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Shrinks Rap welcomes psychologists and healers to share their journeys - both personal and professional. James H. Bramson, licensed Psychologist and Social Worker, and Rafael J. Cortina, licensed Marriage and Family Therapist "rap" with a variety of guests, including new and seasoned therapists, thought leaders, creative artists, and lifestyle experts about how their paths brought them to the field of healing and what they've learned along the way.
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From Insight to Embodiment: Healing Trauma, Addiction, and the Nervous System with Beth Foley
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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AI, Leadership, and the Future of Being Fully Human at Work
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Psychedelics and Addiction: Hope, Hype, Healing, and Risk — A Conversation with Dr. Janis Phelps
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May 29, 2026 |
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High Potency Cannabis, Fentanyl, and Teens: What Parents Need to Know — A Conversation with Dr. Veronika Mesheriakova
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May 22, 2026 |
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From Theatre-in-the-Round to the Boardroom: How Dr. Mark Rittenberg Humanized the C-Suite
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May 16, 2026 |
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Leading Like Mandela: Storytelling, Presence & Authentic Leadership with Ingrid Gavshon
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May 16, 2026 |
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My Dinner with Peter: Infinite Compassion, Infinite Jest
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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From Self-Conscious to Worth-Conscious: Rewiring the Inner Narrative
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Can AI Bots Cause Delusions?
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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It Is Not Your Fault: What Parents, Clinicians, and Educators Should Know About Treating Eating Disorders
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Mindful Parenting During Times of Uncertainty: Human Potential Conference
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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The Architect of Connection: Jeff Cohen on Couples Therapy
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Psychiatry and Mindful Parenting in the Land of Oz
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Love Is in the Cards: How Michael & Vivienne Aronowitz Created Marriage Aces
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Reclaiming Joy and Meaning: For Moms in Midlife
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Mindful Parenting Without Losing Your Self Compassion or Cool
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Brains, Biochemistry, Nutritional Psychiatry, and the Granby Roll: A Conversation with Dr. Sheldon Zablow
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Being Fully Human: Lawyer, Poet, Musician, Chef
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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The Comeback: Rafael Cortina Talks IAAGT, Gestalt Therapy, and Brock Purdy’s Rise
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May 30, 2025 |
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Hour of the Heart: Connecting in the Here and Now
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May 26, 2025 |
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Persuasive Design, the Digital Child, and the Screen Time Industrial Complex: What Parents and Society Can Do to Restore Childhood
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May 05, 2025 |
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My Tea with Andre: Couples Work and the Nexus Between Reactivity and Victimization
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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An Exclusive Interview with Dr. Diane Ehrensaft: The John Lennon of Pediatric Gender Care
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Healing from Emotionally Immature Parents: A Positive Ripple Effect
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Sexual Intelligence: What We Really Want From Sex, And How To Get It
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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The End of Arguing and the Beginning of Great Sex
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Exploring the Depths of Psychotherapy with Barbara Holifield
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Love, Sex, and Partnering in the Second Half of Life
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Unlocking the Mind-Body Connection: A conversation with Dr. Michael Changaris
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Creating Stories and Metaphors for Lasting Change: Unlocking Your Inner Wisdom Through Hypnosis, Narrative Therapy, and Story Telling
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Making your Worrier a Warrior: Becoming a Warrior with a Heart
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Male Intimacy: The Benefits of Cultivating Authentic and Fulfilling Connections
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May 27, 2024 |
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Ageless Aging: How to maximize your lifespan, healthspan, brainspan and even your wealth span
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May 14, 2024 |
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The Psychology of Self-Determination: The Right to Live, Die, and Make Amends
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May 10, 2024 |
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Imago Therapy, Spiritual Development, and the Rise of Consciousness
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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The End to Arguing: The Beginning of Great Sex and Intimacy
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Fishnets, Film, and Psychology (the Odyssey of Robby Kendall)
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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The Impact of AI on Human Potential: Live Panel Discussion
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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The Thinking Man’s Forest Gump: Live from Berkeley, California it's Dr. Ken Dychtwald
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Managing Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), the Holiday Blues, and Your Sports Team Possibly Letting you Down. A Rafael and Jim Episode
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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The Seeker of Untruth Returns: An exploration into whether suffering is inevitable
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Twice Exceptional and Neurodiverse Children Circumnavigating a Stochastic World
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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The Royal Road to Resiliency Jim & Rafael Interview Each Other
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Mindful Parenting: A Child's Point of View
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Psychedelics, Hope, Integration, and the Medical Industrial Pharmaceutical Complex
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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My Dinner with the Caveman: Men in Search of Self-Awareness, Humility, & Laughter
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Couples Work: What works, what doesn’t, and why
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May 29, 2023 |
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The Tao of Fatherhood
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Being Michael Mayer: Shape Shifter, Tai Chi Instructor, Psychologist, Reluctant Metaphysician
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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One World, One Love, One Healing
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Chris Huitfeldt: Interventionist to Celebrities, Stars, and Regular Folks
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Running with Ray Horwitz: Evolutionary Psychiatry
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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The Evolved Caveman: Helping Men Change Themselves from the Inside Out
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Vann Duke: Trainer for the Stars and Sojourners in the Second Half of Life
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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Mindful Parenting: An Interview with Lyn Benson from the Land Down Under.
