Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories
How do we find a way out of the darkest depths of despair? Psychiatrist Dr. Craig Heacock hosts a deep dive into powerfully moving stories of hope and healing, as well as topical explorations of psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, and psychedelics.
Podcasting since 2019 • 121 episodes
Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories
Latest Episodes
Recognizing and Treating OCD
In this solo episode, Craig synthesizes the most salient aspects of identifying and treating OCD, with some cool musical interludes to boot-- in just over 20 minutes!"I Love You, I Hate You, Are You My Mom?" A intensive experienti...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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21:48
Therapists in the abyss: A journey back to self
You don't end up working in psychiatry/mental health by accident-- therapists and psychiatrists almost always come from their own place of emotional pain. Here Dr. H sits down with his colleague Kristen, a well-respected Colorado psychotherapis...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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1:12:52
What I'm thinking about now: Working in the Here and Now; Polypharmacy; Diagnostic Parsimony; Ketamine Microdosing; Psych NP Training
In this solo episode Dr. H shares his current thoughts on working in the here and now; polypharmacy; the root causes of suicidality; diagnostic parsimony ; ketamine microdosing; and online psych NP training programs.BFTA on IG @backfrom...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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23:56
Reconstructing the narrative-- Trauma, dissociation, psychedelics, and working in the negative transference
Kate lived for many years in a hazy and numbing dialectic, thinking that her life was “perfect”, but also having a vague and gnawing sense that just under the surface something was terribly wrong. This is a story of forgetting and remembe...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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1:20:00
I had to rebuild who I was-- Finding trust and a pathway out of psychosis
Very few people are willing and/or able to share and describe their descent into psychosis— in part because memory formation and consolidation are so impaired during episodes of psychosis…..and also because there is often so much fear and shame...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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57:39