the stresses of growing up within a family. Our focus is on helping the individual through helping the family.

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 03/07/11

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Howard Glasser is not only a great guest--his goal is to bring out the greatness in you!  Howie applies his Nurtured Heart Approach to helping individuals, training professionals, transforming schools and even enhancing communities.   This hour with me and Howard could inspire and guide you to find a more positive approach toward everyone in your life, including yourself.  It can help you muster from within yourself the power to be a more effective and loving husband or wife, parent, teacher, therapist or friend.  Howard, along with at least two marvelous people he has trained, will be among the more than forty presenters at our upcoming Empathic Therapy Conference in Syracuse, New York, April 8-10.   Find out about the conference at www.empathictherapy.org.  It is open to everyone!

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 02/28/11

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Today’s guest is John Verapin, PhD, former Managing Director of Eli Lilly Sweden where in his words he “bribed” psychiatrists to get Prozac approved. John has become a reformer and the author of Side-Effects: Death. Confessions of a Pharmaceutical Insider. He and I share our wealth of experience examining the fraudulent and manipulative behavior of drug companies as well as our frightening personal and professional encounters with these powerful institutions. To learn more about these issues, as well as many positive therapeutic alternatives to the Psychopharmaceutical Complex, come to our Empathic Therapy Conference April 8-10, 2011 in Syracuse.  Get the details at www.empathictherapy.org.

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 02/21/11

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Do you doubt that you or anyone else can recover from multiple psychiatric hospitalizations, shock treatment and twenty years of psychiatric drugs? Mary Maddock is the author of Soul Survivor: A Personal Encounter with Psychiatry and a leader in the Irish psychiatric reform movement.  I first met Mary several years ago in Ireland at one of the largest psychiatric reform conferences that I've ever participated in. Mary's story of personal triumph will inspire you to seek your own self-directed, self-defined road to psychological and spiritual freedom. Meanwhile, sign up soon at empathictherapy.org for our April 8-10 Empathic Therapy Conference in Syracuse, NY.

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 02/14/11

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One of my most inspiring shows!  On this Valentine’s Day, I share thoughts about love with my dear friend, Dr. Adrianne Johnson--love in marriage and in every other aspect of life including therapy and the workplace.  And we disclose a lot about ourselves along the way.  What is love?  Is there love at first sight?  How to heal a broken marriage or friendship?  The difference between love and relationship?  How to overcome extreme loneliness?  Steps to take to find other people to love? We move back and forth between inspiring ideals and the details and practicalities of maintaining and growing a loving relationship.  And the first time ever, my wife Ginger surprises me by calling into the radio show to join us on the air.  I’ve always wanted her to do so, and now she does it as present to me on Valentine’s Day.  It's a show about happiness and how to achieve it.   You can meet Adrianne, along with Ginger, at our upcoming Empathic Therapy conference (www.empathictherapy.org), April 8-10 in Syracuse.

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 02/07/11

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Today’s guest is Ronald W. Light, editor and author of The Risks of Prescription Drugs. Unless you are a world class expert on pharmaceutical companies, the FDA, and the drug approval process—this will be an incredibly enlightening hour. In fact, even the experts should learn from this analysis of medication risks associated with psychiatric and non-psychiatric drugs.  Dr. Light will also join me in a special presentation at our upcoming Empathic Therapy Conference, April 8-10 in Syracuse New York (www.empathictherapy.org).

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 01/31/11

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“Matt D” from “All Addicts Anonymous,” a residential community, is my guest as we delve into the meaning and value of 12-Step Programs.  Are they applicable to all of life’s problems?  Do psychiatric meds have any role?  Does empathic counseling contribute anything?  What can  everyone learn from AA principles and practices?  Can they help with psychiatric drug withdrawal?  You can also hear Matt D and dozens of other exciting presenters from around the world April 8-10 in Syracuse, NY at our Empathic Therapy Conference (www.empathictherapy.org).

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 01/24/11

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The healing properties of laughter! Today’s guest is Grace Sweet who teaches and practices Laughter Yoga. Do you believe that laughing about nothing can release your energies and give you a fresh spiritual start? Do you think it can become an integral part of legitimate therapeutic practices, including counseling? Do you think it has a scientific basis? Grace Sweet may make a believer out of you.

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 01/17/11

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Search the ends of the Earth for two of the world’s most caring, courageous, honest and intelligent psychiatrists, and you will find my two guests: Doug Smith, MD from Juneau, Alaska, and Albert Fergusson, MD from Columbia, South America. The show begins with Doug and I talking about the essence of good therapy and good personal relationships, and then about spirituality in therapy and life. We are joined by Alberto who shares his view of the same common values. All three of us treat patients who are labeled “schizophrenic” without medication, but with nuanced differences in our approaches. You can also meet and hear both doctors at our Empathic Therapy Conference, April 8-10, 2011 in Syracuse, NY (www.empathictherapy.org).

The Dr. Peter Breggin Hour - 01/10/11

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My guest is Cris Rowan from British Columbia, the author of “The Virtual Child,” who calls herself “an impassioned occupational therapist.” Cris helps parents to wean their children from addiction to technologies like TV, social networking, cell phone texting and videogames. She believes that many childhood diagnoses in reality reflect a combination of addiction to technology and a corresponding lack of meaningful relationship and personal engagement in the family. Cris’s observations will make you think more critically about childhood immersion in technology and how to overcome it.