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Psychedelics, Virginia Satir, and Fritz Pearls, from The Expansive Mind of Dr. Gerald Smith.
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Rooting for Children: A Gestalt Approach
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May 30, 2022 |
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America’s Suicide Epidemic: What Everyone Should Know and Is Afraid to Ask
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May 27, 2022 |
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The Architecture of Loss and Creativity: From the Mind of a Gestalt Expert & Leadership Consultant
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May 10, 2022 |
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Self as an Instrument for Transformational Change: The Synthesis of Coding, Organizational Development, and Relational Gestalt Work.
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Demystifying and Overcoming Fear and Shame: The Odyssey of (Gestalt Luminary) Richard Dennison
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Overcoming Collective Trauma: Creating a Positive Space Within Yourself
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Contact as Awareness: The Discovery of the Unfolding Self
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Dr. Eric Raimo, M.D., the Bipolar Whisperer
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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The Art of Collaboration: Conflict Resolution for the 21st Century
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Sexual Intelligence & America’s War on Sex - Renowned Author, Speaker, & Therapist - Dr. Marty Klein
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Shrinks in Chairs with Coffee Discussing Onsite Services, Addiction, Eating Disorders, and Trauma Rafael Cortina, MFT, interviews the consummate over-achiever Kristine Jackson, LCSW, CEDS, CETII, CP, PAT
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat: Zen & the Art of Being an Emotionally Regulated Football Fan
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Jan 29, 2022 |
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Journey From Darkness: Becoming David Hartman, M.D. with Dr. James Bramson, PsyD.
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Citizen Josh (Kornbluth): Film Maker, Mono-linguist, Oboe Player, Red Diaper Baby, and Jungian Psychotherapy Client
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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Seeker of Untruth: The Odyssey of Andre Decary (A Humble Somatic, Hakomi, and Gestalt Therapist) Dr. Jim Bramson & Rafael Cortina, MFT Interview Andre Decary, MFT
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Anxious Achievers: Rocking the Workplace - Susan Bernstein, Ph.D./Executive Coach with James Bramson, Psy D.
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Shrinks Rap: Year in Review - Dr. Jim Bramson, PsyD. with Rafael Cortina, MFT
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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From Triggered to Tranquil: Loving Yourself Where it Hurts - Dr Susan Campbell with James Bramson, Psy D.
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Radical Curiosity - A Thought Leader's Journey, Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D. with James Bramson, Psy D.
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Optimizing Relationships During the Pandemic and Beyond- Linda & Charlie Bloom with James Bramson, Psy D
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Trauma, Addiction, and The Healing Magic of Laughter- James "Kansas" Cafferty, LMFT, MAC with Rafael Cortina, MFT
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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A Working Man's Shrink Plays the Blues - Bob Larsen, M.D. with James Bramson, Psy D
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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The World of Anxiety According to Dr. Josh Wilson - Joshua Wilson, Psy. D.
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Brooklyn to the Bay, A Rap about the Relation Model of Addiction - Daniel Linder, LMFT and James Bramson, Psy D.
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Extending Relationships Beyond the individual - Richard Hycner, Ph.D with Rafael Cortina, MFT
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Forgive for Love, for Good, for You - Fred Luskin Ph D and Gerald Smith EdD
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Better To Be Woke Than Asleep - Linda Cammarata, RN, RYT & Larry Cammarata Ph D. with James Bramson, Psy D.
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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The Convergence of IFS and EMDR for Healing Trauma- Susan Brown, LCSW with Rafael Cortina, MFT
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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The Shrinks Rap: Trauma and Addiction - Jim and Rafael
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Golfing in the Kingdom, Playing the Back Nine - Michael Murphy and Gerald Smith, Ed D
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Fridays with Jerry, Lessons in Human Potential - Gerald Smith, Ed.D with James Bramson, Psy D.
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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A life of enchantment an Interview with a Gestalt Legend- Erving Polster, Ph D with Rafael Cortina, MFT
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Meet the Shrinks, Hear The Rap - Dr. Jim and Rafael
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Jul 21, 2021 |