Sarah Durant is a therapist providing psychotherapy in Portland, Maine. She helps her clients through a variety of therapies including Gottman Couples' Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), EMDR, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET). This episode covers how to address and heal from trauma. We share our thoughts on the rigid definition of PTSD, and how we would both want to see this diagnosis evolve. We discuss various techniques and coping strategies we both use with our patients.

You can find Dr. Sarah Durant's practice by visiting balancepointcounseling.com

She is also on the board of a nonprofit in Northern Uganda:

Fine Mind, a non-profit providing mental health services in Northern Uganda (https://afinemind.org/)

#PTSD #trauma #therapy #depression #depressed #isolation #flashbacks #EMDR #hypervigilance #therapist #mentalhealth #psychiatry #psychology #psychologist

Megan Haughton, DO is in her final year of family medicine residency. This is her four time on the podcast, and you can listen to her other content on Ep. 2, 24, and 80. She openly shares her experiences with ADHD, OCD, and depression. Megan is passionate about finding a healthy balance between being a family medicine physician and personal life. Megan and I have shared countless laughs together, and you will be sure to enjoy this episode! Dr. Logan Noone is a psychiatry resident at Rowan University. He hosts 2 podcasts, "Talk Mental Health with Dr. Logan Noone" and "The Psych Guys." He has also published 2 books, including one for kids! He is a public speaker, and enjoys advocating for improving mental health across the globe.

#resident #adhd #OCD #depression #familymedicine #residency #medicialschool #PNWU #physician #doctor #healthcare #burnout #lonliness #mentalhealth #logannoone

Michael Johnson is an attorney specializing in physician employment contracts. He produces educational content on Instagram: @PhysicianContracts. This episode discusses how using a contract attorney can help reduce physician burnout and promote wellness.

#physician #doctor #employment #contract #contractattorney #legal #lawyer #employmentlaw #employmentcontract #wellness #burnout

Dr. Logan Noone is a psychiatry resident at Rowan University. He hosts 2 podcasts, "Talk Mental Health with Dr. Logan Noone" and "The Psych Guys." He has also published 2 books, including one for kids! He is a public speaker, and enjoys advocating for improving mental health across the globe. Podcast: "Talk Mental Health with Dr. Logan Noone" https://open.spotify.com/show/1PkpROegiXASBlnLOK60eP Podcast: "The Psych Guys" https://open.spotify.com/show/6sOphHaXOgZVBCcjbI4FL5 Children's Book: "We ALL Have Something" https://www.amazon.com/ALL-Have-Something-Logan-Noone/dp/1087884004 Pre-Med Mental Health: "Imperfect Balance" https://www.amazon.com/IMPERFECT-BALANCE-Behavioral-Disorders-Students/dp/1092988955 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/logannoone/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/logan.noone

Ryan Osler discusses his loss of his infant daughter, loving someone with a complicated pregnancy, substance use issues, and the stress of being a doctor. He shares how this adversity shaped his journey from a software engineer towards medicine. In this episode, we discuss philosophy around death, relationships, and health.

Dr. Osler graduated in my class at Pacific Northwest University, and is currently in his last year of training in family medicine.

Check out my other podcast!

Podcast: "The Psych Guys" https://open.spotify.com/show/6sOphHaXOgZVBCcjbI4FL5 Children's Book: "We ALL Have Something" https://www.amazon.com/ALL-Have-Something-Logan-Noone/dp/1087884004 Pre-Med Mental Health: "Imperfect Balance" https://www.amazon.com/IMPERFECT-BALANCE-Behavioral-Disorders-Students/dp/1092988955 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/logannoone/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/logan.noone

Greg Bogart, PharmD, BCPP, discusses his passion for Movember, a charity that raises awareness for men's mental health, testicular cancer, and prostate cancer. Greg teaches psychiatry and pharmacy residents about psychopharmacology. We share our thoughts on how men's completion of suicide differs from other genders. Greg shares about side effects of typical antidepressant treatment. We discuss male mental health challenges and how testosterone is used and misused. We talk about challenging topics that frequently are unique to males, like mass shootings and sexual predators. #Movember #mensmentalhealth #psychopharmacology #psychiatry #pharmacy #pharmacist #residency #sideeffects

Dr. Rachel Shmuts, DO is a board certified Consult Liaison psychiatrist, with a particular passion for women's mental health, peri- and post-partum depression. She currently serves as program director of the psychiatry residency program at Rowan University, where I am a PGY2. We discuss how to improve the learning experience of residents and medical students. We discuss spreading ourselves too thin by taking on too many responsibilities. We talk about the emotional toll of being a psychiatrist, and lessons we have learned along the way. Dr. Shmuts is one of the highest regarded attending psychiatrists in our medical school, and I am sure you will understand why after listening to this episode.

Dr. Richard Arroyo joins yet again to discuss our intern year coming to a close, and our final days on internal medicine. We discuss what it is like to be an off-service resident on intern medicine. We discuss the challenges of dealing with this potentially intense and uncomfortable field of medicine. We talk about how this learning opportunity helped solidify concepts we learned in medical school. We discuss how we grew as residents but also humans on this rotation. If you enjoy Richard and I chatting, I'm willing to bet you'll enjoy the book we published together, "IMPERFECT BALANCE: Behavioral Health Disorders & First Year Medical Students" available on Amazon. #internyear #intern #interndoctors #residency #PGY1 #resident #palliativecare #hospice #death #dying #attending #usmle #healthcare #medicine

Dr. Todd Levin is Chief of Medicine at Jefferson Health - New Jersey, medical director of an LGBTQ+ primary & specialty care clinic in Haddonfield, NJ. He's a trained infectious disease specialist, and also serves on the resident wellness committee. He discusses his experience with mental health challenges as a first year resident right after graduating medical school. He discusses coping mechanisms he uses to manage the stress of being a physician, and imposter syndrome. We talk about the dynamics between administration and clinical staff.