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Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories

By: Craig Heacock MD
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  • 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.

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  • My dog saved my life-- Understanding the story of depression
    Apr 19 2024

    A huge problem with current psychiatric diagnosis is that it often lumps completely unrelated things under the same vast and vague tent, such as with the diagnosis of "Major Depressive Disorder". Here Craig sits down with his patient Rebecca to try to make sense of her complex early onset depression and how it played out via addiction, anorexia, and pathological caretaking and how she was finally able find the grace and compassion to prioritize care for herself.

    Bringing Therapy into Med Management-- An intensive psychotherapy training in Colorado with Dr. H
    https://www.craigheacockmd.com/training/

    BFTA on IG @backfromtheabysspodcast
    https://www.instagram.com/backfromtheabysspodcast/

    BFTA/ Dr. H
    https://www.craigheacockmd.com/podcast-page/

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    57 mins
  • Psychoanalysis, Dissociation, MDMA and What Lies Beneath
    Apr 5 2024

    Here Dr. H sites down with Jenny, a psychoanalyst who shares her moving, then horrifying, then eventually cathartic tale of plumbing the depths of her traumatized psyche, first with years of psychoanalysis, then with five MDMA-assisted therapy sessions. This is a story of numbing and forgetting, then re-opening and remembering...of finding a way to make sense of a life of protective dissociation.

    Bringing Therapy into Med Management-- An intensive psychotherapy training in Colorado with Dr. H
    https://www.craigheacockmd.com/training/

    BFTA on IG @backfromtheabysspodcast
    https://www.instagram.com/backfromtheabysspodcast/

    BFTA/ Dr. H
    https://www.craigheacockmd.com/podcast-page/



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    56 mins
  • What I'm thinking about now-- MDMA, Sleep Meds, Motivation, Bipolar vs Borderline, and more
    Mar 22 2024

    In this solo episode Craig shares his current thoughts on MDMA medicalization, sleep meds, ADD, motivation vs self-discipline, benzos, how long to stay on psych meds, a change and a proposed addition to his top 10 med list, borderline vs bipolar, and marriage.

    Bringing Therapy into Med Management-- An intensive training with Dr. H
    https://www.craigheacockmd.com/training/

    BFTA on IG @backfromtheabysspodcast
    https://www.instagram.com/backfromtheabysspodcast/

    BFTA/ Dr. H
    https://www.craigheacockmd.com/podcast-page/

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    29 mins

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Dr H is a strong story-teller and brings these stories to life. He also provides valuable information about many topics from treatments to medications.

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